natandfluffs
Alpha Buck
I posted briefly about this in chat but want to start a thread here. I would really welcome any experience, advice and support please... and we need all the positive vibes we can get.
Charlie had all his molars and premolars extracted a few weeks ago, and now has a crack in his jaw and a really nasty infection in his bone. An abcess was removed last weekend and we're flushing it out and applying manuka honey twice daily. We've been injecting penicillin too but It's not doing a lot so the vet is also doing a more thorough clean every few days. My poor boy is taking it all in his stride, but we got the bacterilology results back yesterday and its not good. The only antibiotic that can touch it is quite nasty, and that didn't do a lot when they were testing either
So I'm injecting amikacin twice daily and hoping for the best... we looked at his x rays again and he has another couple of very small abcesses and his remaining tooth roots aren't great. I think the vet was preparing me for the worst. But Charlie is still so happy and snuggly I have to try anything.
I feel so sad. He's only been with me for three months
Charlie had all his molars and premolars extracted a few weeks ago, and now has a crack in his jaw and a really nasty infection in his bone. An abcess was removed last weekend and we're flushing it out and applying manuka honey twice daily. We've been injecting penicillin too but It's not doing a lot so the vet is also doing a more thorough clean every few days. My poor boy is taking it all in his stride, but we got the bacterilology results back yesterday and its not good. The only antibiotic that can touch it is quite nasty, and that didn't do a lot when they were testing either
So I'm injecting amikacin twice daily and hoping for the best... we looked at his x rays again and he has another couple of very small abcesses and his remaining tooth roots aren't great. I think the vet was preparing me for the worst. But Charlie is still so happy and snuggly I have to try anything.
I feel so sad. He's only been with me for three months
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