purplebumble
Warren Veteran
seriously...im so mad right now.....why didnt i stand up for myself yesterday....must be the grief an depression. Lilys not been eating hay..has been eating pellets tho...shes running at her hay..then sadly looking down. shes had beginning of stasis so much lately and ive treated her myself at home. But her symptoms screamed dental prob. she had one nearly a year ago now.
But having had actual dental buns over the years..you seem to spot it 9 times out of 10 early on.
well this wally of a vet who was the idiot who made bluebells bottom bleed trying 10 times to take her temp....saw lily. wasnt bothered...spent so long with otoscope in her mouth made her so soe and stressed. He kept saying how there was no soft tissue damage...i said there doesnt have to be....ive had this before with her and other buns. After insisting he give her a metaclopramide injection he booked her in for a dental on tuesday!! AND he said giving her fibreplex would be enough to keep her guts ok till tuesday. THEN he printed out an instruction sheet for her pre op info...on it it said i had to starve her!!! it was an accident the receptionist said...he must have done the dog one. Luckily its me...a novice owner would have seen that and prob lost their bunny!
lilys poos are little dark and hard....weird cos no hay in them...just pellets digested. ive been medicating her off and on at least since my mum died...she picked up on our grief and stress i thought. Maybe she did. But mr numptey told me she had spurs that hadnt done any soft tissue damage so they werent the problem! how politely did i say i know my bunny so well...she lives in my bedroom comes into my bed etc etc. THEN he said she needed to get better to have a dental!! omg i said...ive caught this early...she will only get worse!
i came away not with it and feeling angry..its not an emergency so she can wait till tuesday...on fibreplex.....he said. mm how much stasis does she have to go into before you merit her ill enough? how bad does the flesh ripping have to be ...and the fact you cant see all buns teeth till theyre under a GA anyway...but spurs ae spurs if its affecting a bunnys eating...and behaviour...shes been hiding under the bed not wanting to move..
shes such a lively spritely old lady normally...loopy lily! so of course somethings wrong..it obviously has been for a while! no its the weekend then bank holiday...shell be ok till then....wot!! idiot!!
this morning i called vet hospital only for a nurse to tell me just to syringe feed her until tuesday!!!! so only bring her in before then if she gets a lot worse..um by then her survival chances are more than halved....aaarghhhhh
she then said well weve had a couple of emergencies come in..now if youd bothered yesterday to make an appoinment.........by this time i was grinding my teeth!!!
i argued until she had a word with a vet who said hed do lilys dental today..if i got her there by 10am...um it was 9.50am!! i live in clanfield and have to use a taxi....oh ok then...by 10.30am......and when i got there the looks i got....not the usual receptionists.
i told her down the phone .id lost bertie bunny then my mum..one more death id be pushed over edge. Also told her id lost three buns before linked with early slow down like lilys and all 3 died....one died at home..two others pts.
thats when she agreed to ask vet!!!
nurse i knew was nice and understood how a bunny mild dental untreated and pain etc in the bunny can lead to full stasis even torsion or bloat. They go from being minor to emergency very quickly.
so im back home..sitting by phone......to go collect her and bring her home. If ive done the wrong thing and she dies i will never forgive myself...but she needed help. the excuse of its a weekend then a bank holiday shouldnt come into it if you know it will progress to a serious problem.
i am right arent i? i know no vet would dental a bun for mild symptoms...but when youve seen this before and the treatment needed and has seen it work...you should tell the vet so...i think so...but it fell on deaf ears...he never seems to listen or is zoned out more than me...not just exhaustion...very odd fella!!
will ensure if its only him available...ill go ssee a different vet each time its him on!!
But having had actual dental buns over the years..you seem to spot it 9 times out of 10 early on.
well this wally of a vet who was the idiot who made bluebells bottom bleed trying 10 times to take her temp....saw lily. wasnt bothered...spent so long with otoscope in her mouth made her so soe and stressed. He kept saying how there was no soft tissue damage...i said there doesnt have to be....ive had this before with her and other buns. After insisting he give her a metaclopramide injection he booked her in for a dental on tuesday!! AND he said giving her fibreplex would be enough to keep her guts ok till tuesday. THEN he printed out an instruction sheet for her pre op info...on it it said i had to starve her!!! it was an accident the receptionist said...he must have done the dog one. Luckily its me...a novice owner would have seen that and prob lost their bunny!
lilys poos are little dark and hard....weird cos no hay in them...just pellets digested. ive been medicating her off and on at least since my mum died...she picked up on our grief and stress i thought. Maybe she did. But mr numptey told me she had spurs that hadnt done any soft tissue damage so they werent the problem! how politely did i say i know my bunny so well...she lives in my bedroom comes into my bed etc etc. THEN he said she needed to get better to have a dental!! omg i said...ive caught this early...she will only get worse!
i came away not with it and feeling angry..its not an emergency so she can wait till tuesday...on fibreplex.....he said. mm how much stasis does she have to go into before you merit her ill enough? how bad does the flesh ripping have to be ...and the fact you cant see all buns teeth till theyre under a GA anyway...but spurs ae spurs if its affecting a bunnys eating...and behaviour...shes been hiding under the bed not wanting to move..
shes such a lively spritely old lady normally...loopy lily! so of course somethings wrong..it obviously has been for a while! no its the weekend then bank holiday...shell be ok till then....wot!! idiot!!
this morning i called vet hospital only for a nurse to tell me just to syringe feed her until tuesday!!!! so only bring her in before then if she gets a lot worse..um by then her survival chances are more than halved....aaarghhhhh
she then said well weve had a couple of emergencies come in..now if youd bothered yesterday to make an appoinment.........by this time i was grinding my teeth!!!
i argued until she had a word with a vet who said hed do lilys dental today..if i got her there by 10am...um it was 9.50am!! i live in clanfield and have to use a taxi....oh ok then...by 10.30am......and when i got there the looks i got....not the usual receptionists.
i told her down the phone .id lost bertie bunny then my mum..one more death id be pushed over edge. Also told her id lost three buns before linked with early slow down like lilys and all 3 died....one died at home..two others pts.
thats when she agreed to ask vet!!!
nurse i knew was nice and understood how a bunny mild dental untreated and pain etc in the bunny can lead to full stasis even torsion or bloat. They go from being minor to emergency very quickly.
so im back home..sitting by phone......to go collect her and bring her home. If ive done the wrong thing and she dies i will never forgive myself...but she needed help. the excuse of its a weekend then a bank holiday shouldnt come into it if you know it will progress to a serious problem.
i am right arent i? i know no vet would dental a bun for mild symptoms...but when youve seen this before and the treatment needed and has seen it work...you should tell the vet so...i think so...but it fell on deaf ears...he never seems to listen or is zoned out more than me...not just exhaustion...very odd fella!!
will ensure if its only him available...ill go ssee a different vet each time its him on!!