Sue&Smokes
Young Bun
Hello,
Am desperately trying to find a good vet that can do 'burring' treatment of the molars (reducing spurs & overgrown crowns) and can do it effectively and without causing any soft tissue damage afterwards.
I have gone through numerous dentals now and despite having to change vets about 5 times in the past 6 months, (that includes a visit to David Crossley also) my bunny has come out and not been able to eat any better, infact, most of the time, she comes out in worse state than before she went in.
My most recent example is that a new vet I took Pepsi to performed dental burring just over a week ago and 24 hours later she was chewing all oddly with her tongue, dipping it out of her mouth, having difficulty chewing and acting in more pain. I got her back to the vets next day as I thought it sounded like a 24hr post-op swelling type of problem. Indeed, her tongue was swollen, vet said as a result from traction from the burring, he said he wasn't that worried about it. My rabbit is not happy though and its been a very stressful week, its even hurting her when I syringe feed her and I've got to do that because she can't eat for herself. I should stress that she's been back to this vet twice for heavy duty pain meds and is on metacam also. She still cannot eat much and I'm not happy with the situation as she has been through this type of recovery many times before. Help!!
Also, I have recently just lost my 9 year old who was in for a dental under a GA with my previous vet. However, she was coming round from the GA when she suffered a heart attack, I am suspecting she woke up in some sort of horrible pain. I found out couple of days later after I lost her that x-rays taken few weeks before showed a jaw dislocation too, which I never knew and was shocked to find out. I am sure this contributed to her feeling uncomfortable and added to the additional stress she had of being put through repeated dentals. I have left this vet now.
I would be very grateful to hear of anyone who is satisfied and has good recoveries with their bunnies from regular dental treatments, in particular removing spurs & overgrown crowns. I live in Shropshire, but am near to Staffordshire/Cheshire, have gone as far as Manchester on previous occasions. Also, can you state whether your bunny receives 'burring' or just 'clipping' as I am now wondering whether a more simpler treatment of just clipping would be in the best interests of my remaining rabbit.
Thanks
Sue
Am desperately trying to find a good vet that can do 'burring' treatment of the molars (reducing spurs & overgrown crowns) and can do it effectively and without causing any soft tissue damage afterwards.
I have gone through numerous dentals now and despite having to change vets about 5 times in the past 6 months, (that includes a visit to David Crossley also) my bunny has come out and not been able to eat any better, infact, most of the time, she comes out in worse state than before she went in.
My most recent example is that a new vet I took Pepsi to performed dental burring just over a week ago and 24 hours later she was chewing all oddly with her tongue, dipping it out of her mouth, having difficulty chewing and acting in more pain. I got her back to the vets next day as I thought it sounded like a 24hr post-op swelling type of problem. Indeed, her tongue was swollen, vet said as a result from traction from the burring, he said he wasn't that worried about it. My rabbit is not happy though and its been a very stressful week, its even hurting her when I syringe feed her and I've got to do that because she can't eat for herself. I should stress that she's been back to this vet twice for heavy duty pain meds and is on metacam also. She still cannot eat much and I'm not happy with the situation as she has been through this type of recovery many times before. Help!!
Also, I have recently just lost my 9 year old who was in for a dental under a GA with my previous vet. However, she was coming round from the GA when she suffered a heart attack, I am suspecting she woke up in some sort of horrible pain. I found out couple of days later after I lost her that x-rays taken few weeks before showed a jaw dislocation too, which I never knew and was shocked to find out. I am sure this contributed to her feeling uncomfortable and added to the additional stress she had of being put through repeated dentals. I have left this vet now.
I would be very grateful to hear of anyone who is satisfied and has good recoveries with their bunnies from regular dental treatments, in particular removing spurs & overgrown crowns. I live in Shropshire, but am near to Staffordshire/Cheshire, have gone as far as Manchester on previous occasions. Also, can you state whether your bunny receives 'burring' or just 'clipping' as I am now wondering whether a more simpler treatment of just clipping would be in the best interests of my remaining rabbit.
Thanks
Sue