Animals
- Charybdis
Charybdis had to go to the veterinarian yesterday for an emergency visit. When I was bathing her I noticed one side of her face felt squishy as the day wore on a noticeable lump had appeared. Hubby rushed her to the veterinarian and she was diagnosed...
- Routine Maintenance
It's been the busiest of weeks for the horses...they've had the works! Hoof trimming, grooming, bridle path clipping, sheaths cleaned, teeth floated...all in one week. For those of you who are not a part of the horse world, I will give...
- Scarlet Gets A Manicure
Our dear Scarlet, sometimes dubbed Miss Bossy Pants, had a visit from the farrier today.I had been keeping up with her hooves,when I trim the minis. However. a few weeks ago,Miss Scarlet was late for her appointmentresulting in her growing just...
- Natural Beekeeping
Last week's weather was bad for honey production. Even with all of the blossoms on the trees, our girls spent most of the week inside their hives...consuming the honey that they had spent the past couple of weeks producing (that's what happens...
- Family Portrait
Becky's new horse, Ava, has adjusted well to life on the farm. Of course, all of "the boys" are ga-ga over her! Becky asked me to get a family portrait of her 3 horses. After snapping about 35 pictures, we finally had one where everybody is looking...
Animals
X-ray Visions
If you follow my blog,
you might remember that we were going to get x-rays of Scarlett's jaw.
A couple of weeks ago, we noticed a lump on her jaw.
Dr. Becky had explained that you can sometimes feel bumps on
a young horse's jaw when a tooth is about to erupt.
Scarlet is a year and a half old, and she is still cutting
her secondary teeth.
Upon inspection, however, Becky felt that the lump was larger
than the usual eruption bump and that it was a bony tumor.
(Gulp)
Two weeks later (this week) the lump was even larger.
So, yesterday Becky lightly sedated Miss Scarlet
(so that she would hold still)
and obtained several x-rays of her lower jaw.
(I could not get pictures during the process as I was wearing
a lead apron and lead gloves.)
Here is what we found....
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| What an adorable little mouth. Orange arrow points to lump. |
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| Close-up shot of lump...compare it to the other side of the jaw. |
The lump is an impacted tooth.
That is, it is a secondary tooth that has not moved into place,
and is now heading in the wrong direction.
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| Green arrow shows a normal tooth as it moves into place, Blue arrow shows the jawbone. |
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| Red arrow points to normal tooth. Black arrow points to impacted tooth...heading in the wrong direction. The lump protrudes out of the side of her jaw, so it is not visible on this view... just the tooth inside the lump shows at the black arrow. |
Dr. Becky is sending Scarlett's films to the U. of Pennsylvania's
New Bolton Center for Equines, to an equine vet who specializes in
equine dentistry and oral surgery, for his recommendations.
I am so relieved to know that it is not a tumor.
Just my luck, our Miss Scarlet will need braces or a retainer.
And I thought my days of finding retainers in strange places was over!!
Oh, can't you just see Miss Scarlet with braces and head gear?
Thanks for all of your sweet comments....
I passed them along to Scarlett and she felt uplifted!!
I'll let you know the final outcome of this toothy tale.
- Charybdis
Charybdis had to go to the veterinarian yesterday for an emergency visit. When I was bathing her I noticed one side of her face felt squishy as the day wore on a noticeable lump had appeared. Hubby rushed her to the veterinarian and she was diagnosed...
- Routine Maintenance
It's been the busiest of weeks for the horses...they've had the works! Hoof trimming, grooming, bridle path clipping, sheaths cleaned, teeth floated...all in one week. For those of you who are not a part of the horse world, I will give...
- Scarlet Gets A Manicure
Our dear Scarlet, sometimes dubbed Miss Bossy Pants, had a visit from the farrier today.I had been keeping up with her hooves,when I trim the minis. However. a few weeks ago,Miss Scarlet was late for her appointmentresulting in her growing just...
- Natural Beekeeping
Last week's weather was bad for honey production. Even with all of the blossoms on the trees, our girls spent most of the week inside their hives...consuming the honey that they had spent the past couple of weeks producing (that's what happens...
- Family Portrait
Becky's new horse, Ava, has adjusted well to life on the farm. Of course, all of "the boys" are ga-ga over her! Becky asked me to get a family portrait of her 3 horses. After snapping about 35 pictures, we finally had one where everybody is looking...