lakota – Jan 9, 2007 12:00 AM

Lakota was found to have another abscessed tooth, this time it is on her left side. The procedure for an abscess is to let it drain, treat with antibiotics and monitor her feeding and physical attitude. If the same tooth abscesses again, we may have to anesthetize her and pull the tooth. But anesthesia for a wolf at this age is far riskier than a tooth problem, unless the infection spreads. So far, the antibiotics worked on the abscessed tooth on her right side (September 2006 logs), and she has not had a reoccurrence with that tooth. Her spirits are good, she has no problem eating or chewing on bone. She is on to the pill game, so staff are grinding her pills prior to putting them in a meatball.