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Scared to put 5 y/o bunny under general anaesthetic?

Canine

Canine

Young Bun
I took my 5 and 1/2 year old to the vet two days ago and they said that one of her molars is becoming overgrown/disaligned and mentioned something about a spur. She said it might be impacting her ability to eat hay (although she is eating no less at the moment) and she said I should probably look at getting it done sooner or later because she's not young bunny any more and the risk of her not being able to handle the anaesthetic gets higher.

I just want to get some opinions on whether you think it's necessary to put her under? I know that if she was in pain I would do the surgery without these second thoughts but when the vet says it's not 100% necessary, I can't help but wonder if I would be making a fatal choice in putting her under anyway :(

Thank you.
 
firstly, i would change vets to a rabbit/exotics one. someone can hopefully recommend one on here.

many many rabbits get spurs and have dentals. aslong as you have a good vet who you trust then it should be fine. of course there are always small risks, but with a straight forward dental like for spurs, a good vet will usually do that with a light sedation anyway. there are also options for your bun to have pre-op bloods if you want, but this isn't usually necessary.

your bun is not old! and even older buns have refular dentals and procedures and cope well. of course you don't want further problems to arise so it is best to get the teeth sorted sooner, although not always. it really depends how small it is and whether it is having any negative effect on your bun at the moment.

the best thing to do is find a rabbit vet. i can't stress this enough. normal vets don't have much training in exotics so you really want a vet who deals with them day in day out. maybe find one and get them to check your bun over and see what they advise. :wave:
 
Hello, thanks so much for your reply! I live in Australia and I actually have been taking her and her ex-husbun to the Melbourne Rabbit Clinic - the only vet in the whole of my state which specialises in only rabbits and guinea pigs, so she is in very good hands with them :) But thanks for the suggestion!

Your most made me feel a lot better, so thank you! :wave: I always assumed she was an older bun hehe!
 
My first rabbit lucky went in for an abses (i think) removed wen she was 7 and my mother said if she didn't have it she would have not been able to eat and would have starved (I was only like 10 at the time) she survived the first surgery and was recovering well but then she had another bigger absess that was on her neck and was hindering her breathing so she went in again she survived surgery but unfortunately 1 month later she passed but I know we made the right decision having the vet operate on her because her quality of life would have been rubbish and she wouldn't have lived for as long but our vet was a small animal vet so it may be worth getting a second vets opinion if your not sure I know it took us ages to find the vets we wanted for all our animals and our cats go to a different one to our buns n pigs, hope this helps and I hope your bun is on the mend soon xxx


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Canine said:
Hello, thanks so much for your reply! I live in Australia and I actually have been taking her and her ex-husbun to the Melbourne Rabbit Clinic - the only vet in the whole of my state which specialises in only rabbits and guinea pigs, so she is in very good hands with them :) But thanks for the suggestion!

Your most made me feel a lot better, so thank you! :wave: I always assumed she was an older bun hehe!
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sounds like she is in good hands then. it's such a worry when they need anything done. i don't breathe until i hear they've come through ok :roll:

she's a bun in her prime! well, middle aged prime anyway! :lol: :love:

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