tigerangel
Warren Veteran
Sora went for a booster vaccination last night and the vet had a look at her teeth. She had small spurs at the end of April and she still has small spurs now. They aren’t bad enough to cause her any discomfort or ulcers or anything, but the vet has advised that we get them filed down now to nip the problem in the bud which I agree with. Even though I will be worried sick, Smudgie is allowed to accompany her so she should be more comforted than going on her own.
On the plus side, because aren’t any worse than they were in April, this gives me hope that hopefully once they are ground down *fingers crossed* she might not have trouble with them again at least for a while if she sticks to the same mostly-hay diet. I admit to not having any experience with bunnies needing dentals, but with my ‘logic’ hat on I figured if there was something wrong with her diet or if there was some breeding problem, they would be continually getting worse ……..right? *worries*
Poor bunnies though, we were sat in the waiting room and this middle aged couple brought a dog in that went absolutely MENTAL for everything else in the room, barking so loud that my ears physically hurt (god knows what it sounded like to animals with sensitive hearing!) going for the other dogs (teeth bared and dribbling etc) and generally causing a huge disturbance to the point where Sora & Smudgie were absolutely terrified and I swear were on the verge of heart attacks and all the while the owners of the dog were just laughing like it was ‘normal’ or ‘cute’ to them that their dog was behaving in such a way The buns were in such a state the vet had to calm them down when they got into the consultation room and gave them both a free check over as a result of their other ignorant client, even though Smudgie wasn’t actually booked in for anything he was just there to accompany Sora. Poor babies, it says something when the VET has to calm them down, normally the sight of the vet is terrifying to them! And to make matters worse we came out of the consultation room and were paying our bill to leave, and they and their dog came out of another room and caused a scene all over again. I could see the receptionist trying to tell them something (probably to ask them to control their dog/take it outside) but to be honest, nothing could have been heard over the top of the noise so we just got out of there as quickly as we could and I have to ring in to book the dental.
I now have several deep gashes too from bunny claws as they were scrambling everywhere once they were out of the carrier. It took 3 hours for Sora & Smudgie to calm down at home and I was terrified they were going to go into shock or stasis All thanks to one stupid dog owner who is evidently incapable of training or controlling their animal. If they ever appear there again whilst I’m there I am seriously going to punch the owners
On the plus side, because aren’t any worse than they were in April, this gives me hope that hopefully once they are ground down *fingers crossed* she might not have trouble with them again at least for a while if she sticks to the same mostly-hay diet. I admit to not having any experience with bunnies needing dentals, but with my ‘logic’ hat on I figured if there was something wrong with her diet or if there was some breeding problem, they would be continually getting worse ……..right? *worries*
Poor bunnies though, we were sat in the waiting room and this middle aged couple brought a dog in that went absolutely MENTAL for everything else in the room, barking so loud that my ears physically hurt (god knows what it sounded like to animals with sensitive hearing!) going for the other dogs (teeth bared and dribbling etc) and generally causing a huge disturbance to the point where Sora & Smudgie were absolutely terrified and I swear were on the verge of heart attacks and all the while the owners of the dog were just laughing like it was ‘normal’ or ‘cute’ to them that their dog was behaving in such a way The buns were in such a state the vet had to calm them down when they got into the consultation room and gave them both a free check over as a result of their other ignorant client, even though Smudgie wasn’t actually booked in for anything he was just there to accompany Sora. Poor babies, it says something when the VET has to calm them down, normally the sight of the vet is terrifying to them! And to make matters worse we came out of the consultation room and were paying our bill to leave, and they and their dog came out of another room and caused a scene all over again. I could see the receptionist trying to tell them something (probably to ask them to control their dog/take it outside) but to be honest, nothing could have been heard over the top of the noise so we just got out of there as quickly as we could and I have to ring in to book the dental.
I now have several deep gashes too from bunny claws as they were scrambling everywhere once they were out of the carrier. It took 3 hours for Sora & Smudgie to calm down at home and I was terrified they were going to go into shock or stasis All thanks to one stupid dog owner who is evidently incapable of training or controlling their animal. If they ever appear there again whilst I’m there I am seriously going to punch the owners