I took Bugsy to the vet today, as he has been digging into his ears way too much, and also has very bad teeth with red gums.
Here are the findings:
He has a yeast infection on his ears, and was prescribed Tresaderm 2x/day, for 7-10 days.
His gums are VERY inflamed, with a considerable amount of tartar. Since I can not afford to do a dental now, she put him on antibiotics for 7-10 days to see if it helps with the inflammation. The antibiotic is Clindamycin, and it is in liquid form. The reason for the antibiotics is that the inflamed gums are in reaction to the bacteria on the plaque, or something like that.
She said that he is too young to have this type of dental problems, and sometimes this is due to a genetic autoimmune response to the teeth itself. She said if the dental doesn't help, we will have a couple of options - she is NOT contemplating this yet, but it is a possibility.
1- treatment with cortizone for the rest of his life,
2- radical treatment by removing all of his teeth.
Anyway... I don't know what I am going to do at this point. The quote they gave me for the dental was $385.49. I do not have this money, and I don't know when I am going to have it
I will see if the antibiotics help - she said it will buy us some time, but only a few more weeks...
Oh well, poor bugsy, my lemon kitty!
Here is what is included in the dental:
Dentistry---------------$191.80
Fluid Set up Surgery----$79.20
Pre/Post op Analgesia---$40.60
Anesthesia Monitoring---$50.00
Clindamycin------------$18.90 (this I have, as she prescribed to me today)
Biohazard Waste Mgmt--$4.99
Does this sound correct? Should I shop around?
Here are the findings:
He has a yeast infection on his ears, and was prescribed Tresaderm 2x/day, for 7-10 days.
His gums are VERY inflamed, with a considerable amount of tartar. Since I can not afford to do a dental now, she put him on antibiotics for 7-10 days to see if it helps with the inflammation. The antibiotic is Clindamycin, and it is in liquid form. The reason for the antibiotics is that the inflamed gums are in reaction to the bacteria on the plaque, or something like that.
She said that he is too young to have this type of dental problems, and sometimes this is due to a genetic autoimmune response to the teeth itself. She said if the dental doesn't help, we will have a couple of options - she is NOT contemplating this yet, but it is a possibility.
1- treatment with cortizone for the rest of his life,
2- radical treatment by removing all of his teeth.
Anyway... I don't know what I am going to do at this point. The quote they gave me for the dental was $385.49. I do not have this money, and I don't know when I am going to have it
I will see if the antibiotics help - she said it will buy us some time, but only a few more weeks...
Oh well, poor bugsy, my lemon kitty!
Here is what is included in the dental:
Dentistry---------------$191.80
Fluid Set up Surgery----$79.20
Pre/Post op Analgesia---$40.60
Anesthesia Monitoring---$50.00
Clindamycin------------$18.90 (this I have, as she prescribed to me today)
Biohazard Waste Mgmt--$4.99
Does this sound correct? Should I shop around?