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nathansmsu · 12-20-2013, 09:07 PM

Chesney, who is our 10 yr old yorkie has had 2 rounds of teeth extractions in the past month. We first noticed him dropping weight and not eating much. After further inspection he was barely eating at all. We took him to our primary vet who removed 16 teeth. He said 3 of them were highly infected...even gave us the teeth in a baggie to take home. Chesney showed some interest in eating the first day or so after surgery, but quickly went back to his old ways (not eating). To make a long story short, and after multiple re-visits to the vet we decided to get a second opinion. The second vet recommend 6 more teeth to come out...of which we agreed. It has now been 2 weeks since that and he's still not wanting to eat hardly anything. Every so often we can tempt him with a marshmallow, or a small piece of cheese. We have literally been syringe feeding him 3 times a day, but he's not gaining weight back.The vet today recommend we go see a specialists as when the extraction was taking place they may have left a part of the root in place. I guess the specialist has better xray equipment to check that out. Chesney is still "smacking" his jaw every so often as if something is either in there, or he's still in pain. We don't see him wimper or wine, just doesn't have any interest in eating. We've tried mushed up chicken and rice, baby food, and about 7 varieties of wet dog food. We've been injecting him with prescription diet AD and then a high vitamin nutritional supplement.

My question to your group is.....Have you ever heard of such complications post teeth extraction? Not getting all of the roots?

Any other thoughts on how to make him eat on his own?

Thanks in advance
-Nathan

12-20-2013, 09:07 PM	#1
nathansmsu YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: bentonville Posts: 3	Teeth extracted....won't eat 2 weeks later Chesney, who is our 10 yr old yorkie has had 2 rounds of teeth extractions in the past month. We first noticed him dropping weight and not eating much. After further inspection he was barely eating at all. We took him to our primary vet who removed 16 teeth. He said 3 of them were highly infected...even gave us the teeth in a baggie to take home. Chesney showed some interest in eating the first day or so after surgery, but quickly went back to his old ways (not eating). To make a long story short, and after multiple re-visits to the vet we decided to get a second opinion. The second vet recommend 6 more teeth to come out...of which we agreed. It has now been 2 weeks since that and he's still not wanting to eat hardly anything. Every so often we can tempt him with a marshmallow, or a small piece of cheese. We have literally been syringe feeding him 3 times a day, but he's not gaining weight back.The vet today recommend we go see a specialists as when the extraction was taking place they may have left a part of the root in place. I guess the specialist has better xray equipment to check that out. Chesney is still "smacking" his jaw every so often as if something is either in there, or he's still in pain. We don't see him wimper or wine, just doesn't have any interest in eating. We've tried mushed up chicken and rice, baby food, and about 7 varieties of wet dog food. We've been injecting him with prescription diet AD and then a high vitamin nutritional supplement. My question to your group is.....Have you ever heard of such complications post teeth extraction? Not getting all of the roots? Any other thoughts on how to make him eat on his own? Thanks in advance -Nathan