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Well done Sophie keep doing that Really hoping the meds she is taking are helping, and will keep her well and happySophie just ate about 5 long strands of hay. (Yes, that is a lot )
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Well done Sophie keep doing that Really hoping the meds she is taking are helping, and will keep her well and happySophie just ate about 5 long strands of hay. (Yes, that is a lot )
Aww mashallah SophieSophie just ate about 5 long strands of hay. (Yes, that is a lot )
Well done Sophie and Reader! I hope she will continue to do well now that her mouth is feeling better.Sophie just ate about 5 long strands of hay. (Yes, that is a lot )
Thank you! She's eating enough now that I don't need to syringe feed her anymore, so she's definitely making progress.Well done Sophie and Reader! I hope she will continue to do well now that her mouth is feeling better.
That is always a great milestone.Thank you! She's eating enough now that I don't need to syringe feed her anymore, so she's definitely making progress.
Boo and Sophie are so lucky to have such helpful bunny friends.lovely photo. Casper is helpful in the same way Eddy is
They do.What lovely bunnies they obviously have a special bond.
Not sure I'd be so willing to share my meal with my significant other, if I had one.
I'm so glad she's begun eating hay. Was it the abx do you think that helped her turn the corner? Or did she come through without it? Either way, well done, reader and Sophie! (And also Casper ) xxxxx
Aw beautiful Sophie and helpful Casper
Thank you both for looking at them, too.Aww lovely how beautiful they are
I'm glad the vet have hopefully got to the root of the problem (pun not intended!) but completely sympathise with your frustrations over not feeling heard. I hope Sophie makes a full recovery!I have a bit of a surprising update! Sophie had a skull x-ray today, and the vet (who specialises in teeth) said that Sophie's teeth are actually really good for her age, except for one, which had grown really long and nearly met her eye. Since Sophie was sedated for the x-ray anyway, the vet took a look and the gums around the tooth started bleeding when he touched it, so that wasn't right, so he ended up removing the tooth, which went relatively easy, so that's not right, either. He's not sure it's what's been causing Sophie's pain, he said, because normally with such a long tooth root there would be clearer signs, like an abscess or eye trouble, but there wasn't any of that. Both the vet and the vet nurse told me that when they checked on Sophie shortly after she woke up she was already enthusiastically stuffing her face with a big kale leaf, so she coped really well with the removal. She's been eating a lot since we got home, too, and has already been drinking water, which I haven't seen her do in two weeks, so it does really seem like that tooth was the problem all this time and that she's feeling better already.
I'm honestly not too happy if it does turn out that she was having pain because of this tooth the entire time, because I've been saying over and over that I think Sophie's having pain eating and that I think there's something wrong in her head, but the vet who was treating Sophie didn't think that was possible because nothing had looked wrong during her dental, so she was reluctant to do a skull x-ray. If she'd just listened, this could've been done earlier and it would've saved Sophie days of pain and unhappiness.
Thank you so much for sympathising and for hoping for Sophie. The vet said Sophie's a really strong bunny, so I hope she'll recover completely now.I'm glad the vet have hopefully got to the root of the problem (pun not intended!) but completely sympathise with your frustrations over not feeling heard. I hope Sophie makes a full recovery!
Aw, thank you for being glad and for hoping she stays well and happy now. She's very tired this evening, poor girl. She hasn't eaten any hay yet, but her mouth must still be sore from the tooth removal, so that's understandable.Oh I missed your earlier post ! Poor Sophie, I'm glad the problem tooth has been removed, and that she is eating OK now, really hope she stays well and happy now bless her x