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  1. caiti

    Really Scared -- Think we are losing one

    How is Chi Chi now? Hopefully she is better. Anti-inflammatories can help relieve some of the pressure on the disc, which can be causing neurological symptoms. This is not treating the underlying cause of the disease though, but sometimes all we can do is treat the symptoms while we search for...
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    Uneven incisors

    Old post, I know, but I personally love CT scans. Stands for computed tomography and basically its the views from a bunch on radiographs stacked to give a more dimensional view. So each image is kind of a slice of the skull. You can see exactly where there is elongation and spurs and where they...
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    molar root infection

    My chin had a tooth root abscess about a year and a half ago. This was likely due to dental disease (root and crown elongation) brewing which was diagnosed last august. She is being treated with surgeries about every 2-4 months now for the tooth elongation and malocclusion. But when she has her...
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    Pimobendan/vetmedin

    Has she had an echocardiogram done? I'm assuming she probably has, hence the medication. Also I've done dental radiographs on my chin awake and they were helpful. I don't know if you took images of her skull with her chest the other day but dental rads have a small portable sensor and the actual...
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    Protein Powder?

    Update: Chloe is doing well. She doesn't seem like she needs a filing again. I am going to check her teeth at home and maybe at the vets if I can't see it well (she realizes what I'm doing pretty quickly now hah). She is on mostly blue seal now, with some oxbow mixed in. A full tablespoon a day...
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    Protein Powder?

    Maybe she does have Malo. Ugh I don't know anymore
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    Protein Powder?

    Dawn, so I don't know that Chloe has malocclusion. I kind of assumed she did but looking at her rads, her teeth are overgrown but placed normally. The only time she had trouble eating was when her spurs made lacerations on her cheeks and they got infected. So would she be considered a lazy...
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    Protein Powder?

    Thank you for all your responses. I understand it is a fatal disease and though she is getting anesthetized an awful lot, she recovers really well and she doesn't have trouble eating now. She likely does not have much time left which breaks my heart but I believe I can be fairly considerate of...
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    Protein Powder?

    My chin, Chloe was diagnosed with dental disease about 3+ months ago. She went in for her 3rd filing today. I've been trying really hard to get her to eat more hay to grind her teeth down and I do limit her pellets because she eats more hay that way. The vet said she has muscle wasting and needs...
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    Molar Spurs (Novel Length fyi)

    UPDATE- Tissue Necrosis Sooooo I've been giving injectable baytril. Tried to be smart and dilute it with LRS to avoid tissue necrosis. Apparently it didn't stick. We did surgery on her at work to repair all the necrotic lesions. So now I'm sticking to oral antibiotics forever. Just wanted to...
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    Yellow fur under chin ): Please help!

    Sounds like he has an infection in his mouth. My chin just got a dental and she was/still is drooling (molar spurs post). What I did was shave her fur VERY carefully. Also I used the crappiest electric clippers we had. Their skin is so thin, using regular clippers would cut it. She is very good...
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    Molar Spurs (Novel Length fyi)

    Thank you Dawn. So Chloe had a CT scan and teeth trimming last wednesday. They do not believe it is a tooth root abscess but she has large lacerations on her cheeks and tongue, which have abscessed. The doctor there did not want to take the teeth out anyways as she said due to the elongation it...
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    Molar Spurs (Novel Length fyi)

    Update Brought her to Tufts this morning. She is scheduled for a CT scan and if that looks good dental surgery to follow. They found an abscess in her mouth and agree antibiotics won't cut it alone. They talked about taking out her tooth if it's a tooth root abscess but that makes me nervous...
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    Molar Spurs (Novel Length fyi)

    Thanks for the info and the sympathy. I am kind of freaking out but what can you do, you know? Her roots have looked like that for years. I don't have her first set of rads but I thought the same when I first saw them as well, I was panicked. But they haven't changed, I've been waiting for them...
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    Molar Spurs (Novel Length fyi)

    Ok so I apparently can't use computers. If you click on any of the links it will bring you to 4 images. The first 2 are from yesterday. The last 2 are from december. Gah!
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