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Symptoms and Prevention and Treatment Methods of Oral Diseases in Foxes

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This disease is purely a mechanical chewing disorder; the pathological process that occurs in the body is merely stretching of the masticatory muscles. It is caused by a bone fragment, crushed bone, or a piece of hard flat material of a certain thickness becoming lodged on a certain molar, so that the fox cannot close its mouth, drools, circles around the feeding utensils, and cannot eat. Symptoms: the sick fox cannot close its mouth, drools, circles around the feeding utensils, does not eat, shows abnormal changes in mental state, and sometimes scratches its oral cavity with its forelimbs. Diagnosis: use surgical instruments to prop open the oral cavity, and the foreign object can be seen. Treat

This disease is purely a mechanical chewing disorder; the pathological process that occurs in the body is merely stretching of the masticatory muscles. It is caused by a bone fragment, crushed bone, or a piece of hard flat material of a certain thickness becoming lodged on a certain molar, so that the fox cannot close its mouth, drools, circles around the feeding utensils, and cannot eat.

Symptoms: the sick fox cannot close its mouth, drools, circles around the feeding utensils, does not eat, shows abnormal changes in mental state, and sometimes scratches its oral cavity with its forelimbs.

Diagnosis: use surgical instruments to prop open the oral cavity, and the foreign object can be seen.

Treatment: remove the foreign object, and it can eat, and the symptoms disappear naturally. During the feed preparation process, fresh bones should be ground into bone paste before feeding.

Stomatitis

Stomatitis refers to non-infectious inflammation of the oral mucosa. It is mostly caused by mechanical trauma stimulation, and is rarely caused by functional or corrosive drugs.

Causes: foxes biting each other, or licking sharp objects in the cage, or eating sharp bone fragments that puncture the oral cavity, etc., thereby causing inflammation of the oral cavity or gums.

Symptoms: the affected fox is unwilling to eat, circles around the food bowl, wants to eat but does not want to eat, or eats only a little, drools, and the mucosa is inflamed and reddened. In severe cases, the spirit is listless and body temperature rises.

Diagnosis: generally a diagnosis can be made based on clinical symptoms and changes in the oral mucosa.

Prevention and treatment: rinse the oral cavity with 0.1% potassium permanganate solution, or put the potassium permanganate solution in a drinking water container and let the affected fox drink it on its own; iodine glycerin can also be applied to the oral cavity. For severe cases with infection, penicillin or streptomycin can be used for treatment, twice a day, 200,000 to 400,000 units each time.

Feeding: personnel should observe the dynamics of the fox group at all times, and pay attention to keeping the cages intact, so as to prevent foxes from being bitten or punctured.

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