Epulis

[Leah82]

I was cuddling the dogs before and noticed something red in Collie's mouth, upon closer inspection I found what's in the attached image.

Dr Google tells me it's most likely an Epulis and the best option is to have it removed asap, does anyone have an idea of how much this is going to hurt my hip pocket. I'll do a ring around tomorrow but we're not having the best run at the moment financially

He's only 6 and he's almost blind and will now most likely be losing some teeth, hating the world a bit right now

Edited September 8, 2014 by Leah82

[Leah82]

really? no-one has come across this before? I guess Collie's a bit more special that we thought

[SchnauzerMax]

My mini schnauzer Zeppi (RIP) had one. He lost the canine and the small teeth around the canine, in order to get good margins. We used a specialist surgeon because oral surgery can be a bit tricky and it was the type that grows into the surrounding tissue (acanthomatous). I don't remember how much the operation cost. It was over ten years ago now.

Epulis keep growing so while they are "benign" they have to be removed. There used to be a dog in the states called "Pumpkin" who was abandoned and had one. The poor dog looked like it had a pumpkin growing out of its mouth. http://www.pugrescue...rg/pumpkin.html

[Leah82]

My mini schnauzer Zeppi (RIP) had one. He lost the canine and the small teeth around the canine, in order to get good margins. We used a specialist surgeon because oral surgery can be a bit tricky and it was the type that grows into the surrounding tissue (acanthomatous). I don't remember how much the operation cost. It was over ten years ago now.

Epulis keep growing so while they are "benign" they have to be removed. There used to be a dog in the states called "Pumpkin" who was abandoned and had one. The poor dog looked like it had a pumpkin growing out of its mouth. http://www.pugrescue...rg/pumpkin.html

Thanks. and yes I did my research last night and I assume he's probably going to have to get the surrounding teeth removed, I'd rather it get nipped in the bud so to speak rather than having to deal with it growing back all the time.

I've made an appointment with our normal vet for next Tuesday, they have delayed the appointment because of his mild bout of KC last week

I managed to get one quote from another vet of $510 to $550 and I have another 2 vets calling me back

[dancinbcs]

It depends how much it is attached. My dog had one about 1cm in diameter but it was hanging by a thread. The vet said to watch it and see if it might come off on it's own. Then the dog got an ear haematoma and we had to knock him out quickly with gas to drain it, so they snipped the epulis off at the same time. That was about 12 months ago and it hasn't come back. No idea what it cost as it was all one bill and I cannot remember how much but probably about $150 -$200 for everything. If the surgery is more extensive and they need to remove teeth, then it could cost a lot more than that.

[Leah82]

ok we're back from the vet. It'll be around $575 to remove the epulis and the incisor. Vet thinks we'll be fine to leave the canine.

There is the option to send the epulis to pathology once it's removed but I think we'll stick with the wait and see option

poor collie, blind and soon to be toothless, he's booked in for Friday week.