Post by samantha on May 4, 2008 17:19:07 GMT -5
ARGH I just typed this whole thing and my computer cracked out on me... grrr
3 weeks ago Friday the vet saw my horse and found inflamed gums/tongue/roof/etc. all the way back to the first premolars... I have been treating it with salt water flushes and he has been really good for it all...
The vet was back out this past Friday for a recheck, and the redness is almost completely gone.. The lightly ulcerated area under his tongue is gone, and the only area that is slightly red is right in front of his premolars- and it isn't painful to palpations. (Original diagnoses: my mouthy horse got into something and then spit it out) Yay!
BUT, Boy now has two large, horizontal ulcers on his gum on the lower jaw... The vet said it looks like it could be trauma, but nobody has a clue where it came from. The horse has not had anything in his mouth except for a syringe (at the bars) for 3 weeks!!! ARGH... So I am treating it with something my BM recommends to her dental clients (she works in a dental office) that the vet said would definitely not hurt.... Called Oxygel... I've heard good things about it from coworkers, too! They asked me to keep a photo diary and to call the vet with an update in 1 week... here is the diary... any ideas?!?
Day 1:
3 weeks ago Friday the vet saw my horse and found inflamed gums/tongue/roof/etc. all the way back to the first premolars... I have been treating it with salt water flushes and he has been really good for it all...
The vet was back out this past Friday for a recheck, and the redness is almost completely gone.. The lightly ulcerated area under his tongue is gone, and the only area that is slightly red is right in front of his premolars- and it isn't painful to palpations. (Original diagnoses: my mouthy horse got into something and then spit it out) Yay!
BUT, Boy now has two large, horizontal ulcers on his gum on the lower jaw... The vet said it looks like it could be trauma, but nobody has a clue where it came from. The horse has not had anything in his mouth except for a syringe (at the bars) for 3 weeks!!! ARGH... So I am treating it with something my BM recommends to her dental clients (she works in a dental office) that the vet said would definitely not hurt.... Called Oxygel... I've heard good things about it from coworkers, too! They asked me to keep a photo diary and to call the vet with an update in 1 week... here is the diary... any ideas?!?
Day 1:
