Wild! My cat is black/white medium hair, breed unknown. She was a rescue from a feral colony so I never got to know if her parents or siblings had similar issues. Our vet seemed to think her issue was autoimmune - essentially her body rejecting her teeth as if they were foreign objects - but they’ve never been 100% sure.

She was very healthy for a few years after her remaining teeth came out, then got sick again, and it turned out that her lower jaw had started to deteriorate. She’s been on steroids ever since and that has slowed the progress of the disease enough that she can live out the rest of her days in comfort.

I’ve heard a lot of things that are genetically odd about orange cats though. Fostered 3 different orange boys who had extra toes - none of them from the same litters. Yours are adorable and I’m glad you found a cure for their teeth problems!

My cat had this, took us years to figure out what it was, but she’s been so much happier and healthier since we removed her teeth.

I’ve never run into someone else whose cat had the same thing, let alone someone with two such cats.

Yes it’s a bad thing. This legislation gives very broad power to the federal government to ban apps and platforms without any oversight. It might be TikTok today, but it could be Lemmy tomorrow.