A&T
Adult Guinea Pig
My kitten was diagnosed march last yearwith calicivirus. It was diagnosed after his gums were red and inflamed, after having a swab it came back positive for calici.
Anyway, he had a dental clean and put on interferon, the gums wernt as red and no longer inflamed, he had a few teeth out and another dental clean last year. Wethought we were winning against the virus as just before Christmas his gums werelooking excellent!
The beginning of this month he startedeating funny so I had alook at him gums and they were red again. Took him to the vets for a swab and it turns out that the calici is still present and the interferon was keeping it at bay rather than getting rid of it completely. As it's been a year together with the vet I made the decison to have a full mouth extraction (if needed). He's a young cat and I'm pretty sure that the only thing keeping the virus present is the fact its being harboured in the gums and no sooner we get rid of them the virus will be eradicated.
Monday he (tippy) had his operation, they managed to save his lower canines and the front and top incisors, but the rest are gone.
Of course he's had a lot of drilling and has disolverable stitches.
Yesterday I noticed a long big of stitch sticking out his mouth, so I took him back to the vet and they trimmed it off and gave him a vetagestic injection. After we got him home he seemed a lot happier now he doesn't have a free bit of stitch flying around.
Anyway, they gave me oral vetagestic aswell as metacam. Has normally really good and jumps up the table takes his meds and waits for a treat! But not with vetagestic. He HATES it. I managed to get it down him last night but he shook his head and flung a load out. This morning he was far to aware of what that smell was so I got maybe 0.1 down him (hes meant to have 0.3). I tried again at 1pm with wrapping him in a towel but again he shook his head and flung a load out. He's meant to have at least two a day three if possible.
I'm just wondering if even if he flicks it out does it still have any affect?
Also has started sneezing... Like.. Leaving his mouth a bit open and doing a sneeze. Sometimes he's have a little sneezing fit. I wonder if this is because his mouth is painful? Or is it the vetagestic?
I'm pretty sure he's not in pain.. But the stitches must be uncomfortable for him.
He's on 3kg mark of metacam once a day, is that enough to make most of the pain go? Really what I want to know if how important the vetagestic is, there's not much I can do about him shaking his head and flinging it out.
Thanks! Any advice would be great.
Anyway, he had a dental clean and put on interferon, the gums wernt as red and no longer inflamed, he had a few teeth out and another dental clean last year. Wethought we were winning against the virus as just before Christmas his gums werelooking excellent!
The beginning of this month he startedeating funny so I had alook at him gums and they were red again. Took him to the vets for a swab and it turns out that the calici is still present and the interferon was keeping it at bay rather than getting rid of it completely. As it's been a year together with the vet I made the decison to have a full mouth extraction (if needed). He's a young cat and I'm pretty sure that the only thing keeping the virus present is the fact its being harboured in the gums and no sooner we get rid of them the virus will be eradicated.
Monday he (tippy) had his operation, they managed to save his lower canines and the front and top incisors, but the rest are gone.
Of course he's had a lot of drilling and has disolverable stitches.
Yesterday I noticed a long big of stitch sticking out his mouth, so I took him back to the vet and they trimmed it off and gave him a vetagestic injection. After we got him home he seemed a lot happier now he doesn't have a free bit of stitch flying around.
Anyway, they gave me oral vetagestic aswell as metacam. Has normally really good and jumps up the table takes his meds and waits for a treat! But not with vetagestic. He HATES it. I managed to get it down him last night but he shook his head and flung a load out. This morning he was far to aware of what that smell was so I got maybe 0.1 down him (hes meant to have 0.3). I tried again at 1pm with wrapping him in a towel but again he shook his head and flung a load out. He's meant to have at least two a day three if possible.
I'm just wondering if even if he flicks it out does it still have any affect?
Also has started sneezing... Like.. Leaving his mouth a bit open and doing a sneeze. Sometimes he's have a little sneezing fit. I wonder if this is because his mouth is painful? Or is it the vetagestic?
I'm pretty sure he's not in pain.. But the stitches must be uncomfortable for him.
He's on 3kg mark of metacam once a day, is that enough to make most of the pain go? Really what I want to know if how important the vetagestic is, there's not much I can do about him shaking his head and flinging it out.
Thanks! Any advice would be great.