msriri
10-29-2012, 12:11 PM
Hi
Gretel is one of my fall babies that came in pretty roughed up. Shes been here 3 weeks and was approx. 9 or 10 wks old.
She had mange on her ears, a broken left wrist and a missing top tooth (swollen nose and mouth).
Her left paw was much smaller than her right because of the break. Am I right in thinking this was an older occurance? I think time would of had to pass for the stunted growth to be so obvious? Maybe Mom kicked her out because of it?
She was put on Sulphatrim, Ivermectin...Swelling and mange are gone and the wrist has since healed. I was amazed to see that the paw has started to grow again! It is almost the same size as the other now, but the wrist is a touch crooked. She seems, so far, to be able to use it normally. She will be moving to the juvie cage, which is taller and Ill know better about her climbing abilities.
Her releasability is in question because of her teeth. The top is growing back in sooo slow and the bottoms were long, spread apart too much and piercing the roof of her mouth. I trimmed the bottoms just a nip, which seemed to help. Time will tell, I guess?
Im assuming the single tooth on top is touching right between the bottoms and causing the spread? Will this correct itself when the top is grown back in fully?
Im hoping #1- The top grows back aligned...#2-That my vet has experience trimming for the top if needed. Tops are more risky, correct?
Another question is whether I should keep her caged with the others, who are "wilder", OR....since she may be NR, should I keep her seperate and get her more used to handling?
Ill get a good pic of her teeth when I have someone to help later.
Gretel is one of my fall babies that came in pretty roughed up. Shes been here 3 weeks and was approx. 9 or 10 wks old.
She had mange on her ears, a broken left wrist and a missing top tooth (swollen nose and mouth).
Her left paw was much smaller than her right because of the break. Am I right in thinking this was an older occurance? I think time would of had to pass for the stunted growth to be so obvious? Maybe Mom kicked her out because of it?
She was put on Sulphatrim, Ivermectin...Swelling and mange are gone and the wrist has since healed. I was amazed to see that the paw has started to grow again! It is almost the same size as the other now, but the wrist is a touch crooked. She seems, so far, to be able to use it normally. She will be moving to the juvie cage, which is taller and Ill know better about her climbing abilities.
Her releasability is in question because of her teeth. The top is growing back in sooo slow and the bottoms were long, spread apart too much and piercing the roof of her mouth. I trimmed the bottoms just a nip, which seemed to help. Time will tell, I guess?
Im assuming the single tooth on top is touching right between the bottoms and causing the spread? Will this correct itself when the top is grown back in fully?
Im hoping #1- The top grows back aligned...#2-That my vet has experience trimming for the top if needed. Tops are more risky, correct?
Another question is whether I should keep her caged with the others, who are "wilder", OR....since she may be NR, should I keep her seperate and get her more used to handling?
Ill get a good pic of her teeth when I have someone to help later.