Cat with blackened teeth and loss of appetite?

my cat has just recently begun to look fairly ragged... her front teeth are looking black, as are her gums underneath. she has lost a significant amount of weight this past week and has ceased taking care of herself. she continues to drink water, which gives me hope that she is still OK despite some minor medical issue, however, she won't eat.





she seems to want to eat, but for some reason cannot, or will not.





i just brought a baby home, and had originally thought maybe the stress was just getting to her, but upon noticing her teeth... i would say that the stress was only a minor problem here.





any thoughts on what this might be? calling the vet in the AM, but just wanted some input before...

Cat with blackened teeth and loss of appetite?
she ceased taking care of herself? sounds like you ceased to take care of her a loooooooong time ago if her teeth and underlying gums are black......they.re probably rotted and it probably hurts to eat....
Reply:It sounds like she might have a mouth infection. Some cats have problems with their teeth. Their bodies reject the teeth for some reason. My cat has 2 teeth...nothing I did or didn't do caused this. The vet said it's common. You might wanna bring her to the vet to get em' pulled and get some kitty antibiotics.





Is she old? It could be old age too.





Good luck!
Reply:A cat doesn't lose a "significant amount of weight" in just a week's time nor does its teeth suddenly go black. Being pregnant and now with the baby you obviously don't have time to care for this poor cat. Please surrender it to a shelter so that someone with the time to give it the attention it needs can adopt it. How sad. That poor cat. :(
Reply:Discoloration of gums could be liver problems. Excessive water drinking without ingestion of food could be kidney problems. This is a veterinary emergency, and you really should get her to the vet pronto. I mean, I see that you are doing that, but this really does sound serious.





Good luck. I really hope this is not as bad as it seems to sound to me.
Reply:I agree with the answers given.





I also think perhaps your vet did NOT give her a thorough examination.


She obviously have periodontal problems/disease,.. bad teeth,..which have been festering.


(someone I knew had a cat with same symptoms, of not eating drinking, etc., waited too long and gangarene set in to mouth,.. could not save cat)


So please take poor kitty, she's starving and in pain, to vet ASAP, maybe another vet.


Gd.. luck.