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    Black Jack - Absessed Tooth?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    I have the most AWESOME vet in the world :colgate and the crummiest cell phone service <_<

     

     

    My vet got my e-mail last night and actually called me :D but thanks to my stupid cell phone, it dropped the call and didn't know that he left a voice mail until this morning.

     

    Anyhoo... the vet thinks that's probably an absessed tooth and they generally aren't painful. NO ASPIRIN!!!!!!!! so we gotta wait a couple weeks before he can do the dental. Called this morning and made an appointment for January 15th.

     

     

    Got home from work tonight and the bump was all scabby :huh so I got a clean warm wash rag and gently patted it and it was blood. I cleaned it off pretty good and looks like it might have split open :dunno So gonna call vet back in the morning and see if maybe he should be on anti-biotics so it doesn't get infected before our appointment.

     

    Again, he's acting totally normal. Dad came over and said he and Major played in the back yard for about 20 minutes. Dad was all excited because he's never seen Maj play before :lol Maj usually just lays in the blue recliner when Dad see's him. :lol

     

    Anybody have any experience with one of these busting before??? :dunno

    Black Jack - Absessed Tooth?

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    Yep, it's GOT to be an infected tooth :sad1

     

     

    I was getting ready to do a warm compression and decided to swab the back of his teeth with a q-tip, it was bloody so before I put the warm compression on, I put a couple of steryl cotton balls under his gums and in the back of this mouth (he wasn't happy) but I put the warm compression on and guess what???? The bump went down (still there but MUCH smaller) and the cotton balls were filled with bloody/yellowish/fluid that stunk.

     

    Poor monster :sad1 I guess the big lump was a pocket of fluid (the bloody yellowish stuff) I hope I got most of it on the cotton ball and he didn't swallow any of it :(

     

    Yep... will be calling the vet first thing in the a.m.

    Black Jack - Absessed Tooth?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    I always worry when they need to be put under, but 10 is really not that old and if all his blood work looks good, he should do fine. Naturally you'll worry, but if it is a tooth, that has to be painful for him. Whatever it is, when there's swelling, it hurts! I've got him tucked in my prayers and please, keep us posted.

    Thanks :)

     

    Having him put under scares the ever living **** out of me :sad1 You know how people have phobia's? That one is mine. Heck I've had surgery myself several times (most recent one a few months ago) and have been put under and don't think a thing about it........... (when it comes to me)...

     

    but when it comes to one of my critters........... I am a flippin' basket case!!!! :ph34r:

    Black Jack - Absessed Tooth?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    I almost thought that it looked a little high for a tooth.....how about some buffered asprin? That might help with the swelling too.

     

     

    I'm not sure, but it's in the same spot it was in last time and my vet said he needed to have his teeth cleaned. His teeth aren't really that bad, but on that side, they aren't really great either. I don't want to do a dental because Black Jack is 10 years old, but I also don't want him to be in pain either. Like I said, he doesn't act like he's in pain, but it HAS to be painful :dunno UGH!!! :sad1

     

    I gave him some buffered aspirin a couple of weeks ago when it was swollen, but don't want to give him anything w/o the vet's approval, just incase they have to pull a tooth or something. I'm going to call them in the morning and try to get him in this week, but just wanted some advice from you guys to see if you thought that's what it was also.

     

    I have a girl - Blitzen Millie that has an abcessed tooth that looks ot be in about the same spot - wish I were good with a camera. She had 2 several month ago - one on each side. We gave her antis and scheduled a dental. Her heart stopped on the table and they did not have time to remove the other tooth. She then bled out that night so at age 14 we have opted to never do surgery again.

     

    I give her antibiotics for 1 week every 3 or 4 weeks. But form pictures they look in the same place. When the tooth gets really infected - week before I start antis - it swells all under her eyes and across the bridge -

     

    Does any of this make sense.

     

    Good luck with Black Jack - it is strange what the teeth can do to us and them!

     

     

    Yep :nod makes perfect sense. Exactly why I don't want him to have a dental :sad1

     

    Last time (a few months ago last time...) he gave him antibiotics and I did the warm wash rag thing and it hasn't come back until a couple of weeks ago. That's when I gave him a buffered aspirin and did the warm wash rag compresses for a few days and it went down, but yesterday it started swelling up again, and well... you can see where it is today :(

    Black Jack - Absessed Tooth?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted · Edited by bjnno1

    Black Jack has an area on his face, right under his eye that swells up every once in awhile. A few weeks ago it started swelling up (it's been awhile since it's done this) and I held a warm wash rag against his face a couple of times a day for a few days and it went down. (That's what I did last time it appeared) but it's come back again (this is the most swollen (biggest) it's ever been) so I guess it's time to call the vet :(

     

    In your experiences, is this an absessed tooth? What will they do for it? Thoughts? Anything I can do to make him feel better? :unsure He isn't acting like he's in any pain, but I know it has to be hurting the poor little guy :sad1

     

     

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    Thunder 6/2/94 - 11/22/08

    in Remembrance

    Posted

    :cry1 Cindy :grouphug I'm so sorry :sad1

     

    I can't imagine what you are going through and can't think of anything that will make you feel better :sad1 Just know I AM thinking about you and keeping you in my prayers.

     

    I am so very sorry :sad1 If you need anything, let me know.

    Just Say A Little Prayer...

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Hey Patti,

     

    Just now seeing this thread, I had surgery 3 weeks ago and haven't been online much this week.

     

    Sorry if you already covered this earlier in the thread, but have you taken Lee to the vet lately? Did they say why he's losing so much weight and going to the bathroom in the house? (sorry if you already covered it, I might have missed it)

     

    Hope everything goes well and sending prayers for Lee :hope

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