You may recall that last week we decided to deal with that which is normal before embarking on the pathological. We dwelt on the normal amount of teeth in the kitten/puppy and the adult cat/dog, and with the fact that like humans the ‘milk’ teeth (also called ‘baby’ teeth or ‘deciduous’ teeth) drop out at four-five months of age.
Today, let’s look at the time when these ‘milk’ teeth emerge (‘erupt’ is the technical term) from the gums. In the puppy, the incisors erupt when the animal is four-five (six) weeks old. The kitten must be two-four weeks old before the incisors emerge.
The permanent incisors start coming out when the pup/kitten in about two months old. When the pup and kitten are five months and four-and-a-half months old, respectively, the