Aly&Poppy<3
Wise Old Thumper
I've been reading about molar extractions and now I'm even more confused about it all!
Kerbie is 9 years old, a snuffle bun and has had 2 dentals since being with us. He has never been a big hay eater despite having several different types on offer, if he does 'eat' hay then he just picks it up, breaks it and moves onto the next. He used to just eat readigrass but now even that is a no no for him.
He is eating his pellets and fenugreek crunchies, albeit slowly. He gets a small handful of veg but will only eat a bit less than half of it, if that.
The emergency vet we saw told us he needed a tooth extraction as his tooth was dead, infected and there was pus. He went in and our usual vet said she couldn't see any infection, no redness, no pus and the tooth wasn't dead but may be a problem in the future. His most recent check up (with what she could see) was his teeth looked fine. He is going back for a check up with the plan of putting him under at some point and having another look.
His tum is soft and he is still bright and moving around fine. I'm completely blind with this.. With everything else I've had a basic idea of what needs to be done etc, but I literally haven't got a clue..
Anyway.. Are molar extractions as painful as I have read about? And jaw breaking? And the one above needs removing too?
Kerbie is a very stressy rabbit anyway so this whole thing is not going well for him, he's bad enough recovering from a check up. I don't know what to do It all sounds horrible ..
I found this on here too, are cheek teeth molars?
Kerbie is 9 years old, a snuffle bun and has had 2 dentals since being with us. He has never been a big hay eater despite having several different types on offer, if he does 'eat' hay then he just picks it up, breaks it and moves onto the next. He used to just eat readigrass but now even that is a no no for him.
He is eating his pellets and fenugreek crunchies, albeit slowly. He gets a small handful of veg but will only eat a bit less than half of it, if that.
The emergency vet we saw told us he needed a tooth extraction as his tooth was dead, infected and there was pus. He went in and our usual vet said she couldn't see any infection, no redness, no pus and the tooth wasn't dead but may be a problem in the future. His most recent check up (with what she could see) was his teeth looked fine. He is going back for a check up with the plan of putting him under at some point and having another look.
His tum is soft and he is still bright and moving around fine. I'm completely blind with this.. With everything else I've had a basic idea of what needs to be done etc, but I literally haven't got a clue..
Anyway.. Are molar extractions as painful as I have read about? And jaw breaking? And the one above needs removing too?
Kerbie is a very stressy rabbit anyway so this whole thing is not going well for him, he's bad enough recovering from a check up. I don't know what to do It all sounds horrible ..
I found this on here too, are cheek teeth molars?
Cheek tooth extraction is possible, but unlike incisor extraction it is not a practical solution for cheek tooth problems. Cheek tooth extraction tends to be quite traumatic as the teeth become elongated and deformed preventing simple removal by elevation. Removal of more than one or two teeth in one session is likely to result in peri-operative fatality due to the level of stress (4).