From:
"Uli"
Date: 2006-02-24 13:40:53 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Tongue half amputated- ferret not eating, help
To: "FHL" <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
My Rose had half her tongue amputated yesterday. I fed her at 9.30 a.m.,
she was okay, I cleaned her teeth, checked her mouth and could not see
anything suspicious. She had her top canines removed a few weeks ago and
the bottom canines are injuring her top "lip" and I was checking that and
also something that looked like an ulcer on the roof of her mouth and I was
planning to book her in to the vets. 2 hours later I was letting Rose and
her group out for a run and noticed Rose's mouth was full of blood. I
looked inside her mouth and her tongue looked injured and twisted. Straight
to the vets, had another look and the tongue had a big tear in it. No idea
how this happened, Rose was pawing/ clawing at her mouth after eating and I
thought because of her top lip or possible mouth ulcer, maybe she ripped the
tongue with her claws??? Then again I can't see how this could happen? I
heard no screaming and her group wouldn't bite her tongue. So my vet cut
the tongue off along the tear so it's shorter now and v shaped and is
stitched. Rose had painkiller and antibiotics.
But then she didn't want to eat at night. I offered her the usual ground
chicken, I made a liquid convalescent diet up but she wouldn't take either,
not even water. Tried this morning and still no luck. She's making gagging
noises. Back to the vets and Rose had more painkiller and the antibiotic
injected since there was no way she was taking anything by mouth. So back
at home I tried the liquid diet again but she doesn't want to swallow
anything.
Any idea what I could do? Is the tongue causing problems? Could the
intubating have gone wrong? What else could my vet try?
Ulrike
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