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Rabbit drooling Q.

abbymarysmokey

Wise Old Thumper
My Abby has developed molar problems recently, and drools down her chin when the spurs need doing.

She started drooling on Saturday, so I thought I'd have to book her in for a dental first thing Monday morning....

...but by Sunday she'd totally stopped drooling, and has been fine since then, and she is eating normally :shock:

So, if her teeth are OK, what else would cause her to suddenly start drooling and then stop just as suddenly?
 
My Abby has developed molar problems recently, and drools down her chin when the spurs need doing.

She started drooling on Saturday, so I thought I'd have to book her in for a dental first thing Monday morning....

...but by Sunday she'd totally stopped drooling, and has been fine since then, and she is eating normally :shock:

So, if her teeth are OK, what else would cause her to suddenly start drooling and then stop just as suddenly?

It is most likely still her teeth. One of my bad dental buns drooled just once and never again and it was still a molar problem. :)
 
I agree with Charlie82 - Shayla drools, stops eating normally so I check the vets availablility and the next thing you know she's chomping away again but her teeth still need doing. :)
 
They tend to drool when the spur scratches soft tissue. Once the initial pain wears off they stop drooling but the problem is still there

Janex :)
 
She only had a dental 2 weeks previously.

I could understand if she was showing other signs of dental discomfort, but she seems totally fine now.
 
are you sure she definatley was drooling? I sometimes think Roxy is then realise she's just had her face in a bowl of water :rolleyes:
 
She only had a dental 2 weeks previously.

I could understand if she was showing other signs of dental discomfort, but she seems totally fine now.

I agree w/ the others. And I have seen tha above before. What you are most likely looking at, is some other teeth causing this problem, not the ones you fix last time
 
are you sure she definatley was drooling? I sometimes think Roxy is then realise she's just had her face in a bowl of water :rolleyes:

Yeah definitely drool, I felt it between my fingers and had a sniff, didn't have the texture or smell of water.

I think I'd better wait to see if it comes back...I certainly don't want her to have a GA so soon after the last one :(
 
Abby started drooling again on Sunday, so I took her to the vets last night...turns out she has a wound in her mouth, but not near any teeth, so the vet could only guess that it was caused by an injury, possibly from chewing willow toys, sticks, etc.

I'm a bit concerned in case it turns into an abscess...her mum (who she lives with) has almost definitely got pasteurella, so I'm hoping it's not something she's inherited from mum :(
 
Oh dear, I don't know whether to be pleased its not teeth or sad. I haven't got any advice I'm afraid but I hope she doesn't get any further problems from it. x
 
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