Do you belief it is better to have a conscious dental with a less savvy rabbit vet or one with sedation with a more rabbit savvy vet?
Julie is 81/2 and had her first dental a few months ago which was due to misalignment of front teeth due to age according to her regular vet.
A tooth was poking her cheek in one place and one was poking her tongue. The vet who did the dental is Julie's regular vet and is the most experienced rabbit savvy vet around this area. She does do a high volume of dentals.
My concerns are with the sedation as Julie was very sleepy when I took her home and out of it all day into the next day. This vet says that she does not do conscious dentals and will only look in their mouths under sedation then do the dental while still sedated. This vet is is also not close to us and Julie hates to travel.
Julie has another vet that she saw once that is an exotic vet and is very close to us. She is book rabbit savvy but admits to not having lots of rabbit patients. She does look in the rabbits mouth and does dentals without sedation unless she needs to clip the teeth then she uses the same sedation that the other vet uses.
Julie had her teeth filed not clipped.
I am so torn as to what is best. She needs to be checked for a dental and I am so afraid of her not coming out of the sedation but also very worried about having a vet whom does not have as much experience do the dental.
Thing is the savvy experienced vet thinks the sedation is mild and safe and that dentals are routine and the less experienced rabbit vet is very cautious of sedation and thinks dentals are a big deal. Please just give your opinion as to which vet you would use if Julie was yours and why.
Julie is 81/2 and had her first dental a few months ago which was due to misalignment of front teeth due to age according to her regular vet.
A tooth was poking her cheek in one place and one was poking her tongue. The vet who did the dental is Julie's regular vet and is the most experienced rabbit savvy vet around this area. She does do a high volume of dentals.
My concerns are with the sedation as Julie was very sleepy when I took her home and out of it all day into the next day. This vet says that she does not do conscious dentals and will only look in their mouths under sedation then do the dental while still sedated. This vet is is also not close to us and Julie hates to travel.
Julie has another vet that she saw once that is an exotic vet and is very close to us. She is book rabbit savvy but admits to not having lots of rabbit patients. She does look in the rabbits mouth and does dentals without sedation unless she needs to clip the teeth then she uses the same sedation that the other vet uses.
Julie had her teeth filed not clipped.
I am so torn as to what is best. She needs to be checked for a dental and I am so afraid of her not coming out of the sedation but also very worried about having a vet whom does not have as much experience do the dental.
Thing is the savvy experienced vet thinks the sedation is mild and safe and that dentals are routine and the less experienced rabbit vet is very cautious of sedation and thinks dentals are a big deal. Please just give your opinion as to which vet you would use if Julie was yours and why.