Banni Binky
Warren Scout
I apologise for not being around on the forums for a while - had a lot going on lately. Not only is Tila sick, but so am I - I put myself into hospital lastnight due to stress over him =[
But back to the point. If any of you remembr reading the thread in Rabbit Chat, we thought Tila had a callouse on th jaw bone from a recent injury, thus having to haveregular teeth trims.
But two weeks later (Monday..) His teeth were way overgrown already. So I took him to see the same vet as last time, she has been very good with him the year I have had him. She ordered an x-ray, to rule out any 3 of 4 possibilities. He had the x-ray today, and I received a phonecall to say he was a very good bun and didn't need sedating. He isnt home yet but will be in a couple of hours. However, there was also bad news.
A fracture or callouse had been ruled out, and so had a root abcess. Thus, only leaving the possibility of Osteomyelitis. My vet cannot confirm until tomorrow, when she gets a second opinion from the radiographer...
What are options for treatment, prognosis etc? Ive been told Buns tend to respond poorly to osteomyelitis treatment =[. Are there more than one treatment options, which seems to work best? I'd like to have some backup knowledge to discuss with the vet when we get a diagnosis tomorrow.
Either way, Tila will have to have his front teeth removed as part of the treatment, as they are growing too aggressively and trimming every two weeks is too stressful on him.
I don't want to lose him. But if the treatment will only prolong his life for a short time and thus prolonging the pain... In my eyes that is cruel, but I am willing to try treatment before the other option.
But back to the point. If any of you remembr reading the thread in Rabbit Chat, we thought Tila had a callouse on th jaw bone from a recent injury, thus having to haveregular teeth trims.
But two weeks later (Monday..) His teeth were way overgrown already. So I took him to see the same vet as last time, she has been very good with him the year I have had him. She ordered an x-ray, to rule out any 3 of 4 possibilities. He had the x-ray today, and I received a phonecall to say he was a very good bun and didn't need sedating. He isnt home yet but will be in a couple of hours. However, there was also bad news.
A fracture or callouse had been ruled out, and so had a root abcess. Thus, only leaving the possibility of Osteomyelitis. My vet cannot confirm until tomorrow, when she gets a second opinion from the radiographer...
What are options for treatment, prognosis etc? Ive been told Buns tend to respond poorly to osteomyelitis treatment =[. Are there more than one treatment options, which seems to work best? I'd like to have some backup knowledge to discuss with the vet when we get a diagnosis tomorrow.
Either way, Tila will have to have his front teeth removed as part of the treatment, as they are growing too aggressively and trimming every two weeks is too stressful on him.
I don't want to lose him. But if the treatment will only prolong his life for a short time and thus prolonging the pain... In my eyes that is cruel, but I am willing to try treatment before the other option.
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