Something is very wrong with Blaze. She kind of looks like she got her wisdom teeth on the left side only...pulled. The swelling is pretty bad though when I try to photograph it it's not really apparent. I also realized she had malocclusion, left top incissor was very long.
Last night. After she'd been out playing and I realized something was wrong, I put her back in her cage and was watching her. She sat in the corner facing the wall. Mostly just...sat there. But also she was rubbing her head a bit. I've never seen that kind of behavior. I immediately freaked out and gave her some metacam...In my freaking out I also gave her liikkee 10x the recommended dose gonk (0.4 instead of 0.04) uumm, she was eating normally though. Just a lot less hyper than usual. After 2 classmates who'd seen these photos urged me to try and cut her teeth asap. I managed to do so tonight. Though I'm pretty sure I wound up cutting em way too short. I cut all of them...and then filed the bottoms cause they looked a lil sharp.
Before:
Open mouth to see better:
After tonight's dentistry (She was fed up, couldn't get a good shot):
My attempt at photographing her swollen face:
The conjuctivitis is a chronic issue she's had most her life that didn't respond to antibiotics.
She's still eating, but it's still QUITE swollen. sad
Also like an idiot I GOOGLED her symptoms and came up with 3 possibilites.
1. Dental Abscess
2. Infection
3. Zymbal Gland Tumor
The last being a very aggressive, malignant, inoperable tumor. Everything I read about it sayd "poor prognosis" and to give painkillers until euthanizing. So...today I was having sort of an anxiety attack. Asked my teacher if I could bring her in and she said Wednesday. And then I continued to panick and called my vet who could only see her Monday.
So where I'm at right now is. I could try another vet, possibly even MORE expensive. Though Saturday I work all day, Sunday most clinics are closed. Then partly I think gawd if it has to wait till Monday...maybe it could wait another 2 days and then it'd be, well, free/cheap. Depending on wether or not she needs rads, I could be looking at anywhere between 100-300 at my vets. I'm really having some anxiety issues at the moment. Over her possibly being in pain (though I'm gonna keep up with the metacam) and adding to my debt. I keep thinking...what am I going to do with Fate if anything happens to Blaze? She's too young to be solitary but the idea of adopting another rat is upsetting. I dunno how much more heartbreak I can take. I even thought about rehoming Fate. Which is just AWEFUL of me. I hate myself for thinking it. I need to stop thinking, I'm headed for a total burn out.
