pamela and tigger
Member Since 2009
To start I am sorry I haven't posted in a while. There is just so much to tell and then all of a sudden you get behind and don't know where to begin.
Tigger's spreadsheet is up to date and pretty much tells it all.
I have to say we haven't been following the rules as far as dosing for some time.
Long story short, we took him into the vet because he was pawing at his mouth. The vet tried as best he could to look, but said he had seen worse. So he did senior bloodwork and a thyroid test....turns out nothing that unusual. Glucose levels were good.
Two weeks later I noticed him pawing at his mouth more and more and there seemed to be something 'gunky' hanging from his mouth. No way to describe it better.
It was Labor Day Weekend so called my vet on Sunday and thankfully he was the one on call. He has been treating Tigger for over eight years and knows him well. They have a love/hate relationship.
He said bring him in early Tuesday and he would have a look. Not to feed him just in case and no insulin (Tigger's #'s weren't that bad anyway - which was strange).
So we took him in early AM. Dr. Kevin called me back a few hours later and said he took out eight teeth. I was shocked!! He and his wife, who is also a vet, both worked on him along with the vet tech. He said there were FORLS but he felt they got it all and no gingivitis. They did not do x-rays since they don't have that equipment.
Would I do it over if I knew they didn't have x-ray equipment to look at these FORLS? I don't know, maybe, but the last part is the amazing part.
They gave him a short term antibiotic at the time of the extractions, but sent me home with Amoxicilian. We already had Torb for pain but he was so sore I could not even give that to him, let alone the Amoxi.
So I hoped for the best and prayed he wasn't in too much pain. Crap, I know he probably was, but I just could not put him through that.
Anyway, he was fine after a few days and more like himself. He seemed to have some tenderness a week or so later, but with pureed food he got through that.
No antibiotics. We probably lucked out. I don't know....I kept thinking about what Dr. Lisa said about unnecessary AB's with dentals and hoped it applied here as well, even with the extractions. Well, it did. So far so good.........no infections, no antibiotics. He is doing well. We are still giving raw food as usual and pureed chicken or baby food.
He feels good and runs around. For all his sixteen years, I have my kitty back.
Thanks Marcy for checking in on us.
Tigger's spreadsheet is up to date and pretty much tells it all.
I have to say we haven't been following the rules as far as dosing for some time.
Long story short, we took him into the vet because he was pawing at his mouth. The vet tried as best he could to look, but said he had seen worse. So he did senior bloodwork and a thyroid test....turns out nothing that unusual. Glucose levels were good.
Two weeks later I noticed him pawing at his mouth more and more and there seemed to be something 'gunky' hanging from his mouth. No way to describe it better.
It was Labor Day Weekend so called my vet on Sunday and thankfully he was the one on call. He has been treating Tigger for over eight years and knows him well. They have a love/hate relationship.
He said bring him in early Tuesday and he would have a look. Not to feed him just in case and no insulin (Tigger's #'s weren't that bad anyway - which was strange).So we took him in early AM. Dr. Kevin called me back a few hours later and said he took out eight teeth. I was shocked!! He and his wife, who is also a vet, both worked on him along with the vet tech. He said there were FORLS but he felt they got it all and no gingivitis. They did not do x-rays since they don't have that equipment.
Would I do it over if I knew they didn't have x-ray equipment to look at these FORLS? I don't know, maybe, but the last part is the amazing part.
They gave him a short term antibiotic at the time of the extractions, but sent me home with Amoxicilian. We already had Torb for pain but he was so sore I could not even give that to him, let alone the Amoxi.
So I hoped for the best and prayed he wasn't in too much pain. Crap, I know he probably was, but I just could not put him through that.
Anyway, he was fine after a few days and more like himself. He seemed to have some tenderness a week or so later, but with pureed food he got through that.
No antibiotics. We probably lucked out. I don't know....I kept thinking about what Dr. Lisa said about unnecessary AB's with dentals and hoped it applied here as well, even with the extractions. Well, it did. So far so good.........no infections, no antibiotics. He is doing well. We are still giving raw food as usual and pureed chicken or baby food.
He feels good and runs around. For all his sixteen years, I have my kitty back.
Thanks Marcy for checking in on us.
