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Had a terrible emergency vet appointment for Casper and am angry

Thank you all. :love: Sadly, he's back to not eating much... He's clearly hungry and runs over quite happily when I offer him food, but most of the time he won't actually eat it. :( He's taking his syringe feed well, though, so that's at least not a problem.
 
I see he has root elongation. Do you have metacam? Brko has that problem too and he is often on metecam as it helps him a lot to feel better and eat hay. And even with that he still eats doft hay (Orchard, mountain hay). No timothy hay at all (well I can't even get third or second cut around here). It is a roller coaster with him. Ups and downs, like with yours. But it can as well be some abscess or loose teeth? Have you noticed that he is chewing more to one side?
 
AnjaSanja said:
I see he has root elongation. Do you have metacam? Brko has that problem too and he is often on metecam as it helps him a lot to feel better and eat hay. And even with that he still eats doft hay (Orchard, mountain hay). No timothy hay at all (well I can't even get third or second cut around here). It is a roller coaster with him. Ups and downs, like with yours. But it can as well be some abscess or loose teeth? Have you noticed that he is chewing more to one side?
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Yes, Casper gets Metacam every day. Normally he eats hay just fine, only when his teeth are bothering him he doesn't. I'm glad the Metacam helps Brko a lot; that's great, even if he can only eat soft hay. :) I don't think Casper has an abscess or loose teeth since he had a dental and a skull x-ray a few weeks ago and I'm guessing they would've seen any loose teeth or abscesses then? I haven't noticed he is chewing more to one side, but I will keep an eye on it.
 
Thank you for the vibes, Zoobec and Walli. I really appreciate it. :love:

He has his dental tomorrow morning. I'm very nervous, but I hope it'll help him enough to start eating well again.
 
Hopefully you'll be feeling a whole lot better this time tomorrow. It only seems like yesterday when he was bullying Sophie & going in for his last dental. I really hope the proceedure goes well, he recovers beautifully & you get to have a reassuring talk with your vet too
 
joey&boo said:
Hopefully you'll be feeling a whole lot better this time tomorrow. It only seems like yesterday when he was bullying Sophie & going in for his last dental. I really hope the proceedure goes well, he recovers beautifully & you get to have a reassuring talk with your vet too
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This :love:
 
Sending lots of vibes for Casper's dental tomorrow. I hope it goes really well and that he recovers speedily.
 
Good morning Casper! Lots of RU love & vibes coming your way to help with your dental this morning
 
Aww, that's really sweet. Thank you, j&b, Zoobec, and Omi. :love: My dad dropped Casper and Sophie off at the vets this morning. I'm still feeling too exhausted and unwell to go with them, but I stuck a note on their carrier saying everything I wanted the vet to know. My dad said they can be picked up at the end of the afternoon, so it'll be a quiet day without them around.
 
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