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I was looking at Trixies teeth last night...She has been chewing her bones alot in the last month & I thought- I bet her teeth are looking good. Was I ever wrong!
Her back Molar- Not sure what it is called. But its her biggest tooth : (
Its brown & part of the side is gone.
I checked her teeth about 3.5 months ago...Right before I bought her Antlers.
They were fine then...She was getting tarter on her molars that I was concerend about (her other side is cleaner then it was before)
I have no idea which bone is the culprit...Not that it really matters. She chewed her antlers a fair amount the 1st week we had them...then less...Then I put them away as my Grand dog came to live with us for a couple months...They both chewed Her Nyla bones alot during that time...And also she chewed his big treated Dinosaur bones (the Dino bones when he first moved here- then I put them away & recently they some how appeared again)
I assume if the tooth is brown it is not real recent? (like in the last week..?)
I need to make a vet appt...Want dh to come with so he can hear the options & Pick me up off the floor when I see the Estimate (her spay cost us about $650)
So my Options I am guessing will be extract it. That great chewing tooth...Is that wise? And she is not even 2.
Or a root canal & a cap..?
Anyone been here & have advice.
Also she loves chewing- So I am very upset about her not being able to do this...What will I be able to give her now to chew on.
She got sick on Bully sticks when she was a puppy...And it seems like you always risk Salmonella with them....
UPDATE #1
Ouch
Saw our vet last night. It is a slab fracture...And he will be pulling it on Thursday. (was scheduled for next Wednesday- then I remembered we go out of town for the day on Saturday & I didnt want to leave her for the day-with just the neighbor coming in to feed & let her out...So they were able to move it up to this week.
My appt yesterday was a fortune- $114. $63 for the office call- last I went in the spring it was $50...maybe $59 it had gone up to. Antibiotics that we will start the day before her extraction were $48.
The cost to pull her tooth & have her teeth cleaned while she is under is...Drum roll...$806 ($271 is for Ultrasonic teeth cleaning)
If I add in a full mouth xray it is an Additional $147...I will be just xraying the broken tooth : )
If I decide to have them remove a cyst on her back...not the one that popped last August...it is an Additional $71. I think I will skip that ...its very small & hasnt been a problem (yet- lets hope I dont Jinx it)
Wish Trixie & Me luck on Thursday...I dont like putting her under : (
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Interesting that dog's teet
hmmm... what happened to my comment?
Joanne, the partly missing comment thing happens all the time to me.
Then it won't let me edit or delete to fix it !
I reported this to Adina earlier today.
Updated
Good luck on Thursday!
(And this might be a good time to get pet insurance. It's too late for the tooth, but it will sure help with any big vet bills in the future!)
Keeping a good thought for Thursday.
Ugh Pam! I'm sorry to hear this. My vet told me not to give Axel antlers because "He could fracture his back molars." I didn't listen, partly because he loves them so much and partly because I had just spent $50 on a quantity of them. Well, I'm listening. I'm going to check his teeth tonight. Gulp!
Hope all goes well and sorry for the expen$e. What a bummer.
Sorry to hear your news but it's best to take care of this.
Trixie is home & doing good. Her tooth came out fine. Vet said all her other teeth looked really good. Hardly any plaque on them.
She was in alot of pain when she woke up. He had given her Rimadyl before she woke up & that usually is enough. Not for Trixie...She got morphine & something else a little later too.
I offered her 1/2 of her food & she ate it up...she is looking for more...I have more softening for her.
So happy everything came out fine. Hope she feels better later on. She may get sick even after eating, I'm kind of shocked that she wants to eat. Chloe didn't until the next afternoon. Hang in there Trixie!
Thanks Jennifer, I was surprised she wanted to eat too...(she must be like me-I always want food after surgery- nurses look at me like I am crazy)
She was waiting for breakfast this morning.
When we went to pick her up last night- she had just had a poop accident in the cage : ( So they had to clean her up before she got to go home.
I was worried she might do that during the night...But everything went good.
She is resting alot today.
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