Bill & Ted
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We have had a terrible week with Ted, I’ve not really been on the Forum much this week as I’ve been so distraught. On Tuesday Ted stopped eating! Not just bits but everything. Didn’t seem to be able to pick anything up including his favourite grass. He’s always struggled with hay, but grass and dandelion was always something I could rely on that he would manage to eat in tiny pieces. He could not even eat grass.
I called the Brixham vets that employ Jess who does minor conscious dentals but she was unfortunately not at work until a week Friday. Following on from that I rang our nearest exotic vets and explained how worried I was. Ted had been there before for his ear cyst and Bill had had his incisors filed there too and they were nice vets. By then I’d cracked open the fibreplex, emeraid, Emeprid and metacam. They told me to continue feeding and giving him the meds that Simon had prescribed (left over from neuter/Bill’s op) and they would admit him as an emergency on Wednesday at 8.00 am. They examined his teeth and said they were very overgrown and he had lacerations in his soft tissue from spurs rubbing against his cheek and into his tongue. I consented to surgery under anaesthetic with trepidation but knew the possibility of going to see Simon in Northampton was really not a possibility with lock down and he was on holiday anyway till next week. We do have an appointment mid next week but this was not going to wait till then even if we made the decision to go.
We spoke to the head surgeon (clinical director) who did the surgery, who was not a fan of conscious dentals and told us what he had done, giving his teeth a really good file back and I could feel my heart sink as this sounded like an experience we had had before. We picked him up at 4.00 pm on Wednesday, wheezing from the anaesthetic and drowsy as to be expected. Fed him overnight and all day yesterday. He still can’t pick up food as unfortunately he now has a set of incisors that look like rabbits teeth, they are so short. I feel bad but in these times we have very limited options especially down here in Cornwall, it sometimes feels like the edge of the world. He is quite bright, infact you wouldn’t think there was anything wrong with him today apart from he can’t pick up any food and looks very thin. I’m syringe feeding him every couple of hours and shoving tiny bits into his mouth to make him chew. I can’t blame the vet, he has taken him in as promptly as they could (after Easter) and done what he thinks is a great job but why do they always trim the incisors so short? His chewing action is ok although quite noisy and rough. It’s such a shame for him but Ted is a little fighter and we will do our very best for him and continue to feed him until his incisors have grown and he can pick up his own food again.
I called the Brixham vets that employ Jess who does minor conscious dentals but she was unfortunately not at work until a week Friday. Following on from that I rang our nearest exotic vets and explained how worried I was. Ted had been there before for his ear cyst and Bill had had his incisors filed there too and they were nice vets. By then I’d cracked open the fibreplex, emeraid, Emeprid and metacam. They told me to continue feeding and giving him the meds that Simon had prescribed (left over from neuter/Bill’s op) and they would admit him as an emergency on Wednesday at 8.00 am. They examined his teeth and said they were very overgrown and he had lacerations in his soft tissue from spurs rubbing against his cheek and into his tongue. I consented to surgery under anaesthetic with trepidation but knew the possibility of going to see Simon in Northampton was really not a possibility with lock down and he was on holiday anyway till next week. We do have an appointment mid next week but this was not going to wait till then even if we made the decision to go.
We spoke to the head surgeon (clinical director) who did the surgery, who was not a fan of conscious dentals and told us what he had done, giving his teeth a really good file back and I could feel my heart sink as this sounded like an experience we had had before. We picked him up at 4.00 pm on Wednesday, wheezing from the anaesthetic and drowsy as to be expected. Fed him overnight and all day yesterday. He still can’t pick up food as unfortunately he now has a set of incisors that look like rabbits teeth, they are so short. I feel bad but in these times we have very limited options especially down here in Cornwall, it sometimes feels like the edge of the world. He is quite bright, infact you wouldn’t think there was anything wrong with him today apart from he can’t pick up any food and looks very thin. I’m syringe feeding him every couple of hours and shoving tiny bits into his mouth to make him chew. I can’t blame the vet, he has taken him in as promptly as they could (after Easter) and done what he thinks is a great job but why do they always trim the incisors so short? His chewing action is ok although quite noisy and rough. It’s such a shame for him but Ted is a little fighter and we will do our very best for him and continue to feed him until his incisors have grown and he can pick up his own food again.
sending you lots of love and to Ted too. Cut the veg in really really thin strips so you can help get them in his mouth. You got plenty of pain relief? Am tagging debs in this for you also for any other advice she can give to help get him eating again 
