Re: 4/24 mocha amps 229 +2 329 back from vets, long
well we are back from the vets. The ride down there started out ok. She was loud, but we are used to that. Then about a 1/2hr into the trip, she peed. Thankfully she peed most of it into her litter box. But then she also decided she needed to poop, which she did, and then she proceeded to lay in it
so we had to pull over and try to clean her up the best we could. The smell in the house can sometimes be powerful, the smell in an enclosed car is overpowering to say the least! So we cleaned her up and headed back out on the road. It rained all the way down there, which didn't amuse mocha in the least. She cried the entire, and I mean entire, way down there.
The vet saw us immediately and almost seemed shocked at how well mochas mouth has healed up. She said there was one stitch that had not dissolved yet, but she didn't seem concerned about that at all. She just kept saying oh wow, she looks wonderful! So then we told her we are having a really hard time brushing mochas teeth and could she possibly show us a better way, which she then tried to, but mocha was having none of it. She said, hmmm I see what you mean! But then she asked if mocha likes the toothpaste and we said yes, she does lick it right up off our fingers and she said that that might be enough for her so to keep giving her the toothpaste each night so I guess we will continue with that. She also said we should try these dental treats that will help her out, and I asked if they were safe for diabetics, which she said yes, they are fine for them. She said she should get one a day, they are about the size of a tootsie roll. So we ended up buying them too. Another 12.50 added to the bill, why not, we are made of money!
Mocha was happy the whole exam only took less then 10 minutes and she was back in the carrier ready to come home. She was quieter on the way home then what she was on the way down there which was nice ... especially so we could hear her pee again, this time no where near her litter box. I tried the best I could do clean up the damage with paper towel, but we were also stuck in construction traffic and had no where to get off. Peter is now cleaning up the carrier and the messy towels and blankets are in the wash. What an ordeal!
We tested her right before we left the vets, and she was at 329, not bad considering how ticked she was. We will test her later tonight once she has a chance to cool off.
Here are the list of ingredients for the dental bites, and a picture to show how large they are! They are fairly soft, I would almost have to compare them to the freeze dried chicken treats we bought her. There are only 24 bites in a box. She is supposed to get 1 a day, but we can't really afford to drive down there to pick them up, and we can't really budget in that extra money even if the local vet sold them. So if they are really safe for her, then we will give her may one a week, along with the toothpaste and hope for the best! The purebites are the new treats we bought for mocha.
Ingredients:
freeze-dried fish, barley malt extract, antioxidants (containing tocopherois, ascorbic acid, natural flavor, citric acid, polysorbate 80, propylene glycol, canola and/or soybean oil, potassium sorbate), dried whey protein concentrate (source oflysozyme, lactoferrin and lactoperoxidase).
