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Looks like Smokey may need a dental on her back teeth, what can we expect to happen?

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FriskyClover

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After Smokey's recent bout of stasis, where it came to light her back teeth were slightly uneven, it looks like Smokey may need a dental.

I've noticed in the last week or so, she seems to keep dropping food, although she is still eating her pellets and loves hay. If she has a dental, will she only need the one if she eats tonnes of hay after that? Also, what is the recovery time like and how will she be after the op?

I'm reluctant to put her through a dental but I'm starting to feel we may have no option. Would a hay only diet resolve the problem as the teeth are not too bad?

Any advice or experiences welcome!

FC xx
 
:wave: is it the teeth needing a file down? if it is then a quick turn around!
bun will eat straight away if you have a vet that doesnt knock them out for a straight forward proccedure...bun will eat straightaway as the pain/discomfort will be gone.
 
rabbitmum said:
:wave: is it the teeth needing a file down? if it is then a quick turn around!
bun will eat straight away if you have a vet that doesnt knock them out for a straight forward proccedure...bun will eat straightaway as the pain/discomfort will be gone.
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Thank you for the reply:).

Yes, I think it's just a case of filing them down, rather then anything else. I think they probably would have to knock Smokey out a bit to do anything to her teeth, she can be a quite nervous.

I'm just worried that if she needs them doing (I'm going to speak to the vet about it when she has her vaccination in September), that it will be something that need repeating on a regular basis, which I don't think Smokey could cope with.
 
I think most vets will give a GA for burring molar spurs. There are some that do it without but with nervous bunnies especially the risk of them panicking and getting injured outweighs the benefits of not doing GA. ie the GA would be less stressful in the long run.

I had a bunny who had dentals every three months. She wasn't exactly nervous but wasn't a cuddly bunny either. She coped really well with the GAs. She bounced back the day after. It was a week before she ate all types of food but luckily the biggest part of her personality was her appetite anyway, so she was destined to eat quickly afterwards.

I admit I was worried about Bungee having GAs until it got fairly routine and seeing the difference between her looking miserable and stamping her feet to how soon she seemed bright again was incredible. With her the GA was not a big deal. Personally, I wouldn't be happy about having molar spurs burred without GA but that is for the vet and the individual to weigh up, and I guess the frequency with which it needs doing would be part of the decision.

Best of luck with Smokey
 
Hi guys,

One of my buns needed his teeth filing every 8 weeks, travel to the vets etc was proving quite stressful for him so after a year we decided to get his teeth removed.

Friday just gone, Wosit had 4 teeth removed. My poor baby. Unfortuantly one of the four teeth snapped during the op and he was under GA for over an hour. Needless to say he wasnttoo good on Friday. My husband and I took turns to sit with him all Friday night as he struggled to drink. But..... he's ont he mend now!

So far he's managed Pellets, Hay, carrot (in strip with a potato peeler), parsley, rasberry bush leaves, grass, basically anything he would have eaten before hand!

He's out in the garden with his brother now. He's being very clingy to him. He's following Freckles with his tail up but as soon as Freckles lays down Wotsit lays next to him.

The baby (Binky) is staying out of his way! I'm sure Wotsit is sore still... he's bound to be. But, he's managing really well without teeth so far....

Re the snapped tooth - this may grow back - depends how much damage was done. If it does he'll have to go back for it to be removed.

Hope this helps....

Jo
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Once again, thank you for the replies, it's really helpful to read other peoples' experiences.

I just can't work out why it's happened, she eats a good diet and munches hay all the time, although I guess this is the same for a lot of bunnies who get dental problems.
 
Some poor buns are just born with dodgy teeth hun. Wotsit and Freckles are brothers from the same littler - Freckles has the most perfect teeth, poor wotsit has has nothing but problems.

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