After recovering from a two week long episode of stasis Daisy relapsed on Friday. She is now stable and on prokinetics, pain relief and critical care feed.
She relapsed just after eating a pile of forage, was lying on her side in pain. I rushed her to the vet and her heart and lungs were ok and she had pooed in the carrier. She had vetergesic and calmed down a lot.
On reflection there were signs of her mouth causing her pain, moving her head into different positions when eating and only eating forage, herbs and veg - no pellets. The emergency vet 2 weeks ago thought he could see a small spike but my vet couldn't really see it.
So, she is booked in for a dental exam, bloods and x rays tomorrow. I'm really scared of the sedation meanwhile she takes her recovery feed well but will not touch anything else.
Does this sound like dental pain? She is 9 and never had an issue before, her eyes are clear and no dribbles.
During the last two week episode of stasis she did start to eat for herself gradually, but I'm wondering if her mouth is too sore, maybe she caught it on a spur while eating the forage Friday?
This is all new to me, my vet suggested the dental exam in order to see her back teeth properly, she said she will run a rasp over them even if they look ok and then do x rays. This seems like a sensible thing to be doing. Is there anything else I could have missed?
She relapsed just after eating a pile of forage, was lying on her side in pain. I rushed her to the vet and her heart and lungs were ok and she had pooed in the carrier. She had vetergesic and calmed down a lot.
On reflection there were signs of her mouth causing her pain, moving her head into different positions when eating and only eating forage, herbs and veg - no pellets. The emergency vet 2 weeks ago thought he could see a small spike but my vet couldn't really see it.
So, she is booked in for a dental exam, bloods and x rays tomorrow. I'm really scared of the sedation meanwhile she takes her recovery feed well but will not touch anything else.
Does this sound like dental pain? She is 9 and never had an issue before, her eyes are clear and no dribbles.
During the last two week episode of stasis she did start to eat for herself gradually, but I'm wondering if her mouth is too sore, maybe she caught it on a spur while eating the forage Friday?
This is all new to me, my vet suggested the dental exam in order to see her back teeth properly, she said she will run a rasp over them even if they look ok and then do x rays. This seems like a sensible thing to be doing. Is there anything else I could have missed?
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