How to have baby chihuahua teeth removed, a whole set she is 9 months old, weighs 1 lb 11 oz. Is it safe?

Our vet recommended a specialist who is charging $ 590 for the removal and $ 100 for lab work just as a beginning price to walk in the door and they want to keep her overnight... She's never been away from us and I don't want to leave her. Is is safe for a vet to do the removal of the set of baby teeth without having permanent damage to her?

How to have baby chihuahua teeth removed, a whole set she is 9 months old, weighs 1 lb 11 oz. Is it safe?
If your vet is recommending this specialist I would consider it. Just like in human children dogs need to lose their baby teeth in order for the adult teeth to have room to come in. If the adult teeth begin to come in with the baby teeth still there then you could have serious tooth problems later with crooked teeth that disturb the dogs bite causing eating problems. Hopefully, your vet did an x-ray to insure that the adult teeth have formed and will come in once the baby teeth are removed you don't want your dog to end up with no teeth at all.
Reply:what the heck are you talking about?? why are you removing baby teeth??? ugh PUPPY MILL DOG ......
Reply:Chihuahuas are known for bad teeth and she will probably only be able to eat baby food for a while afterwards. If the specialtist is good at what he does then there shouldn't be any problems. Ask him if he has delt with Chihuahuas before. The only problem I can think of is if they are still attached they have delecate jaws and if you pull to hard on a tooth it can break their jaw. But the specialtist should already know that. They will probably be surgically removing them which means she'll be put under and it is standard they keep the dog over night when they do a surgery she'll be fine. Good Price too my Aunts Chihuahua had to have 16 teeth pulled and that cost like $3200.00 dollars.
Reply:Wow, sorry to hear about that. You may want to go to your local Craigslist.org and ask the question there. At a good vet, though, your pup will be fine to be overnight without you. Good for you to take care of this now, and to have her spayed.
Reply:Yes, I agree with your vet. although youdont want to leave her overnight, it is the best thing for her. they do this so they can monitor her, if something does happen to go wrong, they will be able to recognize it and help it much sooner than you would if you took her home. i can see that you really care about her, this is the best way to do it. I also believe you would be getting a decent price, you could be charged much more. trust your vet, they have probably dealt with this before.


lots of luck and best wishes to you and your pooch



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