Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone had had any experience of tooth extractions..
Basically, ever since we got Maude in Feb 2016, she has been poorly. We got her from the adoption centre at Pets at Home and were told she was getting over a cold... anyway we've been to the vets just about every month with her and her various issues.
Our latest visit is due to a tooth abscess. She had one back in July and had a load of antibiotics and recovered completely. We were away last week and our neighbour was watching her and when we came back we saw she had a big lump in the same place. We took her in and today she was sedated so that they could lance the abscess. However, it was discovered through x-ray that her tooth is pushing up into her eye causing it to weep. She is now being referred to a specialist over 50 miles away and they are providing us with a quote for surgery. Maude hasn't been spayed, as when she went to get done last year she went blue under the anesthetic and had to be brought round.
So clearly, we're very worried. And on top of that, today's vet bill was £300 (sedation, abscess drain, overnight stay, xray). Luckily we have a honeymoon fund which is being used on Maude :thumb: But we're really worried about how much the tooth extraction might be, as our honeymoon fund won't cover much more. I've used the specialist vet before for my tortoise and they are great, but there's still the worry that she won't make it due to her condition. It was also mentioned today that all her problems (nasal and eye) could have all been because of her tooth.. so we might have paid out a years worth of bills on this already when it could have been diagnosed sooner. We're going to discuss everything with the specialist but we don't know when our appointment will be.
Does anyone else have similar experiences? Is £300 too expensive for what we received? Does anyone know how much roughly tooth extractions are?:?
I was wondering if anyone had had any experience of tooth extractions..
Basically, ever since we got Maude in Feb 2016, she has been poorly. We got her from the adoption centre at Pets at Home and were told she was getting over a cold... anyway we've been to the vets just about every month with her and her various issues.
Our latest visit is due to a tooth abscess. She had one back in July and had a load of antibiotics and recovered completely. We were away last week and our neighbour was watching her and when we came back we saw she had a big lump in the same place. We took her in and today she was sedated so that they could lance the abscess. However, it was discovered through x-ray that her tooth is pushing up into her eye causing it to weep. She is now being referred to a specialist over 50 miles away and they are providing us with a quote for surgery. Maude hasn't been spayed, as when she went to get done last year she went blue under the anesthetic and had to be brought round.
So clearly, we're very worried. And on top of that, today's vet bill was £300 (sedation, abscess drain, overnight stay, xray). Luckily we have a honeymoon fund which is being used on Maude :thumb: But we're really worried about how much the tooth extraction might be, as our honeymoon fund won't cover much more. I've used the specialist vet before for my tortoise and they are great, but there's still the worry that she won't make it due to her condition. It was also mentioned today that all her problems (nasal and eye) could have all been because of her tooth.. so we might have paid out a years worth of bills on this already when it could have been diagnosed sooner. We're going to discuss everything with the specialist but we don't know when our appointment will be.
Does anyone else have similar experiences? Is £300 too expensive for what we received? Does anyone know how much roughly tooth extractions are?:?