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02-10-2006, 10:00 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005
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| Baxter and his teeth Yesterday, my mom got a yorkie. He's 5 mos 3wks old and adorable. Question is this, I noticed when she brought him over yesterday that he had awful breath. Well today I'm puppysitting for her and I noticed him chewing on "air". I opened his mouth and saw that one of his molars (I can't remember the dog name for them!) was bleeding. It looks like it may be loose. The earliest the vet could see Baxter is monday, but if you guys think this is something very serious, I'll take him to another vet. She said he wouldn't eat his hard food, but did finally eat some of the soft food. Whether this is due to him just being spoiled on it or his teeth hurting him I don't know. Anyone have any experience with this? I am really hoping he doesn't have some sort of gum disease, but I'm leaning more towards that prognosis.
__________________ Jamie, proud mom of Chester, Lexie and Zoie R.I.P. Chewie at Rainbow Bridge 7/14/2005-10/7/2005 |
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02-10-2006, 10:38 AM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dallas, TX
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| no, do not worry. what's happening is he/she is losing his or her baby teeth. during this time they have horrid breath. Most of the time dogs will just swallow their baby teeth. If you'd like you can try to help by getting a kleenex and gently tugging it out. I had to do this with Tigger. If they swallow them it won't hurt them so you really have nothing to worry about. If you'd like go to your local petstore and by some dog mouth spray and use that. Best of luck.
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02-10-2006, 12:39 PM | #3 | |
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__________________ Jamie, proud mom of Chester, Lexie and Zoie R.I.P. Chewie at Rainbow Bridge 7/14/2005-10/7/2005 | |
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