Anxious about Patch's dental operation on Thursday...

Patch is due in to have his teeth done under anesthetic.

He has an eye infection and has been on meds for longer than a year.

The vet now said that long term meds are likely.

He has constantly runny eyes and has just finished a course of baytril and will be on another in two weeks.

I'm really worried he wont pull through the operation.

He isn't neutered- would this be a good time to get this done also, is it possible whilst he is under or would this cause him more problems recovering?

Thanks xxxxxx

Hello

Is your bun having his teeth burred or taken out completely? My vet is brilliant (Jason Burgess). My bun had no underlying health problems and he offered to neuter Charlie and remove his incisors at the same time (they were terribly misaligned ). I know that Jason wouldn't have offered this if it wasn't the best choice. He said it was better for the bun as he'd only need one lot of anesetic .

If you fully trust your vet with your bunnies they will advise you best ! xxx

I would give consent for them to do both but then leave it to your vet to decide at the time whether to go ahead with the neuter - for instance depending on how well he copes with the anaesthetic, how long the dental takes etc. Neutering male buns doesn't take long so it might be a good opportunity to do it at the same time as long as everything else has gone smoothly

Terri_louise177 said:

Hello

Is your bun having his teeth burred or taken out completely? My vet is brilliant (Jason Burgess). My bun had no underlying health problems and he offered to neuter Charlie and remove his incisors at the same time (they were terribly misaligned ). I know that Jason wouldn't have offered this if it wasn't the best choice. He said it was better for the bun as he'd only need one lot of anesetic .

If you fully trust your vet with your bunnies they will advise you best ! xxx

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Thanks i do trust my vets- i've had 7 bunnies successfully neutered with them so far. I think i'll give a call tommorow and ask. I hope they can. I don't know if 2 days will be abit short notice though. The vet said the dental won't wait. It's to have them burred rather than completely taken out. It's not the incisors that are the problem. It's his other teeth that have spikes on them, bad molar spurs. Sounds like a much better idea to get neutered at the same time xxxxxx

Santa said:

I would give consent for them to do both but then leave it to your vet to decide at the time whether to go ahead with the neuter - for instance depending on how well he copes with the anaesthetic, how long the dental takes etc. Neutering male buns doesn't take long so it might be a good opportunity to do it at the same time as long as everything else has gone smoothly

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Thanks,

Good plan-i'll get on the phone to them tommorow xxxxxx

Ambience said:

Thanks i do trust my vets- i've had 7 bunnies successfully neutered with them so far. I think i'll give a call tommorow and ask. I hope they can. I don't know if 2 days will be abit short notice though. The vet said the dental won't wait. It's to have them burred rather than completely taken out. It's not the incisors that are the problem. It's his other teeth that have spikes on them, bad molar spurs. Sounds like a much better idea to get neutered at the same time xxxxxx

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I hope all goes well xxx

Terri_louise177 said:

I hope all goes well xxx

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Thankyou, very nervous- the vet seemed nervous about doing the operation when he thinks he has pasturella. I am not sure about this as my two don't sneeze etc, just runny eyes.

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