"lips" not matching up - help

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Posted by michelle on November 04, 2001 at 20:31:22:

I noticed my ig's mouth is not matching up flush on both sides. It started on one side when I first brought her home, she went for a well-visit to the vet (who specializes in exotics and has iggy experience), he didn't say anything about it> I had so many other questions I didn't think to ask about it either. Now I've noticed the same thing on the otherside. I examined her mouth - it looks normal and pink. She eats extremely well (fresh salad every day - nothing frozen or commercial). Her weight seems normal, she's not dehydrated and stool appears normal. The only thing that has changed is that she's being medicated for hook-worm the vet found on our visit. She just finished a pretty full head shed and there is no remaining skin in the area - so I'm pretty sure it's not a shedding problem. Any ideas????? Trying to get a hold of the vet - hoping for some ideas in the mean time.

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did the vet do the blood work when you went in the 1st time? Silke 11/05/01 (2)
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: I noticed my ig's mouth is not matching up flush on both sides. It started on one side when I first brought her home, she went for a well-visit to the vet (who specializes in exotics and has iggy experience), he didn't say anything about it> I had so many other questions I didn't think to ask about it either. Now I've noticed the same thing on the otherside. I examined her mouth - it looks normal and pink. She eats extremely well (fresh salad every day - nothing frozen or commercial). Her weight seems normal, she's not dehydrated and stool appears normal. The only thing that has changed is that she's being medicated for hook-worm the vet found on our visit. She just finished a pretty full head shed and there is no remaining skin in the area - so I'm pretty sure it's not a shedding problem. Any ideas????? Trying to get a hold of the vet - hoping for some ideas in the mean time.

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