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Hi all!! Get some coffee or tea, did not know this was going to be long
Intro
Few days ago, of of the brothers (Loki) somehow broke his fang. Horrible situation.He spent some of the day dealing with it, and even one case out fo frustration it seem tried to get it out, causing bleeding.
After about a day, he returned to his normal self. However, due to the fang being in the way, he tries to eat, but is difficult if not possible. He sometimes "jerks" if the tooth moves around, but outside that. He seems fine.
Problem 1
Now vet wise - That was just absurd. Everyone I called (sadly this happened on a Saturday) said the could look at him but would not be able to do any type of oral work. Example some pain management would be the best - the oral work would have to be scheduled at a different time because the surgeons are not available or some weird excuse. To me and the wife, it was like if we went to the dentist, and they said, yes you have a broken tooth, here is some pain meds, we'll schedule that tomorrow or the next day? weird!!
Problem 2 (the worse)
So during the call of my vet, I pushed the question and thought maybe we'll tough it out til tomorrow, how much - they said to start $1,000 !!! WoW, even before covid, this is no easy feat just keeping a grand in your back pocket, but now most our back up resources are zapped. this suddenly is not an option
Current situation
fear is starvation and dehydration,To keep him hydrated, (he still has his tongue out most the time, it sits under his fang, and on occasion slobers), I have a straw, and spend time dabbling it on his tongue which he laps up. I am the only person that can get that close to him with this ailment. However, he chases me around when it is time to feed them, and starts to eat like normal then stops, because he is not sure how to eat. Looks at me and sits. and then, defeated, goes and lays down.
Yes! I understand he needs to be seen, but at that amount of financial strain is not possible, several times (in private) I found myself breaking down, just not fair, I don't know how to make this work, I need some way to feed him, or his "peppy" self is going to give way to going hungry. I know cats can go at most 3 days not eating and then there will be a problem.
What can I do to get food in him?? they usually eat wet food
EDIT:
so I had some new dry food I picked up the day before, His brother is in his "burn-out" stage of the current wet food - so will have to get some later, so opened up the new dry food bag, and here he came around the corner - curled -happy-tail and all, and I thought "..well good luck", I put some in their dry food bowl and WOW, he went to town, I could see that he figured out how to get the food in his mouth and use the back his back teeth to eat!! YES, I'll have to wait and see how he does with water.
I was thinking one of those small syringes that I can load with food(or water) and give him small shots of that for the wet food. But since he is eating his dry food maybe not.
Pet Info
Two Tabby's (twin brothers)
5yrs old
Healthy, playful and act like dogs (even knows the sound of my keys, as well as recognize the leash LOL)
Me and the wife are totally traumatized with vets, our last cat 19yr old! had a breathing problem, the stress of getting the harness on, taking to the car, road trip to vet, about 3 vets coming to get him (they were extremely attentive), and shortly after - he died (my dad, a doctor
, looked at his charts and said first he had a conjestive heart failur, but what killed him was fear - 250bpm+) So same situation with my boys. We're totally fearful of leaving him with them.
Attached Picture(s)
I did not attach the horrifying bloody one, where he was working his tooth and made it bleed - totally awful and scary pic, so this one (super close up) was what he looked like the day before, right now he does not slobber as much if at all, but his tongue is still out due to the fang being in the way.
I tossed in a couple other pics to see what he looks like under normal times. the one on the couch was like a week ago, so looks like something was already amiss, and I mis took it as cats just having their tongue out.
and a small video of them playing New video by Rick Scorpio
Thank you VERY much for reading this far, if you made it :-) Any financial ideas would be great.
Intro
Few days ago, of of the brothers (Loki) somehow broke his fang. Horrible situation.He spent some of the day dealing with it, and even one case out fo frustration it seem tried to get it out, causing bleeding.
After about a day, he returned to his normal self. However, due to the fang being in the way, he tries to eat, but is difficult if not possible. He sometimes "jerks" if the tooth moves around, but outside that. He seems fine.
Problem 1
Now vet wise - That was just absurd. Everyone I called (sadly this happened on a Saturday) said the could look at him but would not be able to do any type of oral work. Example some pain management would be the best - the oral work would have to be scheduled at a different time because the surgeons are not available or some weird excuse. To me and the wife, it was like if we went to the dentist, and they said, yes you have a broken tooth, here is some pain meds, we'll schedule that tomorrow or the next day? weird!!
Problem 2 (the worse)
So during the call of my vet, I pushed the question and thought maybe we'll tough it out til tomorrow, how much - they said to start $1,000 !!! WoW, even before covid, this is no easy feat just keeping a grand in your back pocket, but now most our back up resources are zapped. this suddenly is not an option
Current situation
fear is starvation and dehydration,To keep him hydrated, (he still has his tongue out most the time, it sits under his fang, and on occasion slobers), I have a straw, and spend time dabbling it on his tongue which he laps up. I am the only person that can get that close to him with this ailment. However, he chases me around when it is time to feed them, and starts to eat like normal then stops, because he is not sure how to eat. Looks at me and sits. and then, defeated, goes and lays down.
Yes! I understand he needs to be seen, but at that amount of financial strain is not possible, several times (in private) I found myself breaking down, just not fair, I don't know how to make this work, I need some way to feed him, or his "peppy" self is going to give way to going hungry. I know cats can go at most 3 days not eating and then there will be a problem.
What can I do to get food in him?? they usually eat wet food
EDIT:
so I had some new dry food I picked up the day before, His brother is in his "burn-out" stage of the current wet food - so will have to get some later, so opened up the new dry food bag, and here he came around the corner - curled -happy-tail and all, and I thought "..well good luck", I put some in their dry food bowl and WOW, he went to town, I could see that he figured out how to get the food in his mouth and use the back his back teeth to eat!! YES, I'll have to wait and see how he does with water.
I was thinking one of those small syringes that I can load with food(or water) and give him small shots of that for the wet food. But since he is eating his dry food maybe not.
Pet Info
Two Tabby's (twin brothers)
5yrs old
Healthy, playful and act like dogs (even knows the sound of my keys, as well as recognize the leash LOL)
Me and the wife are totally traumatized with vets, our last cat 19yr old! had a breathing problem, the stress of getting the harness on, taking to the car, road trip to vet, about 3 vets coming to get him (they were extremely attentive), and shortly after - he died (my dad, a doctor
, looked at his charts and said first he had a conjestive heart failur, but what killed him was fear - 250bpm+) So same situation with my boys. We're totally fearful of leaving him with them.
Attached Picture(s)
I did not attach the horrifying bloody one, where he was working his tooth and made it bleed - totally awful and scary pic, so this one (super close up) was what he looked like the day before, right now he does not slobber as much if at all, but his tongue is still out due to the fang being in the way.
I tossed in a couple other pics to see what he looks like under normal times. the one on the couch was like a week ago, so looks like something was already amiss, and I mis took it as cats just having their tongue out.
and a small video of them playing New video by Rick Scorpio
Thank you VERY much for reading this far, if you made it :-) Any financial ideas would be great.
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