Phoenix1998
New Born Pup
Hi,
One of my girls has been having some issues with her jaw for a while now. She developed an abscess just before Christmas in her right cheek. We treated with antibiotics, draining and flushing it. That cleared up well and she was fine again. She never really stopped eating, just slowed down, before the issues she was going between 1400g and 1500g with very little change. At the time the vet wanted to do an MRI (£1000) or an x-ray (£200). I really couldn't afford that. I knew and still know that without the scans we won't know what is causing this so we treated the abscess without looking for the underlying issue. As I say, the abscess cleared up but she still had a little nodule on her cheek, smaller than a pea. It was hard and not moveable and hasn't grown. I think it may be a bone reaction to the abcess, or some scar tissue. Jump forward to about a month and a half ago and we noticed she had lost some weight and seemed to be eating slowly, her incisors at this point were a little long and a bit wonky so we booked an appointment, her jaw also looked out of aliment. We took her into the vets and they said that her molars were overgrown and trapping her tongue down a little. She went back in and they burred them down but said that her incisors would likely self correct and to come back if she wasn't eating properly.
I think that she is favouring her left side out of habit from where the abscess and that has affected her teeth but either way the underlying issue is causing her problems. She was 1200g about 2 months ago and now she is down to 850g, in the last 2 and a bit weeks she has lost 150g. We are getting x-rays and incisors done on Monday but her jaw is misaligned at the moment and her incisors are wonky, she isn't eating enough or properly. I think it is likely going to be some bone growth that has knocked her mandible out of place or the roots of her molars are growing wrong. We are faced with a impossible situation as far as I can see. If she can't eat and keep her teeth down we won't be able to afford monthly burring down nor will we be able to pay for meds constantly, and we are also not going to be able to syringe feed her multiple times a day, nor do we want to stress her out like this.
The only options that I see - unless the x-ray reveals something miraculous that we can fix - are to have her PTS or try to find somewhere we can rehome her if she is not going to be suffering, and if we can find someone who can give her the TLC that she needs. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of ailment and what is the outcome? Is she in lots of pain? Will she need to be fed multiple times a day? Is there anything that can be done? Will a rescue centre take her on? I don't want to give up on her, but my job means I can't be there all day, and so does my partner's. I am working away a lot and I can't change jobs right now in the current climate.
I am really upset about this because I love her to bits. Does anyone have any advice?
One of my girls has been having some issues with her jaw for a while now. She developed an abscess just before Christmas in her right cheek. We treated with antibiotics, draining and flushing it. That cleared up well and she was fine again. She never really stopped eating, just slowed down, before the issues she was going between 1400g and 1500g with very little change. At the time the vet wanted to do an MRI (£1000) or an x-ray (£200). I really couldn't afford that. I knew and still know that without the scans we won't know what is causing this so we treated the abscess without looking for the underlying issue. As I say, the abscess cleared up but she still had a little nodule on her cheek, smaller than a pea. It was hard and not moveable and hasn't grown. I think it may be a bone reaction to the abcess, or some scar tissue. Jump forward to about a month and a half ago and we noticed she had lost some weight and seemed to be eating slowly, her incisors at this point were a little long and a bit wonky so we booked an appointment, her jaw also looked out of aliment. We took her into the vets and they said that her molars were overgrown and trapping her tongue down a little. She went back in and they burred them down but said that her incisors would likely self correct and to come back if she wasn't eating properly.
I think that she is favouring her left side out of habit from where the abscess and that has affected her teeth but either way the underlying issue is causing her problems. She was 1200g about 2 months ago and now she is down to 850g, in the last 2 and a bit weeks she has lost 150g. We are getting x-rays and incisors done on Monday but her jaw is misaligned at the moment and her incisors are wonky, she isn't eating enough or properly. I think it is likely going to be some bone growth that has knocked her mandible out of place or the roots of her molars are growing wrong. We are faced with a impossible situation as far as I can see. If she can't eat and keep her teeth down we won't be able to afford monthly burring down nor will we be able to pay for meds constantly, and we are also not going to be able to syringe feed her multiple times a day, nor do we want to stress her out like this.
The only options that I see - unless the x-ray reveals something miraculous that we can fix - are to have her PTS or try to find somewhere we can rehome her if she is not going to be suffering, and if we can find someone who can give her the TLC that she needs. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of ailment and what is the outcome? Is she in lots of pain? Will she need to be fed multiple times a day? Is there anything that can be done? Will a rescue centre take her on? I don't want to give up on her, but my job means I can't be there all day, and so does my partner's. I am working away a lot and I can't change jobs right now in the current climate.
I am really upset about this because I love her to bits. Does anyone have any advice?