Brown teeth in kitten???

[jadeelora]

I am a TICA registered breeder and currently have a litter of 4 kittens. One of the babies (9weeks) has brown spots on her teeth. She is just getting onto dry food (still nursing as but has started weening). I have never seen this in a kitten, and the other breeders I spoke too also have never heard of this. They go to the vet tomorrow but was looking for any opinions? The teeth feel solid and strong. No bad breath or other signs of decay. I'm stumped :\

 

[Catzzzmeow]

Heres a link to a previous post. We have seen several kittens with this and after about 6 months adult teeth start coming in pearly white. http://sphynxlair.com/community/threads/question-about-teeth.31958/#post-382130 scroll up to the top of that thread so you can read through the entire thread for more info.

Patti

 

[admin]

I am a TICA registered breeder and currently have a litter of 4 kittens. One of the babies (9weeks) has brown spots on her teeth. She is just getting onto dry food (still nursing as but has started weening). I have never seen this in a kitten, and the other breeders I spoke too also have never heard of this. They go to the vet tomorrow but was looking for any opinions? The teeth feel solid and strong. No bad breath or other signs of decay. I'm stumped :\

Has the mother been on any antibiotics? This can also cause staining in the teeth through the mothers milk. Or as @Catzzzmeow has linked you to a useful thread, I'm sure its nothing.

 

[jadeelora]

No antibiotics. Thanks for the above links. I'm not so worried now. I just haven't seen this in my litters before

 

[admin]

No antibiotics. Thanks for the above links. I'm not so worried now. I just haven't seen this in my litters before

If you have some time for reading, I did a general search on "brown teeth" there are quite a few results - http://sphynxlair.com/community/search/678934/?q=brown+teeth&o=date

 

[JenFid]

I had the same question with Mulder! He must be getting his adult teeth in though, the stained teeth I had noticed before are now pearly white My vet was stumped too, but it must be a sphynx thing, even though not all of them have this particular problem.

 

[susi794]

It is from the oils from mama while the babies are nursing. It stains the baby teeth, but the new ones come in pearly white. Happens a lot with sphynx.