The verdict
Dec. 4th, 2006 14:05![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillMultiple missing back teeth, possibly having left multiple roots to fester in his jaw. He has very few molars on either side... looks like we'll be giving him soft food from now on, as he can't do a lot more than gum things. His incisors are fine.
He's coming home with antibiotics and painkillers and a drained wound, to see whether we can keep the infection down and let him heal up the spots from the missing teeth. Dr. Adams had never seen a rat with teeth in this condition, but she said that her experience is almost nonexistent since (unlike rabbits or chillas) rats won't let you look at their back teeth. So this might be common, or might be a result of the fact that he used to chew on the bars to get our attention when he was young. Who knows.
Time to find out the scope of the financial damage.
Edit: $693. He's eating well and seems relatively comfortable.
He's coming home with antibiotics and painkillers and a drained wound, to see whether we can keep the infection down and let him heal up the spots from the missing teeth. Dr. Adams had never seen a rat with teeth in this condition, but she said that her experience is almost nonexistent since (unlike rabbits or chillas) rats won't let you look at their back teeth. So this might be common, or might be a result of the fact that he used to chew on the bars to get our attention when he was young. Who knows.
Time to find out the scope of the financial damage.
Edit: $693. He's eating well and seems relatively comfortable.
