On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 12:02:37 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/22/2013 1:01 PM, KenK wrote:
>> Ed Pawlowski > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> Peanut butter was originally developed as a food for people with no
>>> teeth. Get the smooth, not the chunky though.
>>
>> I tried a slice of crustless bread yesterday with a thick layer of PB. I
>> was surprised that the fresh bread was still too 'hard' on my sore tender
>> gums. They really restrict my choices.
>>
>>> You may have good luck with canned corned beef hash too.
>>
>> I suspect it will have the same problem. Canned salmon and tuna as well. I
>> hate to waste an expensive can of food if I can't eat it.
>>
>Um, don't they make oral rub/pain relievers such as Ora-Jel to help numb
>sore gums? I'm surprised your dentist didn't give you something.
>
>Canned corned beef hash, ravioli, etc. isn't expensive. I don't know
>what else you expect us to tell you. We're trying to help.

Newt just came home from the vet, he was oozing blood from his mouth.
Turned out he had a broken tooth that was abscessed... poor guy must
have been in terrible pain. He tried to eat canned cat food but he
wouldn't take much, so I gave him a bowl of my kitten blend; whole
milk with kitten powder and pablum, he laps that up fine.