PhoenixtheDragon
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My vet and the pathologist are stumped as to what is going on with Phoenix, so I thought I'd post here to see if anyone else has had this problem...
Phoenix is 3 years old, I've had her since she was a baby. In February of 2016 she yawned and we noticed a giant (like the size of a grape) growth in her mouth. She didn't give us any indication that she was ill. She was eating and acting fairly normal. The vet removed the growth and then everything went back to normal. The growth was biopsied, but came back as benign... I can't remember what the pathologist called it but was something like "hyper-something tissue". Basically nothing specific they thought I should be worried about.
In February of 2017 we noticed she was bleeding from the corners of her mouth. We checked in her mouth and sure enough there were two new growths on either side along the top gums, pushing down on the bottom gums causing the bottom to bleed. We tried an anti-inflammatory and an antibiotic and chlorhexidine swabs to try and shrink the growths but neither worked so they were surgically removed again and sent to the pathologist again.
And yesterday we noticed her snapping her mouth open and closed like she had something stuck in her mouth. We checked her mouth and the growths are there again. I'm currently waiting to find out the results of the most recent biopsy.
My husbandry is spot on according to the vet, and I follow the guidelines recommended by this board. Has anyone else experienced this? Any insights?
Phoenix is 3 years old, I've had her since she was a baby. In February of 2016 she yawned and we noticed a giant (like the size of a grape) growth in her mouth. She didn't give us any indication that she was ill. She was eating and acting fairly normal. The vet removed the growth and then everything went back to normal. The growth was biopsied, but came back as benign... I can't remember what the pathologist called it but was something like "hyper-something tissue". Basically nothing specific they thought I should be worried about.
In February of 2017 we noticed she was bleeding from the corners of her mouth. We checked in her mouth and sure enough there were two new growths on either side along the top gums, pushing down on the bottom gums causing the bottom to bleed. We tried an anti-inflammatory and an antibiotic and chlorhexidine swabs to try and shrink the growths but neither worked so they were surgically removed again and sent to the pathologist again.
And yesterday we noticed her snapping her mouth open and closed like she had something stuck in her mouth. We checked her mouth and the growths are there again. I'm currently waiting to find out the results of the most recent biopsy.
My husbandry is spot on according to the vet, and I follow the guidelines recommended by this board. Has anyone else experienced this? Any insights?