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Mouth Problem

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The Sunny Bunnies

Young Bun
I have a rabbit at the vets today, he has a very wet chin, chest and front legs. He has been drinking from a bowl but by putting most of his face in the water.

The vet has just phoned and said the only thing they can see in his mouth is several white spots on his tongue, not ulcers more like fungal. The vet is trying to work out what it is and is going to call the more experienced vet for advice.

Any one had experience of this?
 
I'm sure someone more experienced will come along however, when my rabbits have had wet mouths, tooth/dental problems always crop up. My rabbit had a bad abscess and she became very drooly and drank lots more water.
Hope they find out soon, has the vet double checked the back teeth? Sometimes it's so hard to see the molars when they're awake (not suggesting a GA for the sake of it!) but often my buns molars have looked "okay" but then when asleep they are very sharp and digging into the tongue and cheeks.


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Kim_perkins said:
I'm sure someone more experienced will come along however, when my rabbits have had wet mouths, tooth/dental problems always crop up. My rabbit had a bad abscess and she became very drooly and drank lots more water.
Hope they find out soon, has the vet double checked the back teeth? Sometimes it's so hard to see the molars when they're awake (not suggesting a GA for the sake of it!) but often my buns molars have looked "okay" but then when asleep they are very sharp and digging into the tongue and cheeks.


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My first thought would be to agree with Kim, but as your vet sees the ulcers as fungal, I'd be interested in the second opinion.

You could have a look here:

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/viral/Rabbit_Oral_Papillomavirus.htm

Possibly rabbit oral papillomavirus infection?
 
Thanks everyone.
Oral thrush was my thought but other than being 9 years old he is generally healthy.
He has been under GA to check his teeth and mouth this morning, and it was just the spots found.
 
The Sunny Bunnies said:
Thanks everyone.
Oral thrush was my thought but other than being 9 years old he is generally healthy.
He has been under GA to check his teeth and mouth this morning, and it was just the spots found.
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Is it Jason Burgess who is looking after him ? If so I am sure he'll get to the bottom of what is going on xx
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Is it Jason Burgess who is looking after him ? If so I am sure he'll get to the bottom of what is going on xx
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Jason is the 'more experienced vet' I refer to. Sadly it takes me over an hour to get to his practice so I don't use him all the time. It is hard to get an appointment with him at the short notice rabbits usually require but he is good at helping my vet (his practice covers our OOH)
 
The Sunny Bunnies said:
Thanks everyone.
Oral thrush was my thought but other than being 9 years old he is generally healthy.
He has been under GA to check his teeth and mouth this morning, and it was just the spots found.
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Hope he recovers well from his GA and you get to the bottom of it :thumb:
 
The Sunny Bunnies said:
Jason is the 'more experienced vet' I refer to. Sadly it takes me over an hour to get to his practice so I don't use him all the time. It is hard to get an appointment with him at the short notice rabbits usually require but he is good at helping my vet (his practice covers our OOH)
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Well with some input from Jason as well as from the other Vet I am sure there will be some treatment options for your Rabbit xx
 
My Rosie had this. Firstly thought it was oral thrush then thought secondary pus from her original tooth root absess. I would be interested to know what the specialist vet says also . Unfortunately Rosie was very very sick by the time this was spotted and had other issues so we never did know 100% for sure the cause.
 
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