So glad to hear this all went well.
Feeding whilst we wait for tooth extration
- Thread starter Shamas mom
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- Location
- Essex, U.K.
Glad he's back and ok, hope his leg settles down x
- Location
- Canada
$1,515.50...after the dr took off $200 because he was in longer than expected. And not including the $400 for cleaning. or the $150 for the radiographs. We need to decide when/whether to send him back in for those things. His teeth aren't bad now, but his time on canned food has brought them from nice and clean to grade one. He'll to work to remove that plaque once he's able to go back on his TD dental diet
Oh, and I learned that there's a spending limit on my card.....I had to call the bank to raise it, so that I could pay the bill. And then we had to split it into multiple transactions, so that none were over my limit. The bank lifted the limit for the duration of my paying, but couldn't prevent my card from declining the transaction if I tried to pay over $900
Lisa
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- Location
- Alberta, Canada
So glad he’s through the op successfully. It’s so expensive, though...ugh I feel your pain. We don’t have insurance either and I dread anything major happening to Simba. We do have reserves we can draw on but still...it is a worry.
Glad all went well with the op and he is back home
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
Ditto
Beanwood
Administrator
How is Shamas now @Shamas mom? 
- Location
- Malvern Worcestershire
Good heavens, have just read your post @Shamas mom, I couldn't believe how expensive that was! Hope he is feeling ok now.
It's comparable to what it cost to extract Moos tooth drugs and follow up care. It's a big job
- Location
- Malvern Worcestershire
I have seen many teeth extractions, I wouldn't have thought it warranted that expense!
- Location
- Canada
Firth isn't cheap....Where other vets in my area range 60bucks to walk in the door, Firth is about 80. I go to him because he's good...if the other vet had done the job, it'd have been $400 less $600 less, if Firth hadn't donated $200 on surgery time due to the dificulty of this tooth. BUT Firth is worth it- I can call them any time they're open, for any reason. They handle Shamas beautifully, even if he;s being reactive...and they have a side room he can hide in if he can't handle other animals
Plus, the tooth was so well rooted, it took 65 minutes to remove. He was under anesthetic for 111 minutes.
So I have $777.40 for the procedure
$388.50 for meds
$149 for induction
$69 for hospitalization and care for the day
$50 for radiograph..just one shot, of the tooth the took out, because by then he'd been under so long they didn't want to hold up bringing him back out
$22 laser therapy post-op MLS
$11 for the stuff to put on his gum
Dr Firth donated $200 worth of surgical time, reducing the bill because it took nearly twice as long as expected
I added $50 in food and a tube of toothpaste, coming to 35 after discount....and taxes were $177.24
Plus, the tooth was so well rooted, it took 65 minutes to remove. He was under anesthetic for 111 minutes.
So I have $777.40 for the procedure
$388.50 for meds
$149 for induction
$69 for hospitalization and care for the day
$50 for radiograph..just one shot, of the tooth the took out, because by then he'd been under so long they didn't want to hold up bringing him back out
$22 laser therapy post-op MLS
$11 for the stuff to put on his gum
Dr Firth donated $200 worth of surgical time, reducing the bill because it took nearly twice as long as expected
I added $50 in food and a tube of toothpaste, coming to 35 after discount....and taxes were $177.24
- Location
- Argyll & Bute, Scotland
What's a TD dental diet? x
Boogie
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- Location
- Manchester UK
Tatze’s recent tooth extraction cost the insurance company £570. We paid £74 which was the excess. She didn’t need a clean up, he said her teeth were really clean. We brush them every day and she has the plaque-powder stuff too.
Her insurance is £38 a month so well worth it. It goes up every year of course but we will continue with it until she gets to the age where we wouldn’t put her through an op anyway.
I think now is the time to stay with the same company ‘tho. We changed every year until now and brought the premiums down a lot. It’s easy to get caught in the ‘pre-existing conditions’ trap. Zaba is having cruciate problems and the insurance is quibbling because he went to the vet with a limp (an injury) four years ago. His mum is fighting the decision, of course.
Tatze has had an eye infection, the drooling thing and a virus this year so I think now is the time to bite the bullet and stay with the same company.
Her insurance is £38 a month so well worth it. It goes up every year of course but we will continue with it until she gets to the age where we wouldn’t put her through an op anyway.
I think now is the time to stay with the same company ‘tho. We changed every year until now and brought the premiums down a lot. It’s easy to get caught in the ‘pre-existing conditions’ trap. Zaba is having cruciate problems and the insurance is quibbling because he went to the vet with a limp (an injury) four years ago. His mum is fighting the decision, of course.
Tatze has had an eye infection, the drooling thing and a virus this year so I think now is the time to bite the bullet and stay with the same company.
- Location
- Malvern Worcestershire
Gosh @Shamas mom, it certainly adds up!
@Boogie, I have always stayed with Pet Plan since 1984, except when I had a rescue GSP, I chose another company for him (the girls were still with Pet Plan). The new company quibbled over everything, never again!
@Boogie, I have always stayed with Pet Plan since 1984, except when I had a rescue GSP, I chose another company for him (the girls were still with Pet Plan). The new company quibbled over everything, never again!
- Location
- Canada
Prescription food, designed to make the dog chew, instead of gulping back his food. The kibbles are about the size of Chicken Nuggets, and very hard, so they scrape off plaque as he eats.
It works for dogs that don't let you get in with a brush
We will have to keep an eye on the tooth under the one that came out though, as obviously he won't be chewing there...I have a paste to rub on his tooth to reduce buildup
I’m so pleased it all ended well. Poor Shamas. No one likes having their teeth extracted.
Have you considered feeding him a diet of raw meat and raw meaty bones? The carbs on the kibble are terrible for teeth. It’s like eating biscuits/cookies and having all that gunk stuck on your teeth. Snowie eats raw meat and raw meaty bones and has never had to have his teeth cleaned. And it might be cheaper than buying prescription food.
Have you considered feeding him a diet of raw meat and raw meaty bones? The carbs on the kibble are terrible for teeth. It’s like eating biscuits/cookies and having all that gunk stuck on your teeth. Snowie eats raw meat and raw meaty bones and has never had to have his teeth cleaned. And it might be cheaper than buying prescription food.
- Location
- Canada
I had considered it, but bones is how he broke the tooth in the first place. The only bones I have been able to get around here are the ones I got him shanks from the butcher, or cooked bones from the pet store.
In avoiding cooked bones for fear of splintering I gave him butcher bones....the vet says they shouldn't have been sold as dog bones--he should have gotten knuckle bones instead
- Location
- Andorra and Spain
The general advice is no weight-bearing bones from large mammals (sheep and above). I wouldn’t even feed knuckles from large animals. The raw bones I feed are anything from chicken, rabbit, turkey etc, and only ribs, tail, neck from larger animals.
- Location
- Canberra, Australia
Having been where you are, Shamas Mum, I only feed stuff that can be crunched up easily. Definitely no mammal leg bones. Basically I do the same as Snowbunny.