Bones and teeth

Oh gosh...I just hit the jackpot. I went to a grocery store that is less than 5 min. from the one I always shop at..... this one has a butcher.....the other doesn't...but the give money back for gasoline....lol!   So they had cut up knuckle bones...they were too small for Gibby..afraid he would try to swallow them whole. Asked for whole ones...they went and got me a giant one. YIKES...it was $5 plus.    Trouble is I noticed it is frozen and it looks like a lot of white marrow on it and I have to take it off...Gibby is not used to eating marrow...and I dont' want him getting sick.     So I am thawing it in the fridge for tomorrow.  I hope this bone doesn't break all up.

Then............then I asked him if they have turkey necks...he went in the back and got 2 pkgs...  but I told him I only want one because I only had a few bucks on me. How stupid....I never looked at the price of the necks....they were only 92 cents..I think there was 4 of them in the pkg....I sure should have gotten the other one.  But he said they don't always have them there but I could call and order them. So I think I will do that and see if I can get a larger qty after the holidays..... right now I have to get stuff for us for the holidays.  I am going to wrap each neck individually and I guess give them to him frozen...but not every day.  

I also went to PS and bought more enzyme toothpaste...I did see the Petzlife..but didn't have $30 right now.  So I thought.... its a start.   

I looked at Gibbys teeth this morning..and they looks sooooo white and sparkly...but I know that he has some tartar that the vet showed me...probably way in the back.

J & T........ Gibby makes a mess too...but I put down a big fleece blanket thing that I let him eat it on....I make him stay on it until he is done.  He listens. He seems to know when it won't make a mess anymore...because once in a while he ends up taking it to his bed where he gnaws a little while longer, but thats not until he has chewed it at least a half hour.

 Yup, it is messy Mine eat theirs in crates, or outside. Lots of dogs learn to eat theirs on a blanket or towel. And they eat the whole wing or neck or back, bones and all. Crunch, crunch, crunch, YUM!

 http://www.dolittler.com/2008/10/13/dog.cat.veterinary.veterinarian.anesthesia.dentistry.dental.teeth.cleaning.html

Just as a warning I cannot find ANYTHING linking tubing to megaesophagus. Anybody have some links to studies or research on that?

Johnny, if Tessy is still getting immune suppressing drugs you should wait on the raw bones or food. 

That said, the beef marrow bones aren't too messy.  There wasn't much blood or anything like that.  Now, I've given her lamb bones and I made her eat them on the deck outside.  But, the marrow bone wasn't bad. 

willowchow

Johnny, if Tessy is still getting immune suppressing drugs you should wait on the raw bones or food. 

That's definitely worth repeating. 

When we started raw feeding, the dogs ate in their crates so that they didn't make a mess all over the house.  Now, they are used to eating there.  We've taken the crates down, & left their crate pans.  They know to go there to eat.  It's easy cleanup that way.

jennie_c_d

Just as a warning I cannot find ANYTHING linking tubing to megaesophagus. Anybody have some links to studies or research on that?

Not that I know of. When I joined the megaesophagus board I had a couple of people PM me and tell me this..... I believe there is discussion between some of them.   Again..... I have worked for the vet clinic for almost 4 years and we did dentals and other surgeries every day...several a day in fact....never saw that horrible illness either.  That said...I wouldn't have even paid attention to it EXCEPT Bubblegum had a dental at the end of Sept...... she was dead by March.  How can I not think twice about Gibby?

 Absolutely, it is scary, but I wondered if there'd ever been a study that correlated the two. Megaesophagus is (thankfully) rare, and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot on it. I'm a dental FREAK (my dogs all have sparkling teeth, all the time, it's one of the things I'm just picky about), and I'm well aware of the risks of general anesthesia, but I've never heard it linked to megaesophagus.

jennie_c_d

Megaesophagus is (thankfully) rare,

Not if you join the Megaesophagus board.    New people joining every day when their pet is diagnosed.  Cats can get it too....although that board is filled with dogs.  Those people are keeping eachother and their dogs going...because many of them ( as in Bubbys case ) the vets aren't much help because they haven't seen it.    But its amazing that someone is joining each day.