Well, we had the tooth looked at. The pulp is exposed in 2 or 3 places and the break is, according to the vet and how Juneau has been acting lately, causing some pain. There were two options we could do: Have the tooth extracted or do a root canal. I am personally in favor of the root canal (friggin metal teeth cap-thing whoot whoot!) but in order to do that, we'd have to be referred to a specialist in Ashland, who is the only vet around here that does that sort of thing. Plus the break is so extensive that the cap might fail.
So we opted for the extraction. Which is going to cost some $430-480. That includes cleaning the rest of the teeth, anesthetic, monitoring, painkillers, antibiotics and whatever all that other crap is.
Anyways, she's going in on the 17th at 7:00AM or so.
Everything else was great. She's heartworm free (despite not being on preventives, we picked some up though) and if the vet hadn't been given an age, she would have guessed Juneau was only two years old! I guess that says something about her condition.
$480 is quite fair for the whole deal including the extraction of a molar! That's how much Bowpi's full dental cost WITHOUT extractions and WITH discount -- and she's probably 1/3rd of Juneau's size? Hopefully they don't tack on any surprise fees after it's all done.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome re: the vet's estimate of her age.
Fur us as the moment, that is a huge chunk of change. I did attempt to explain to Mom that is a pretty good deal considering, but she's still miffed at the price.
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