Thread: Gingivitis/stomatitis - advice please!

Thanks all. Am really nervous as I haven't had a call from the vets yet, seems like I've waited forever already :(

Originally Posted by missye87

Thanks all. Am really nervous as I haven't had a call from the vets yet, seems like I've waited forever already :(

Think I would give them a ring,there is only one result that we have to wait a while for & that is only because once it reached the lab we use it then had to go onto another as they were the only ones that done that particular test,plus they only ran it on certain days as well but wouldn't hurt to find out if at least some results are back yet.....
We look to have most blood results if not all back in 24hrs except for things like swab cultures that have to be grown,vets can be known to forget {ours always say if you haven't heard by a certain day ring to find out what is going on}has been our fault but also bloods have been known to go astray as well,just give them a polite nudge at the very least you can ask when to expect to hear something,luv to Benji....x

He is positive for Calici :( I've got to call the breeder as he was showing signs from the first evening (shedding due to stress) so he would have got it from there. Feel really bad now though as I don't want to sound accusing, he is a healthy strong boy regardless of it and he will most likely not always be a carrier so it's not exactly a life-threatening illness. Storm hasn't showed a single symptom, but the vet reckons he probably wasn't a carrier in the first place anyway due to the circumstances. I think we are going to try the interferon, he is a big strong boy anyway so I do think he would do well with it. However I think I'm going to go down the route of giving it to him myself by syringing it down his throat in the doses given by the vet rather than shipping him in every two days for a month to have it intravenously.

Ems x

Good luck and I hope he (and you and Storm) come out of it all A OK.