aceofspades618
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Hi I have a 7 month old male pit mix. Supposedly 3/4 pit 1/4 Australian shepard. Got him and his sister off of craigslist about 3 months ago. They were covered head to toe in ticks and fleas, also infested with worms. The male also had a bad ear infection on his driver side. After getting them cleaned up and his ear cleaned of foul black disharge. I began to notice that although he was eating and drinking well, he wouldnt open his mouth very wide at all. I tried to open it a little bit to look inside. He obviously experienced extreme discomfort, so I took him to the vet first thing in the morning. The vet tried the same and eventually sedated him for a closer inspection. She couldnt find anything extremely abnormal besides very bad breath. I told her I dont have alot of money and cant afford a bunch of tests, so she gave him a steroid shot and 10 days of amox/clav. I picked up the refill after 5 days and he got another steroid shot. He seemed to improve a decent amount. Opening mouth at about 12% vs 5 at first. It's been about another 2 weeks and the foul breath is coming back. I want to do more for him, but spent my last 200$ on vet bills. Is there any kind of home remedies anybody could think of? I'm going to get him an x-ray, but it's going to be about 2-3 months before I can afford it. He plays well with our two other dogs and seems to be gaining a healthy amount of weight, just so sad to see him not be able to pick up a tennis ball like his younger sister and our older German Shepard.