Vet just called - Racky has survived his dental (including removal of yet more of his few remaining teeth) and she has also determined that he has broken his jaw at some in-determinant point in the past.
... this does mean he got to keep some other teeth that she was considering taking out but thinks are probably OK, because she didn't want to aggravate the 'fibrous join'.
Update on what that all cost later.
~$330. At least he was sedated for his extraction.
Return visit in 10 days, antibiotics in the meantime.
Sore mouth in no way stopped him from tucking into the food bowl as soon as I put something in it.
... this does mean he got to keep some other teeth that she was considering taking out but thinks are probably OK, because she didn't want to aggravate the 'fibrous join'.
~$330. At least he was sedated for his extraction.
Return visit in 10 days, antibiotics in the meantime.
Sore mouth in no way stopped him from tucking into the food bowl as soon as I put something in it.