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So I noticed that my boy Sambuca was loosing a bit of weight (8g in 2 months) and that he started crumbling his food...and has watery eyes. So I took him into the vet to have him tested for a few things...malo being one of them.
The vet couldn't find any gas or eye infection, said that his teeth seems to be well lined and colored during the exam but of course we need to get x-rays.
(Not a vet rant, but this is why everyone needs to have funds in case of an emergency!!! The x-ray will cost me $400.70!!!)
So I have to make an apt. for him next Wed. (the earliest she would be in to do the x-rays) and I'm just dreading it. I have a feeling in my gut that it isn't going to turn out well.
Please send good thoughts and any words of experience would be helpful. I wish I could try to find somewhere a little cheaper, but she is the best and I refuse to go to anyone else for something this serious......I'm just in pieces over the thought of losing my little boy :cry3:
The vet couldn't find any gas or eye infection, said that his teeth seems to be well lined and colored during the exam but of course we need to get x-rays.
(Not a vet rant, but this is why everyone needs to have funds in case of an emergency!!! The x-ray will cost me $400.70!!!)
So I have to make an apt. for him next Wed. (the earliest she would be in to do the x-rays) and I'm just dreading it. I have a feeling in my gut that it isn't going to turn out well.
Please send good thoughts and any words of experience would be helpful. I wish I could try to find somewhere a little cheaper, but she is the best and I refuse to go to anyone else for something this serious......I'm just in pieces over the thought of losing my little boy :cry3:
We'll keep our fingers crossed that it's not malo. I went through this with my 1st chin last fall and we had to put him down in early December, it still hurts real bad that he's gone. The first signs for my situation is exactly as you describe, I had never heard of malo until I went to the vet with my chin. My vet believed the signs/symptoms to be malo and immediately anesthesized (sp?) him and took 3 head xrays. Xrays showed his lower molars growing inward and cutting into his tongue, so my vet filed them down, but it also showed that his roots were elongating towards his jaw. His upper jaw teeth were perfect. At the time, my vet was hopeful, maybe for my sake, that filing his teeth would fix his problem but after my second visit and another xray showing that the roots were still growing, I had to make that difficult decision. Between the 2 visits he was on CC every two hours and he drank water on his own. He actually gained weight, probably with my overfeeding him but he LOVED the "apple/banana" flavored critical care. Sorry for the rambling, you can pm me if you'd like, I hope all goes well with your little guy.
