Cats tongues

Re: Cats tongues

bumble bee — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:19:40 GMT

Have seen several cats with large tumours under their tongues . Have had partial removal but tumours usually grew back & we PTS'D. Cats need to groom its part of them so the become quite distressed.

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Vicky RVN — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:15:13 GMT

Thanks for telling that story Snic, it's lovely

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Kim Buckley — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:45:52 GMT

Shame the cat we had was a stray otherwise we may have been able to do something for it. Would have taken a lot of time and money though!

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A Little TLC — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:16:46 GMT

thats brilliant :) that what its all about!

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Kim Buckley — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:04:45 GMT

Aww that is a nice story.

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Saskia Quinn — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:08:36 GMT

Thats a lovely ending to a very sad story Snic

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Snic — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:30:44 GMT

A few months ago we had an RTA cat in who had a badly lacerated tongue and a jaw which was fractured in several places and dislocated. It took a couple of months of tube feeding and he had several surgery sessions to wire his jaw and try to put it back into place. There was a lot of drool during this process and he had to have his face bathed twice a day!! His jaw never properly went back to normal, but he eventually went home and managed to figure out a new way to eat. He came in for his booster a few weeks ago and his mum told us they've moved to a house in the countryside away from busy roads. He's loving going out hunting in the fields and has even managed to catch a pigeon!!

There were times when we all questioned whether we were doing the right thing as it took a lot of time and perseverance but it paid off eventually!!

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Fiona Leathers — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:49:12 GMT

We once had a rabbit that lost its tongue and he lived a long and happy life. The only problem with him was he drooled a lot so we made him a pair of dungarees to stop his skin from becoming sore. He looked really cool in the, - proper Benjamin Bunny!!

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Saskia Quinn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:16:24 GMT

I cant imagine any animal or human would be able to cope without a tongue though, doesnt it help with swallowing? I did assist with surgery on a cat before though that had part of his tongue removed and done ok, not sure though if its possible to remove a whole tongue!

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Kay Eminson — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:53:23 GMT

only seen it in cases which were pts anyway