Growing Up
Growth is sometimes painful. And scary. This week, Nora shed her upper back milk teeth, the deciduous premolar teeth. For a week or so prior her breath changed from kitten-sweet to sour. She was anxious. She chewed on all kinds of things and bit our hands and ankles and legs. Then, yesterday, Ruth noticed blood on a toy Nora had been chewing on. “Is something wrong with her?” Ruth said. Clients often ask this question when
adult teeth emerge in pets’ mouths. The deciduous or baby teeth usually crumble and flake off as they shed, and invariably are lost or swallowed. No kitten tooth fairy. Nope, nothing wrong with our Nora. Just successfully ending one phase of her life and moving on to the next.
