Kitten teething? Any hints/tips/advice?

angieh · 31-08-2009, 12:59 PM

Pip is just over 11 weeks old now and I think he may be starting to have a bit of teething discomfort. He does not seem to want to eat his kitten bics, although is tucking in to his kitten food, he is drinking a fair bit of water (mostly out of the sink) and biting spoons, carboard, whatever he can on occasion. He is not seriously nipping people yet!

I bought some of those little kitten chews and I have read that you can soak them and freeze them which gives relief to sore gums when the teething gets painful. Poor wee mite, he doesn't understand why his mouth is sore.

Does anyone have any further hints/tips or advice? Any insight is welcome. Thanks.

Mags · 31-08-2009, 02:13 PM

I don't recall Cassie ever showing any discomfort with teething as a kitten. She used to chew on cardboard boxes a lot, that was all. In fact we didn't really notice any signs of her losing her kitten teeth...

I'm sure Pip will sail through it Angie, it's nothing like a human baby teething...

dandysmom · 31-08-2009, 04:50 PM

Same here, Angie; I never noticed any discomfort when mine were teething so have no advice. I never found any milk teeth, either.

Edited: here's an interesting link:

http://www.articlesbase.com/pets-art...ng-503506.html

angieh · 31-08-2009, 05:05 PM

Thanks for that link Eileen. Seems some people notice very little and for others it sounds as if their kitten does go through it. Probably it is the phase where kittens will chew cables if they are going to ............ Pip is taking interest in cables, so I will have to think about how to protect them, and him!

dandysmom · 31-08-2009, 07:57 PM

Tabasco sauce! Or lemon juice. I'm assuming you didn't get cable covers?

Moli · 31-08-2009, 08:02 PM

Something I have never noticed either...

angieh · 31-08-2009, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dandysmom

Tabasco sauce! Or lemon juice. I'm assuming you didn't get cable covers?

Not yet - but I am looking for something called "split convoluted tubing" which evidently does the job. I just need OH to advise on necessary diameter (coz he's good at those sort of things). He found this useful link!

dandysmom · 31-08-2009, 09:28 PM

That sounds like just what you're looking for! I've never had a cord chewer, luckiy.

pinklizzy · 31-08-2009, 10:53 PM

Not with kittens but with my handreared puppies I used to soak an old flannel in water, wring out then put in the freezer. I used to let them chew the edges of the material-while supervised of course!

angieh · 01-09-2009, 10:37 AM

I'd read something about that Liz - sounds just the job. It seems that teeth are a pain, not only for humans!

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