Kado is back at the vet today for some heavy-duty dentristy.
For reasons we haven't figured out, he is not grinding his front teeth, and hasn't been for weeks. He's not eating hard food (or using his mouth to take treats, or any of the other normal rat stuff) and his incisors are growing like mad. We've needed to take him to have the teeth trimmed every week, and it bothers him so much that the vet has needed to knock him out to do it.
Today, the vet will try pulling the teeth, since Kado isn't using them anyway.
I'm not too worried about how he'll eat without them...since he's not been using them, he's gotten pretty good at ripping food apart with his paws and feeding himself, and he loves his chocolate Boost. (Today when Victor dropped him off he was up 13 grams from last week.) I'm just worried because surgery always makes me nervous, and Kado has had so many weird health issues.
Victor sent me a picture with the camera phone: Kado at the vet.
Update...heard from the vet, and Kado is done with his tooth pull. The top two came out pretty easily, but the doc is afraid the root from the bottom is still in there, so they might grow back. (He didn't want to force too heard for ear of breaking Kado's jaw.) He saved the teeth for us, so maybe the Tooth Fairy can pay a visit.
Posted by: abita at August 22, 2006 01:55 PMOH NO pooor little Kado.. Hope he is feeling better soon and has no more problems...
hugs for kado
Posted by: Colleen at August 22, 2006 10:33 PMPoor baby. :( Sending good thoughts.
Posted by: Eanna at August 23, 2006 09:10 AMI hope the tooth removal can make him a healthier and happier rat. I bet he'll look silly without them. Toothless rat grins.
Posted by: YummY! at August 23, 2006 09:59 PM