PollyandEarlGrey
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We have a very confusing case for one of our bun buns, and have been back and forth to the vets over the last 3 weeks.
Earl had his molar spurs done 3 weeks ago (apparently only very small), but enough to cause him to go off his hay. He has this done at the vets we usually go to, who are not rabbit specialists, but have looked after our bunnies and previously done a kidney removal for our other bunny. However, after Earl's molar spurs surgery, they told us they had to wrap it up very quickly as they got a bit carried away with his anaesthetic and he took a while to come out of it afterwards. We were not too happy, but he was back with us and he was eating bits quite quickly after the procedure. The next day however, he was not touching food, and was chattering his teeth, as well as drooling. That lasted a week, and we took him to a rabbit specialist (we will now only go to them), and they said his teeth looked good on scope, gut sounded good, he was lively etc., but the not eating was a concern, so we went for extensive bloods and an ultrasound. Bloods came back mostly unremarkable, aside from alterated white blood cell count, which they said was pretty unusual, but could be due to stress, pain or infection. Ultrasound was good, and they said his organs all looked nice and healthy.
We had him back home after that, and he was eating almost everything, aside from hay still, and seemed pretty normal. Then suddenly, over the weekend, he really dropped his appetite. He didn't even want banana or carrot (things he usually goes crazy for as they very rarely have them), and we resorted to critical care 5 times a day.
We went back to the vets yesterday as I wanted to double check his mouth and jaw. He went under anaesthetic and whilst there, they did some skull x-rays, as well as filing down some tiny spurs our vet noticed he had. He did mention that Earl had quite bad soft tissue damage on each cheek, where the molars are, and he can't understand where this has come from, as he actually remarked that Earl's teeth were near perfect and his jaw was in great alignment.
We have been sent home with Itrafungol, in case Earl has thrush on his tongue, and still to give the pain meds he has been on for the last few weeks (Loxicom 0.8ml twice daily, and Calpol 0.7ml twice daily, as well as emeprid three times a day.)
Currently, we're adding Fibreplex, Biolapis and Pro+Prebiotic pellets to his critical care at feeds, and he is taking most of it and pooping fine, he does put up a bit of a struggle during feeds but we manage to calm him down.
This morning he did not want anything to eat, but then did randomly take some dried nettles out of my hand and eat them all. But then nothing else, not even treats.
He is drooling a bit still, same as before, and every now and then he will chatter his teeth (but not the happy chatter), almost like he is chewing something in his mouth. He will do this whilst in a relaxed position (loaf or splooted out). He even flopped just now! So confusing.
I am currently waiting on a call from the vets as I would like Earl to be on antibiotics. Does anyone have any opinions on this? If it's soft tissue damage in his cheeks, and they can't see any other issues, surely antibiotics couldn't hurt for his cheeks to recover. I feel the drooling is to coat his mouth so he can't feel his sore cheeks.
Any advice is needed please, we're on 1 week of hardly any sleep now, and 2 days of round the clock feeds.
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Earl had his molar spurs done 3 weeks ago (apparently only very small), but enough to cause him to go off his hay. He has this done at the vets we usually go to, who are not rabbit specialists, but have looked after our bunnies and previously done a kidney removal for our other bunny. However, after Earl's molar spurs surgery, they told us they had to wrap it up very quickly as they got a bit carried away with his anaesthetic and he took a while to come out of it afterwards. We were not too happy, but he was back with us and he was eating bits quite quickly after the procedure. The next day however, he was not touching food, and was chattering his teeth, as well as drooling. That lasted a week, and we took him to a rabbit specialist (we will now only go to them), and they said his teeth looked good on scope, gut sounded good, he was lively etc., but the not eating was a concern, so we went for extensive bloods and an ultrasound. Bloods came back mostly unremarkable, aside from alterated white blood cell count, which they said was pretty unusual, but could be due to stress, pain or infection. Ultrasound was good, and they said his organs all looked nice and healthy.
We had him back home after that, and he was eating almost everything, aside from hay still, and seemed pretty normal. Then suddenly, over the weekend, he really dropped his appetite. He didn't even want banana or carrot (things he usually goes crazy for as they very rarely have them), and we resorted to critical care 5 times a day.
We went back to the vets yesterday as I wanted to double check his mouth and jaw. He went under anaesthetic and whilst there, they did some skull x-rays, as well as filing down some tiny spurs our vet noticed he had. He did mention that Earl had quite bad soft tissue damage on each cheek, where the molars are, and he can't understand where this has come from, as he actually remarked that Earl's teeth were near perfect and his jaw was in great alignment.
We have been sent home with Itrafungol, in case Earl has thrush on his tongue, and still to give the pain meds he has been on for the last few weeks (Loxicom 0.8ml twice daily, and Calpol 0.7ml twice daily, as well as emeprid three times a day.)
Currently, we're adding Fibreplex, Biolapis and Pro+Prebiotic pellets to his critical care at feeds, and he is taking most of it and pooping fine, he does put up a bit of a struggle during feeds but we manage to calm him down.
This morning he did not want anything to eat, but then did randomly take some dried nettles out of my hand and eat them all. But then nothing else, not even treats.
He is drooling a bit still, same as before, and every now and then he will chatter his teeth (but not the happy chatter), almost like he is chewing something in his mouth. He will do this whilst in a relaxed position (loaf or splooted out). He even flopped just now! So confusing.
I am currently waiting on a call from the vets as I would like Earl to be on antibiotics. Does anyone have any opinions on this? If it's soft tissue damage in his cheeks, and they can't see any other issues, surely antibiotics couldn't hurt for his cheeks to recover. I feel the drooling is to coat his mouth so he can't feel his sore cheeks.
Any advice is needed please, we're on 1 week of hardly any sleep now, and 2 days of round the clock feeds.
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