Guest guest Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 How wonderful that you're able to do that! What a blessing for the animals! I have Angel (the oak leaf eater, LOL) who is a white german shepherd that someone dropped off in our woods, Kitty (an outdoor cat that used to be Denny's Granny's) , two yellow cats who just appeared and stayed, and a pond full of koi. Add that to the wildlife around here--we have deer, bear, all the small game, and once a mountain lion--someone killed it last year. Not to mention the variety of bird life around here--including lots of wild turkeys, pheasants (my son raises them) and the most beautiful pilated woodpeckers! Kathy Angel I had to take Angel to the vet this morning. She was off her feed for about three days or so--which is very unlike her. Denny was saying her breath was bad, but I couldn't notice anything other than the usual. BUT when I was grooming her for Christmas I decided to clean her mouth with a washcloth and toothpaste and noticed her gums were red, her teeth were getting black and her tongue was black. I was so afraid that I would have a toothless dog gumming mush. I should say that her teeth have always been very white and tartar free and her tongue should be pink. Anyway, the vet says that Angel must have gotten into the oak leaves and the tannin stained her mouth and other than some tartar on her teeth and very slight gingivitis she's fine. She has a slight yeast infection in her right ear, too. At any rate I now have an enzyme toothpaste to do her teeth with--most of the dark came off right away, so I'm thinking that was from the leaves too. The ear gets drops a couple of times a day. She didn't have a temp or any enlarged lymph nodes. And she's been eating normally for the last couple of days. Her weight is down 10 pounds since June, which is good. I've had her on healthy weight management food and strictly measured amounts. She now weighs 101 and is looking good. It would be better if I could get her down to 95, but we do what we can, LOL. After all, her Mommy's a fat white girl too, LOL. Anyway, sighing a big sigh of relief--no toothless dog--YAY! KathyPlease visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 LOL Well, we're here for the long haul! I did Boxer Rescue for years before having to give in to this crap and I miss it so much! ran a shelter before she moved farther north. If Esther ever gets her computer fixed, she now runs the shelter that left. We are a list of animal lovers and I torture the list with pictures of my boxer, , and my poodle, DD. It's worse now that I have a new digital camera! LOL Go ahead and tell us about your cats. We have a good-natured, on-going list "war" over cats vs dogs so you'll hear terrible things about me (like that I hate cats) ummmm some of them are true LOLOL Christy Angel I had to take Angel to the vet this morning. She was off her feed for about three days or so--which is very unlike her. Denny was saying her breath was bad, but I couldn't notice anything other than the usual. BUT when I was grooming her for Christmas I decided to clean her mouth with a washcloth and toothpaste and noticed her gums were red, her teeth were getting black and her tongue was black. I was so afraid that I would have a toothless dog gumming mush. I should say that her teeth have always been very white and tartar free and her tongue should be pink. Anyway, the vet says that Angel must have gotten into the oak leaves and the tannin stained her mouth and other than some tartar on her teeth and very slight gingivitis she's fine. She has a slight yeast infection in her right ear, too. At any rate I now have an enzyme toothpaste to do her teeth with--most of the dark came off right away, so I'm thinking that was from the leaves too. The ear gets drops a couple of times a day. She didn't have a temp or any enlarged lymph nodes. And she's been eating normally for the last couple of days. Her weight is down 10 pounds since June, which is good. I've had her on healthy weight management food and strictly measured amounts. She now weighs 101 and is looking good. It would be better if I could get her down to 95, but we do what we can, LOL. After all, her Mommy's a fat white girl too, LOL. Anyway, sighing a big sigh of relief--no toothless dog--YAY! KathyPlease visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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