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Originally Posted by seschna  no idea if anyone was there. hes home now  I talked to the vet and he said they took out practically all of his teeth in front and one or 2 in back b.c they were so bad and he has gum disease  but he said the rest of his teeth look good now. he gave me some antibiotics to give him for a while, but he should start feeling better now. He also fed him some wet food and he didnt throw up so i have to get some and try that out. He did say that he doesnt think it is IBD, even of the small intestine, b/c he throws up SO FAST after eating/while eating that the food hadnt had time to get that far into the digestion yet..so if it is inflammation it would prob be of the stomach..but we prob wont do any of that until later if it doesnt stop.
Also he wasnt given up..he was taken from a puppy mill, where he was used as stud and they clearly didnt take care of HIM so im glad they took him away. One of the poms they rescued from the same breeder had gum/teeth problems also..so this lady should NOT have been breeding small dogs. my poor baby. they did say if i want we can do the gel thing to keep his teeth clean or protect against bacteria but the best thing we can do is just keep an eye on them and have them checked/cleaned at least once a year..theres nothin we can do about him havin gum disease other than that..i dont care if he has teeth as long as he doesnt have organ failure later in life, cuz ive heard that periodontal disease can cause that! |
yeah my demi does fine with 15 teeth and it is much healthier than having gum disease -- i use chlorhexedine wipes from drs foster and smith it keeps bacteria down in mouth
i hope the wet food continues to help
that is odd as when dd had colitis from metacam and she was all inflamed she vomitted the food right up after eating it immediately so i had to soak it for 30 days before she could keep it down