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Dental Feeding After Tooth Rasping?

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Florrieberry

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One of our piggies had a whiff of anaesthetic for tooth rasping yesterday as she had been off her food and subdued. The vet found a bolus of food stick at the back of her mouth and some spurs on back teeth, hence the mini op. She also had a pain killing injection and she came home yesterday 2pm. The vet said not to worry and it may take 24 hours for her to eat again. She is not even willing to have some mashed banana tho she had a tiny bit last night. She picked up a Lettuce leaf this morning but didn't bother chewing it. Any suggestions. (She won't have mashed carrot or pellets either) Any suggestions please?
 
Have managed 5ml pellet mush. She is drinking from the bottle herself so wasn't impressed with water in syringe but accepted the food. How much is safe to feed in one go? Hope often? Hourly? Awaiting call back from vet and have a backup appt at 2.40 if needed. She probs hasn't eaten much at all in 36 hours (both before & after rasping). Thanks
 
Florrieberry said:
Have managed 5ml pellet mush. She is drinking from the bottle herself so wasn't impressed with water in syringe but accepted the food. How much is safe to feed in one go? Hope often? Hourly? Awaiting call back from vet and have a backup appt at 2.40 if needed. She probs hasn't eaten much at all in 36 hours (both before & after rasping). Thanks
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You adjust the frequency of your feed to how much you get into her in one go. With only 5 ml, I would recommend to feed every 1-2 hours. Right after dental treatment, the mouth is very sore.

please be aware that she may need one or two more rounds of filing until she is able to chew comfortably again.
 
Little Martha is staying at vets for a few days. They are treating her for gut stasis, as well as a pain killer, and starting a course for her newly discovered (found at first trip to vet) cystic ovary. She said her tummy was probs more sore than her mouth, as she only had little overgrowth spurs, but that her tummy would be sore due to the gas.
At least I can come away knowing she is in the best hands, having transferred to Rose Cottage recently after another vet missed Florrie's cystic ovary till I pushed for a scan.
 
Unfortunately Martha is not responding as well today. They have xrayed , shows gas in caecum & intestines, so increasing frequency of metacloprimide, painkiller and continuing syringe feeding. They said they are keeping a close eye on her. Please keep her in your thoughts & prayers
 
Florrieberry said:
Unfortunately Martha is not responding as well today. They have xrayed , shows gas in caecum & intestines, so increasing frequency of metacloprimide, painkiller and continuing syringe feeding. They said they are keeping a close eye on her. Please keep her in your thoughts & prayers
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I am so very sorry! I am keeping my fingers very firmly crossed for her!
 
Thank you all. She has now spiked a temp, probs due to the gut stasis, she is on antibiotics already. Will take powdered diet but not grass or hay
 
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I am so very sorry that your beautiful Martha has gone.

You have done what you could for Martha; it is such a pity that it was not to be! :(
Gut stasis in the wake of a bad reaction to a GA/operation can sadly kill, despite the best efforts. Things have got better in the last few years, so I am very sorry that Martha was one of the very unlucky ones.
 
Wiebke said:
BIG HUGS

I am so very sorry that your beautiful Martha has gone.

You have done what you could for Martha; it is such a pity that it was not to be! :(
Gut stasis in the wake of a bad reaction to a GA/operation can sadly kill, despite the best efforts. Things have got better in the last few years, so I am very sorry that Martha was one of the very unlucky ones.
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Thank you. We are trying to console ourselves with the fact that she had her last 3 months with 3 of us (and 5 piggies) who loved her and hugged her rather than being in a rescue centre. The vet thinks there may have been something underlying which started the gastric problem, as the teeth were not vastly overgrown and she was happy eating emeraid from a spoon but wouldn't have grass or hay. She also didn't respond to quite intensive treatment around the clock, but nothing was found on xrays.
 
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:(I am so sorry to hear that you lost your little girl Martha after fighting so hard for her. She was very beautiful. :bye: RIP, Martha.
 
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