Putting the towel under his head while he sleeps is working, his jaw hasn't bled overnight. There was less of the goo yesterday morning as well as this morning.
He seems happiest in the
bath. He also let me clean up his face a bit more.
Also, here is a picture of the fracture: That yellow thing sticking up from the bottom near his tongue is the bone. (He is also going through a shed around his jaw and eyes, which really doesn't help him at all)
This is the picture the vet took of the abscess:
Drache613":226bpolw said:
Hello,
Oh dear, your poor dragon! That is horrible what you both have had to go through. Good grief,
I hope his jaw heals up quickly. He is young so he should heal up well. I am glad to hear that
he can eat to some extent. Soft foods will definitely help him out.
I'm sure his entire mouth & jaw area is sore. The manuka honey would help out tremendously
so you can use that, plus, he would probably like the flavor.
He may have gotten an abscess from feeding, or just from poor care in general. It is very hard
to know. Adeno doesn't necessarily lead to that type of problem but a mouth injury certainly can.
Let us know how he is doing.
Tracie
Thank you so much for your reply! My mom is suggesting that I try to find his previous owner. My boss knew her somehow, I forget the exact details but I am going to ask if he remembers her name or number. At least we can try to get some idea of what his diet or care was exactly like before.
I will see if I can get him to eat some manuka. So far feeding is incredibly difficult. He will not take any worms with the critical care on them, I tried stuffing raspberries with repashy or critical care and he wouldn't take it, repashy on its own he will not take, and sometimes when he goes to pick up the worms it hits the fractured part of his jaw and he drops it
I am really lost on what to do. All I have done for the last two hours is try to get him to eat. This morning he had 5 silkworms and 1ml of critical care; which is obviously nowhere near what he should be getting. I lucked out when he happened to lick the syringe for the antibiotics on his own yesterday!!
The vet is suggesting surgery but he's saying he is no shape with the abscess to go through a surgery for the jaw. I feel terrible, I wish we just went with the anesthetic first.
The antiobiotic injection he had is Excede, and the antiobiotic the vet prescribed for the abscess is metronidazole.
JumpinJellyfish":226bpolw said:
You two have been through the wringer! I hope Pan heals quickly and isn't too uncomfortable in the meantime. Remember to pay attention to your own self-care, too. <3
Thank you! I'm hoping we will be able to get through this with a positive ending. The vet said to see if the abscess clears up, then we can proceed with a surgery for his jaw but Pancake needs to eat more than a few worms somehow
Edit:
Okay, he has eaten 2 silkworms, 4 butterworms, half of a raspberry, and I'm not sure how much critical care I've managed to sneak onto his tongue while he's licking. I started with 10mL in the syringe, I'm down to 3mL but he kept shaking a fair amount off of his face.