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UHgurl5621
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Hi everyone,
Due my recent experiences, I thought maybe this may be a good post for others to read if they are going through what I am. Putting your chin to sleep has to be one of the most difficult decisions to ever make. I went through this less than a year ago with my other chin and I can't believe tomorrow I will be doing it again.
The reasonable side of me knows that I am doing the right thing, but then the "what ifs?" start happening and I second guess myself. I know I saw this a lot on the CnQ website too.
My chin Polo had x-rays done because he has had watery eyes (which was first attributed to allergies)and had dropped 150 grams they found that his lower roots were overgrown, but the vet did not think that it was close enough to his jawline to be causing him problems yet. There were no misalignments, no spurs. The front teeth were not overgrown.
We did blood work and his potassium was low and his liver enzymes were elevated. He put him on a potassium supplement, metcam for pain, baytril for his stomach and some vitamin C, along with Critical Care to make sure he was eating. Polo was doing fine for a little while, had gained a little weight, but then about the last 5 days he has gone completely down hill. He won't eat or drink hardly anything...this morning and tonight when I tried to feed him the critical care he took some but then looked like he gagged on it and looked to almost be choking a bit, which I had never seen.
All of that to be said, how close to the jawline does it need to be to cause pain? Does it sound like to everyone else that the root overgrowth is what is causing him to be like this?
Are there other things that can cause a chin to not eat? Say it was not the root overgrowth (not in my case), when a chin stops eating and drinking, do they ever turn around?
When do you know to let go?
Please do know that I am putting Polo to sleep in the morning. I am able to get some apple juice, a little critical care and the metcam in him, so I am hoping that he is as comfortable as he can be. I just finished giving him a dust bath because he loves them so much. I cannot watch him suffer and for me I know, even if it were not the tooth overgrowth causing this that he has no quality of life at this point. I can't put him through anything else. I hope everyone talking about this might help others in the future...this is one of the hardest decisions a person has to make.
He will be the last of my chins and at this point in my life I will not be getting another one. I will still be on here to help answer questions, though and give support where I can.
Thank you everyone for all of the help, wisdom and support you have given me with both Rugby and Polo! :cry4:
Due my recent experiences, I thought maybe this may be a good post for others to read if they are going through what I am. Putting your chin to sleep has to be one of the most difficult decisions to ever make. I went through this less than a year ago with my other chin and I can't believe tomorrow I will be doing it again.
The reasonable side of me knows that I am doing the right thing, but then the "what ifs?" start happening and I second guess myself. I know I saw this a lot on the CnQ website too.
My chin Polo had x-rays done because he has had watery eyes (which was first attributed to allergies)and had dropped 150 grams they found that his lower roots were overgrown, but the vet did not think that it was close enough to his jawline to be causing him problems yet. There were no misalignments, no spurs. The front teeth were not overgrown.
We did blood work and his potassium was low and his liver enzymes were elevated. He put him on a potassium supplement, metcam for pain, baytril for his stomach and some vitamin C, along with Critical Care to make sure he was eating. Polo was doing fine for a little while, had gained a little weight, but then about the last 5 days he has gone completely down hill. He won't eat or drink hardly anything...this morning and tonight when I tried to feed him the critical care he took some but then looked like he gagged on it and looked to almost be choking a bit, which I had never seen.
All of that to be said, how close to the jawline does it need to be to cause pain? Does it sound like to everyone else that the root overgrowth is what is causing him to be like this?
Are there other things that can cause a chin to not eat? Say it was not the root overgrowth (not in my case), when a chin stops eating and drinking, do they ever turn around?
When do you know to let go?
Please do know that I am putting Polo to sleep in the morning. I am able to get some apple juice, a little critical care and the metcam in him, so I am hoping that he is as comfortable as he can be. I just finished giving him a dust bath because he loves them so much. I cannot watch him suffer and for me I know, even if it were not the tooth overgrowth causing this that he has no quality of life at this point. I can't put him through anything else. I hope everyone talking about this might help others in the future...this is one of the hardest decisions a person has to make.
He will be the last of my chins and at this point in my life I will not be getting another one. I will still be on here to help answer questions, though and give support where I can.
Thank you everyone for all of the help, wisdom and support you have given me with both Rugby and Polo! :cry4:
I as you have been through this but cannot even imagine going through this again. 
