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Post by degulover21 on Dec 11, 2016 22:37:23 GMT
My degu hazel who been fine , I went to say hello to them and I notice bottom of hazels mouth is wet and wet inside , she been like scratching at her teeth /mouth and , please help idk what's wrong I'm scared shes ill, could it be she's just have a drink idk
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Post by bouncy on Dec 11, 2016 23:01:07 GMT
OK, first things first.
Has she been pawing at her mouth recently?
How is her appetite? Is it the same for hard and soft foods?
How has her weight been?
Any other symptoms?
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 12, 2016 0:43:02 GMT
Shes eating fine, running on her wheel , when I checked about an hour ago her face was dry . Only paws her mouth when her mouth was wet.. Could her mouth of been wet cos he was cleaning herself
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 12, 2016 0:44:07 GMT
Weight seems fine
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 12, 2016 0:50:14 GMT
Any thing I should look for?
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 12, 2016 2:42:02 GMT
I saw her paw her mouth after eating and randomly, then she started cleaning herself , shes drinking fine
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Post by deguconvert on Dec 12, 2016 3:50:28 GMT
When she was eating, could you see food falling out of her mouth?
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 12, 2016 13:32:14 GMT
No
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 12, 2016 14:26:46 GMT
Rang one of the vets today to quote, they think it maybe be her teeth, they offered to do a free dental check
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Post by deguconvert on Dec 12, 2016 15:54:54 GMT
It certainly would be what we are wondering about. If you take them up on it, make sure they have a really good look at her molars to be sure there are no spurs, which can grow in all kinds of crazy directions like horns off the teeth. That means they can push into the soft tissues within the mouth and cause a lot of damage, if they are present.
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 12, 2016 17:52:23 GMT
Been to vets shes spurs growing sideways instead of up.they want £80-£100
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 18:24:27 GMT
I think that price is fairly reasonable isn't it? I've seen some quote way more. I think it depends on the severity of the spurs x
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Post by savvy on Dec 12, 2016 18:29:06 GMT
Personally I'd get them removed. You've already started noticing the symptoms and leaving them would mean they would only get worse.
The price seems reasonable given some of the quotes I've seen on here.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 18:42:08 GMT
Ditto what has been said above x
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 12, 2016 18:53:03 GMT
Getting her booked in for end of week Friday
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Post by animalmadchloe on Dec 12, 2016 22:31:34 GMT
I think that seems a little expensive to me I usually pay around £40.00 for 2 degus including consultation and sedation. I guess every vet is different but does seem alot but for the health of the animal we gotta pay what's asked! It will only get worse if you leave it and cause great pain
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 12, 2016 23:03:22 GMT
They said about £80-100 . Just guessing could be less. It doesn't matter tho if it helps my goo
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 0:06:48 GMT
I think she's stopped eating her hard food  I dont get paid till Friday , idk what to do.. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 0:14:45 GMT
She will be okay with no hard food until Friday as long as you give her plenty of fresh hay and foraging food, I also think seed mixes will probably be soft enough compared to a big hard bit of hard food to chew (I can't think what the word is for the food lol).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 0:15:36 GMT
In the wild they don't obviously have access to nuggets (yay I remembered the word lol). So try to recreate as much as possible their natural diet, she will be able to chew most of that x
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I dont get paid till Friday , idk what to do..