Tiny matted patch under chin

Ruthyjones89 said:

Hi guys,

Yesterday when on the floor with Bailey I noticed he's got a slightly matted patch of hair under his chin, it's very slight and not wet in anyway. But thinking about it he has started grooming himself a lot more recently. I thought this was due to his molt, but as this is nearly over & he's stillcleaning himself more, especially with pawing his little face, when he has a wash. I have checked his little paws and they look fine, no evidence to say their damp.

Food wise, absolutely fine.. Still eating pellets & still eating a good amount of hay. But worryingly thus morning he's been doing the odd tooth grinding, then would get up & run around. I've weighed him and he's lost a 1kg since he got neutered 8 weeks ago, I'm booking him into the vets later just for a check, but what's people's thoughts? Could this be the start of dental problems?

Xx

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Ruthyjones89 said:

Omg guys I'm so sorry, I meant 0.1kg - that'll teach me to text under my desk at work! he's gone from just over 1.6kg down to just under 1.5kg, so no where near the 1kg.

He seems bright enough in himself but yeah just want to get him checked. After everything with H&H, any little thing & I worry like mad! But I know he's a mini lop and with having such a little face, dental problems is possible. It's just the way he constantly washes his little face & scratches his little checks quite abit. I did mention this to the vets when he had his neuter & they said his teeth looked fine.

Well he's booked in for 6pm tonight so we'll wait and see!

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Ruthyjones89 said:

Omg guys I'm so sorry, I meant 0.1kg - that'll teach me to text under my desk at work! he's gone from just over 1.6kg down to just under 1.5kg, so no where near the 1kg.

He seems bright enough in himself but yeah just want to get him checked. After everything with H&H, any little thing & I worry like mad! But I know he's a mini lop and with having such a little face, dental problems is possible. It's just the way he constantly washes his little face & scratches his little checks quite abit. I did mention this to the vets when he had his neuter & they said his teeth looked fine.

Well he's booked in for 6pm tonight so we'll wait and see!

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Ruthyjones89 said:

Hi guys,

honestly thanks so much! Well we're back, and not too bad! His ears are fine.. All good! but when looking at his teeth it does look like on his left side instead of his row of teeth looking smooth, they look more like stepping stones. He doesn't have any Spurs from what we can see, and no redness anywhere but where one of his teeth is much shorter than the others, this is what could be causing him some discomfort.

Typically his little patch under his chin had completely gone and they couldn't see anything, but I have been prescribed some metacam.. For to see how he goes this week. Then we've got another appointment booked next Tuesday for us to see any difference and if not, I'll get him booked in for them to look at under GA and maybe just burr it slightly.

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