elizabethH
Warren Scout
I would be grateful for advice about Oscar, our Flemish Giant Cross. He is 5 and we have had him since he came from a local rescue at 5 months. He has generally had no health problems except EC just over 2 years ago which left him with a slight head tilt which gets worse if he is stressed. However, last September we found an abscess on his jaw which was successfully surgically removed and there is no sign that it has come back. The abscess was not associated with his teeth per se and he made a good recovery. The xrays and the inspection when he was under anaesthetic showed that his teeth were generally in good shape. We have been keeping a close eye on him though we pick himup as little as possible as it affects his head tilt and he gets quite stressed. On Christmas Eve decided that he wouldn't eat and we saw that he his incisors had grown out of alignment. After discussion with the emergency vet we decided to syringe feed him as necessary and he was booked for a dental last Wednesday. He had his top and bottom incisors burred short and with encouragement has been slowly eating more - we cut up everything and give him herbs etc - anything he will eat. While he is nearly back to normal his teeth are growing at an alarming rate and are still not grinding against each other as they should and he is now booked for another dental tomorrow. The vet has looked again at the xrays in September and last week and says they actually look OK with only v slight problems and little change over the 4 months. We discussed having his incisors out but our vet feels that it would be a high risk op for him.
We would welcome any thought on what to do next. If there was the possibility of having his incisors out we would either take him to Cambridge Vets where the abscess op was done or to Iain Cope in Newmarket who saw Oscar at CVG when he had his EC. The other problem is that the EC gave him liver damage and Iain said we should be wary about metacam but what are the alternatives for pain relief? Our vet is not keen on using opiates like tramadol.
Many thanks
We would welcome any thought on what to do next. If there was the possibility of having his incisors out we would either take him to Cambridge Vets where the abscess op was done or to Iain Cope in Newmarket who saw Oscar at CVG when he had his EC. The other problem is that the EC gave him liver damage and Iain said we should be wary about metacam but what are the alternatives for pain relief? Our vet is not keen on using opiates like tramadol.
Many thanks
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