LIGER at the Dentist!

Lion + Tiger = LIGER! Freckles was rescued from a failed backyard sanctuary in mississippi Dec 2008. 16 year old Freckles is one of the oldest Ligers around but she is one of the most recent arrivals to Big Cat Rescue. At the time of her rescue we could see a big hole in her jowl, and feared that it would lead to her demise, but she was in such bad shape that we just couldn't risk knocking her out to get a better look. Being a cranky old cat, she wasn't about to let us get a good look any other way either. She was given antibiotics in case it was just an injury, but now that she has become more calm in her new setting we can see that the problem stems from several broken teeth. Caged cats will often break off their teeth trying to chew their way out of their prison cells and when she was left behind to die in Mississippi she probably did just that.

The dental work was completed on Freckles without any problems and she as made a full recovery. Let's hope that the dental as taken away her pain and she will have no more problems in the future.

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[drumfreakk97]

3:14 is that the WHOLE tooth?

[BigCatRescue]

@drumfreakk97 Yes, or what was left of it..

[jla2358]

I imagine you have a special diet for her since her teeth have seen better days.

[BigCatRescue]

@jla2358 We did give her more boneless meat, although she still had her back teeth which big cats use to grind their food up into smaller chunks to swallow, so Freckles could still eat chicken qtrs with bones and whole prey like whole rabbits.

[shootingmen]

can you explain a little and give us a summary about the tooth sugery?

[BigCatRescue]

@shootingmen Yes, we removed one whole tooth and then performed root canal on two others, this is when you drill/scrape out all the infected material from the inside of the tooth then pack it with antibiotics etc.. to stop the pain and block it up so nothing can get into the tooth and cause another infection :)

[BigCatRescue]

@spazylady1017 Yes, she seemed much happier after the surgery. Unfortunately she passed away this week from her neurological issues. Freckles was the oldest tiger we know of and we will miss her dearly :(

[BigCatRescue]

@GgWowGuides Yes we are well aware of the problems that ligers suffer from, this is why we are against the breeding of ligers and any other wild cat that is not part of a species survival program. We rescued Freckles a year or so before we made this video from a backyard in Mississippi.

[tomthewom91]

Wow, I wanted it to wake up and go ape shit so badly. That would've been CLASSIC!

[Fimbulbeelze]

u are freakin ripped

[BigCatRescue]

@x3xhottiechikx2x Hi, yes we have guided tours of the sanctuary everyday but thursday, if you visit our website BigCatRescue*org you can find out the tour times and info. Hope you can visit and thanks for watching our videos! :)

[x3xhottiechikx2x]

I Just wanted say how much I LOVE all of your videos and think that's it's SO great and equally important to share this kind of information with the public so they can learn a little more about these beautiful and majestic big cats! Wonderful job you guys are doing...I've been involved with animals my whole life, literally since about 3 years old, I'm making a road-trip down to FTL and would love to stop at your facility in Tampa, I will be calling you guys to find out if that is possible... :)