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| Bill Leary |
Got a new problem. We'll be going to the vet, but want to get some
experiences if anyone has any.
Quasimodo started chewing the food bowl a couple of days ago. I just caught
him in the act, got him out and got a look at his teeth. There's a
discoloration around the two teeth to the left of his right upper canine
tooth. This has to have happened since last Sunday when I gave them all
their weekly once over. It's noticeable, sort of greyish in color, but not
puffed out or anything of that nature.
He doesn't seem to be in any particular pain from it. He's still playing
normally, doesn't seem to have increased his sleeping, and is still eating
regularly. I don't weight them (as in with a scale), but I do watch their
weight, and have noticed no change. No fur loss, no change in behavior,
except that he chews the food bowl between mouth fulls of food. He was
squirming anyway from being held with his mouth open, but didn't seem to
react any more or less when I touched the spot. He's acting a something
like a child, puppy or kitten acts when it's teething, except that they all
seem to do that object chewing a lot more than he does.
Any experiences with this sort of thing?
- Bill
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| ZPL |
I had one that LOVED wicker baskets.
They say chewing can be a sign of nausea or stomach upset. But, you said
that he had been eating normally.
Have you tried a does of hairball stuff?
"Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Got a new problem. We'll be going to the vet, but want to get some
> experiences if anyone has any.
>
> Quasimodo started chewing the food bowl a couple of days ago. I just
caught
> him in the act, got him out and got a look at his teeth. There's a
> discoloration around the two teeth to the left of his right upper canine
> tooth. This has to have happened since last Sunday when I gave them all
> their weekly once over. It's noticeable, sort of greyish in color, but
not
> puffed out or anything of that nature.
>
> He doesn't seem to be in any particular pain from it. He's still playing
> normally, doesn't seem to have increased his sleeping, and is still eating
> regularly. I don't weight them (as in with a scale), but I do watch their
> weight, and have noticed no change. No fur loss, no change in behavior,
> except that he chews the food bowl between mouth fulls of food. He was
> squirming anyway from being held with his mouth open, but didn't seem to
> react any more or less when I touched the spot. He's acting a something
> like a child, puppy or kitten acts when it's teething, except that they
all
> seem to do that object chewing a lot more than he does.
>
> Any experiences with this sort of thing?
>
> - Bill
>
>
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| Bill Leary |
"ZPL" <ZPL2@allegiance.tv> wrote in message
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> I had one that LOVED wicker baskets.
Nothing like that for any of ours. They *all* love surgical rubber, or
anything of that consistancy, but we won't let them have it. Surprising
what's got stuff like that on it these days, like tooth brushes.
> They say chewing can be a sign of nausea or stomach upset.
> But, you said that he had been eating normally.
Yes, and I took a few minutes to watch closely to make sure he wasn't
chewing and dropping the food or something and no, he's actually eating it.
> Have you tried a does of hairball stuff?
Our cats get hair balls but, to date anyway, our ferrets never have. I've
just talked to the vet, and nothing I've observed is conclusive as a
problem, but it's enough that she agrees he should be checked out. His
teeth are somewhat odd, but since he was a foundling we don't know his
history so don't know why they're they way they are. We go to see her
Tuesday morning before work, unless he gets worse before that, in which case
we'll make an emergency trip.
- Bill
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