Leesa
Warren Scout
My rabbit was miserable and off his rabbit food, but still eating hay and veg. Took him to the vets last week who couldn’t find anything wrong with him till she checked his teeth – his front were fine, however on of the back was a bit longer and she described as a ‘spur’. She said it hadn’t ulcerated/ cut into him but didn’t want to put him under an aesthetic as he may not recover if he wasn’t eating properly. She gave him a painkiller and advised to syringe feed him liquid feed and give him pineapple juice as an appetite stimulant. She never actually said to book him in for a dental but wanted me to bring him in the next morning if he went down hill or stopped eating.
He picked up after that and I got him eating back to normal by feeding him loads of veg, hay and herbs etc. Tried with the syringe feeding and did not get on very well – he kept flinching. I’d managed to get him eating regularly though so wasn’t too concerned. He now seems pretty much back to normal, still not eating as much rabbit food – which is probably a good thing (more veg/hay etc), but more than he was when he was miserable, however I have a feeling he has gone off his usual brand of Science Selective, as I gave him a bit of another he had left over and he ate that. He seems a lot brighter now. I phoned the vets late last week and asked the receptionist if he need to have this tooth burred and she said yes. He is booked in for Friday but now I am wondering if he will definitely need to have it done:
a) he wasn’t the best after his neuter op and it was a nightmare trying to get him to eat.
b) its gonna cost around £100 – while I’m happy to pay if strictly necessary, can anyone one advise if kept on a good diet that tooth would grind down?
I’ve phoned the vets and asked if they can check his tooth to see if it is necessary before they put him under. They said yes but then said I have to book a vets appointment that morning – I’m not sure if they are trying to make more money out of it. Surely the vet would doing the dental – I can’t understand why they couldn’t just check then.
Please don’t get me wrong about the money – if it needs doing I’m happy to pay, I just don’t wait to put him (and me) through the stress and waste cash if its not necessary – it was only the receptionist / nurse that said when I phone the vets to book him in. And now he seems bright and back to normal.
He picked up after that and I got him eating back to normal by feeding him loads of veg, hay and herbs etc. Tried with the syringe feeding and did not get on very well – he kept flinching. I’d managed to get him eating regularly though so wasn’t too concerned. He now seems pretty much back to normal, still not eating as much rabbit food – which is probably a good thing (more veg/hay etc), but more than he was when he was miserable, however I have a feeling he has gone off his usual brand of Science Selective, as I gave him a bit of another he had left over and he ate that. He seems a lot brighter now. I phoned the vets late last week and asked the receptionist if he need to have this tooth burred and she said yes. He is booked in for Friday but now I am wondering if he will definitely need to have it done:
a) he wasn’t the best after his neuter op and it was a nightmare trying to get him to eat.
b) its gonna cost around £100 – while I’m happy to pay if strictly necessary, can anyone one advise if kept on a good diet that tooth would grind down?
I’ve phoned the vets and asked if they can check his tooth to see if it is necessary before they put him under. They said yes but then said I have to book a vets appointment that morning – I’m not sure if they are trying to make more money out of it. Surely the vet would doing the dental – I can’t understand why they couldn’t just check then.
Please don’t get me wrong about the money – if it needs doing I’m happy to pay, I just don’t wait to put him (and me) through the stress and waste cash if its not necessary – it was only the receptionist / nurse that said when I phone the vets to book him in. And now he seems bright and back to normal.