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| Okay, so I'll tell the whole story... I have an extremely active female american shorthair kitten (a little over one year). When my mom took the dog out, she ran to the door as usual. I went over to pet her. I noticed she had her jaws open. I figured she was taking in the scents of the flowers. I took her outside, she did the same thing. I brought her in, she did the same thing. Even when she meowed (she likes to meow) she never fully closed her jaw. So finally I decided to check. I figured she had a bad tooth or something. First off, she fought when I touched her lip. I noticed her lip looked different. Finally she let me look. I pulled back her right lip and checked the teeth. They looked fine. I tried to pull back the left. I couldn't, and Raven (the kitten) struggled. I managed to open her mouth wide enough to see everything. I realized I could not see one of her canine teeth. Her lip was pulled over it. Then I saw the tooth, or at least the tip of it. She had bitten THROUGH her lip. We managed to get it unstuck after awhile. I've had cats all my life and so have my parents. We've seen almost everything, but never this. I've never even heard of this. We're still wondering how she did this, as she had bit through the middle of the lip (it covered most of her mouth). My question is, has anyone seen this in their cats? Or does anyone have a guess what could've happened? One thing I should note is that my kitten LOVES to bite. She prefers biting over clawing.
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o_O Nope, I've never heard of that either. It could be that she simply had some freak accident. I know a human who fell and bit through his... uh... skin. Under his bottom lip. The point is, it may have just been an accident. Check her mouth out, make sure there's nothing unusual about her teeth or lips. If it happens again, take her to a vet.
"To err is human. To purr is feline."
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Awww poor kitten! But I really would have a vet look at it. Cat bites (even their own) close quickly and an abcess can form quickly. Before that happens, get her to the vet.
Sounds like she might have "snapped" at a bug/bee and caught her lip between her teeth.
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| I would keep an eye on it to see if it gets infected. It might not, her saliva might keep it clean enough, but if it does she'll need antibiodics. I've never heard of a cat biting through it's lip, but anything is possible. My dog once got a bone stuck vertically in his mouth keeping his mouth open -- we had a heck of a time pulling it out! Come visit me (Rusty): http://www.catchannel.com/blog/viewbio.aspx?apid=66161 
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