anyone here have a malo chin?

[summerdays]

hi,

just found out one of my chins has malo, and i was wondering if anyone here has battled it and if you have, have you had a tooth extracted? how did everything work..

fyi::; yes i have gone to three different vets, this one is a specialist, shes great... there is no other choice..

 

[Encantadora]

I have seen rescue chins with different stages of it. It's a tough tough battle. There's a food from I think the uk that is supposed to be really good for malo chins. I've heard others say they saw a big difference in the X-rays. Bephar or something like that.

Sadly, most cases don't end well. It's all about managing what you can but tooth issues are not fun.

 

[Lillybabe]

I just recently lost a little guy to malo. I had him for five years and he was roughly six when he passed. I found out he had malo about six months after adopting him from a local shelter. I loved him a lot but malo is a really difficult condition. I easily put $200-400 into him a year in vet visits and meds. Normally tooth extraction is not recommended. When it came to my little guy he had a tooth in the very back of his mouth that was pressing into his inside cheek, actually puncturing the skin. The vet told me the choices were to extract the tooth, file it with very little chance of it working, or put him down. I chose to extract the tooth. The vet kept him overnight and into most of the next day to make sure he was on the mend before I brought him home. I handfed him for a few days after but the stubborn little guy was eating pellets almost immediately. He was such a trooper. Extracting bought me a year and a half more with my little guy. I would do it again if given the option. However, it's a hard choice to make. It doesn't always work out so nicely. Surgery like that could make things worse, the missing tooth could make the malo worse, or the chin could never recover after losing a tooth. It's very risky.

 

[ticklechin]

Selective tooth removal works for a short time if the chin makes it through the procedure without broken upper or lower jaws and infection. In a short time the surrounding teeth since they are not kept in check by the missing one will tip in and grow down or up to fill the space, the chin will be back in the same situation in months if this is cheek teeth we are talking about. I have had many many malo chins in the 12 years I have had them, tried just about every treatment out there and can say with this experience malo is not cured and its not even held at bay without extreme pain and manipulation of the chin.

 

[summerdays]

we are using the beaphar, and i know it is not cureable. but i am not ready to say good bye, especially when the vet says her quality of life can still be good. if her quality of life wasn't going to be good, i would not put her through this, i don't cross that line, they need to happy in life. i am also well aware of frequent trips to vet office to see how everything is coming along.. of course i am hoping this will be one of those chins that will be fine for many more years to come with just some tooth filings.

the vet says the roots look good... so i have to at least try.

thanks all.

 

[obcsed]

I have a dental chin. Fortunately I have a great vet that knows what she is doing with teeth. Gizzie started having problems when he was less than a year old. Thanks to the vet and Beaphar, we have managed to get it under control for now. He had one molar removed a year ago because it had become very loose. I just had him in for a filing a couple of weeks ago (the first in almost a year). His teeth looked great with just a couple of minor points and of course the tooth above the missing molar needed to be trimmed. The vet was impressed on the even wear on his teeth and the roots have not progressed in over 3 years. He has always done well with the filings and I have seldom had to hand feed. As long as we can manage it and he stays comfortable, I will continue to work with him. He is 6 years old now.

 

[Jaina_Organasolo]

I have two Malo chins. Both have been fed on Beaphar Care + all their lives. Both have fairly good teeth in their mouth (one developed a spur but the other has perfect teeth). Both have Root elongation (upper and lower).
I wouldn't have teeth extracted, its not worth it.

One is fine right now and other than an eye infection that has cleared up, deformed poop and no hay eating, he's gaining weight.

The other is being managed with a combo of Metacam and Tramadol. we also support feed him on critical care (currently 40ml a day) and he still eats for himself overnight.