my cats mouth!

Question
Hi! I have a 15 year old female cat, Fabian. She appears to have a problem with her mouth. She is still eating and drinking as normal and will let me touch and open her mouth. She has a horrible smell coming from her mouth. When looking in her mouth I can not see anything obvious. She is an indoor cat, has been for 8 years. She gets into such a stressed out state when going to the vets, as do I!!! Any sugesstions?

Answer
Hi
unfortunately i think a trip to the vets is your only option and even though she does not like the vets i think it will be her best option.

It sounds to me like she may have either some bad teeth or an infection in her mouth possibly caused by bad teeth. She will be in some discomfort with this and really does need to see a vet sooner rather than later.

All of my cats have had to have some dental work during there lives and at 15 it is likely that she does have some problems.

I hope the problem can be sorted out soon for her

best wishes Kate