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Abscess management

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Sky-O

Wise Old Thumper
Lighters has a dental abscess. He has now been on Crystapen for 4 weeks. His swelling has shrunk right down and it doesn't seem to cause him pain and he is totally acting like his normal self again, however, his actual abscess capsuley thing seems to be increasing.

So what next?

Do we try a different kind of penicillin? Deopcillin?

We can't treat him with opening and flushing and stuff because he just wouldn't cope so we're on medical management.

Thanks in advance.
 
I dont think it will be possible to totally 'cure' the abscess without removing the offending tooth/tooth root. So it may be a case of keeping him on longterm antibiotics. Crystapen is pretty similar to Depocillin so I dont think changing from one to the other will be of much benefit to be honest.
 
I have been wondering how Lightening has been getting on. With Minnie she will always have lumps and bumps as you know. Minnie only has her injection once a week and that is suiting her fine. :)
 
With Scarlet they were putting the antibiotic into the abcess cavity, not sure if that is an option for you or not. This is whilst she was at the RSPCA so I don't have the full details, just what is in her vet notes from there.
 
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