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Recovery post dental

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Thanks for your well wishes everyone! Xx

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MightyMax said:
How is Daisy doing today? :wave:
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Daisy seems to be doing alot better thanks. Lots of hay eaten overnight, increase in size and quantity of poops.😊 It was a race between her and Magoo to finish their pellets this morning.

Magoo kept trying to mount her last night and she kept hopping away. Very strange as he doesn't normally do this but behaved the exact same way last time she was recovering from her dental!

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Bunny Magoo said:
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Daisy seems to be doing alot better thanks. Lots of hay eaten overnight, increase in size and quantity of poops.😊 It was a race between her and Magoo to finish their pellets this morning.

Magoo kept trying to mount her last night and she kept hopping away. Very strange as he doesn't normally do this but behaved the exact same way last time she was recovering from her dental!

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Oh what a relief! She's well on the mend :D

I hope it's a long long time before she needs another dental :)
 
MightyMax said:
Oh what a relief! She's well on the mend :D

I hope it's a long long time before she needs another dental :)
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Me too! They have every hay type going. Am going to get the rabbit specialist vet to look at her x ray from the first dental to see what he thinks about the angle of her teeth. From this I hope we might be able to establish if there is any way we can prevent future dentals or if it is to do with the angle her teeth grow at and therefore if there's nothing that can be done.

Thanks so much for your support through this! Xx

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Bunny Magoo said:
Me too! They have every hay type going. Am going to get the rabbit specialist vet to look at her x ray from the first dental to see what he thinks about the angle of her teeth. From this I hope we might be able to establish if there is any way we can prevent future dentals or if it is to do with the angle her teeth grow at and therefore if there's nothing that can be done.

Thanks so much for your support through this! Xx

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You're really welcome :wave:

Please keep in touch - it sounds like you've a scientific approach to this issue. A very good thing :)
 
That sounds like great news and a sensible plan. We'd not have got anywhere with Scarlet had we not seen a specialist.
 
MightyMax said:
Thank you for sharing! Pleased to see all is back to normal :D

Goes really well with my brekkie [emoji38]
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I should have put a brekkie warning on the pics! Hope you weren't having the nesquick cereal [emoji23] I know people on here appreciate a good golden boulder!

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Bunny Magoo said:
I should have put a brekkie warning on the pics! Hope you weren't having the nesquick cereal [emoji23] I know people on here appreciate a good golden boulder!

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:lol:

What a great phrase :D It should go down in the annals of RU :lol:
 
I've just stumbled across this thread and it's as if you could be talking about my Raisin! Raisin has had every test under the sun to find out why she doesn't cope well with anaesthetic and why she needs such frequent dentals... Full body X-Ray, full head X-Ray's, blood samples, faecel tests, urine samples-the works! She's seen three specialists and is now registered at 5 different surgeries. The conclusion? She's overly sensitive.
Raisin has just managed to be able to go 3 weeks between dentals for the first time in a year. Previously it's been every two weeks. So as you can see, anaesthetic dentals are not an option for Raisin. Removal of her teeth is not an option, there is nothing wrong with them-perfectly 'normal'! To remove them would pose such huge dangers and on such a sensitive bunny that reacts to everything, I couldn't risk it. I've known Raisin take over two weeks to recover from an anaesthetic (back in her pre conscious dental days) to then have to go back under anaesthetic because she had reached her two week mark. There were a few occasions when I really didn't think she would make it, she was so poorly. Conscious dentals became the only option. It was beyond being a controversial subject, the decision was made for me.
I wanted to explain Raisins case as I, like you, wondered what the future could hold for such a rabbit? I had similar reservations also about the logistics of a conscious dental, Raisin being a difficult, flighty bunny to handle. It also took time to find a vet willing and experienced enough to perform her conscious dentals. Despite all this, it works. It really wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that managing her teeth this way has saved Raisin, I think it's safe to say she wouldnt be around if she was still having anaesthetic every two weeks!

Just to add, even on Raisins first ever dental, she didn't cope well with anaesthetic. So her poor recovery wasn't just due to the frequency but moreover her sensitivity.

I hope this might be of some help Buny Magoo!
 
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Frankie28 said:
I've just stumbled across this thread and it's as if you could be talking about my Raisin! Raisin has had every test under the sun to find out why she doesn't cope well with anaesthetic and why she needs such frequent dentals... Full body X-Ray, full head X-Ray's, blood samples, faecel tests, urine samples-the works! She's seen three specialists and is now registered at 5 different surgeries. The conclusion? She's overly sensitive.
Raisin has just managed to be able to go 3 weeks between dentals for the first time in a year. Previously it's been every two weeks. So as you can see, anaesthetic dentals are not an option for Raisin. Removal of her teeth is not an option, there is nothing wrong with them-perfectly 'normal'! To remove them would pose such huge dangers and on such a sensitive bunny that reacts to everything, I couldn't risk it. I've known Raisin take over two weeks to recover from an anaesthetic (back in her pre conscious dental days) to then have to go back under anaesthetic because she had reached her two week mark. There were a few occasions when I really didn't think she would make it, she was so poorly. Conscious dentals became the only option. It was beyond being a controversial subject, the decision was made for me.
I wanted to explain Raisins case as I, like you, wondered what the future could hold for such a rabbit? I had similar reservations also about the logistics of a conscious dental, Raisin being a difficult, flighty bunny to handle. It also took time to find a vet willing and experienced enough to perform her conscious dentals. Despite all this, it works. It really wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that managing her teeth this way has saved Raisin, I think it's safe to say she wouldnt be around if she was still having anaesthetic every two weeks!

Just to add, even on Raisins first ever dental, she didn't cope well with anaesthetic. So her poor recovery wasn't just due to the frequency but moreover her sensitivity.

I hope this might be of some help Buny Magoo!
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Hi Frankie :wave:

Thank you for putting your story over.

As you know there's quite some controversy about conscious dentals :roll: It's a choice for the owner, in consultation with their vet, to decide whether to do the dental consciously or basically risk the rabbit's life and accept that a dental rabbit will probably not reach a ripe old age.

I would like to point out, though, that there's been quite a few photos posted on here about the sort of 'equipment' that people think goes into a bunny's mouth during a dental. My vet *does not* use that equipment.

You need to discuss the way forward with a sympathetic vet who is confident and experienced with the procedure :D
 
Frankie28 said:
I've just stumbled across this thread and it's as if you could be talking about my Raisin! Raisin has had every test under the sun to find out why she doesn't cope well with anaesthetic and why she needs such frequent dentals... Full body X-Ray, full head X-Ray's, blood samples, faecel tests, urine samples-the works! She's seen three specialists and is now registered at 5 different surgeries. The conclusion? She's overly sensitive.
Raisin has just managed to be able to go 3 weeks between dentals for the first time in a year. Previously it's been every two weeks. So as you can see, anaesthetic dentals are not an option for Raisin. Removal of her teeth is not an option, there is nothing wrong with them-perfectly 'normal'! To remove them would pose such huge dangers and on such a sensitive bunny that reacts to everything, I couldn't risk it. I've known Raisin take over two weeks to recover from an anaesthetic (back in her pre conscious dental days) to then have to go back under anaesthetic because she had reached her two week mark. There were a few occasions when I really didn't think she would make it, she was so poorly. Conscious dentals became the only option. It was beyond being a controversial subject, the decision was made for me.
I wanted to explain Raisins case as I, like you, wondered what the future could hold for such a rabbit? I had similar reservations also about the logistics of a conscious dental, Raisin being a difficult, flighty bunny to handle. It also took time to find a vet willing and experienced enough to perform her conscious dentals. Despite all this, it works. It really wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that managing her teeth this way has saved Raisin, I think it's safe to say she wouldnt be around if she was still having anaesthetic every two weeks!

Just to add, even on Raisins first ever dental, she didn't cope well with anaesthetic. So her poor recovery wasn't just due to the frequency but moreover her sensitivity.

I hope this might be of some help Buny Magoo!
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Wow! So interesting to hear your story. My conclusion with Daisy was that she is just SO sensitive and this is why her recoveries have been so long. She is such a sensitive soul and the rabbit rescue place had her a long time and were very particular about where she was homed. So we are very lucky to have her.

I just can't see how anyone would be able to hold her still enough to give her a conscious dental.

Have you found that Raisin finds it all very distressing though? I'm worried the whole process would scare Daisy so much that she'd have a heart attack.

Sorry to hear about the frequencies of Raisin's dentals, I'm glad to hear that you've found a solution.

I don't suppose you're anywhere near Surrey are you?

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