Hi I just wanted to let you know what has happened this weekend and wondered if anyone had any advice for me.
I will try to keep this brief! Basically I have two rabbits, they aren’t insured but I keep money aside for vets bills. On Friday one of my buns was acting her normal happy self but had practically stopped eating(apart from small bits of hay/grass), I got an appointment at the vets for yesterday morning. I was convinced it was her teeth giving her jip because she has had stasis before and was showing different symptoms and she was still eating a little. The vet checked her temperature,teeth,ears,tummy,heart beat etc and said that she couldn’t really see anything wrong with her but her tummy seemed a little quiet. She then gave her baytril, metoclopramide, vetergestic injections and told me to give her bio lapis and pineapple juice and bring her back today if she still wasn’t eating. I asked if it could be anything to do with her teeth because she seemed to eat softer foods over her science selective/carrot etc but the vet said that her teeth had small spurs but nothing that should cause her any trouble.
This morning Bea was still not eating, I took her back to the vet and questioned again if it was her teeth, the vet had another look at them and said that they looked ok. She gave her another injection of baytril then asked me to take her to an emergency clinic so she could be given fluids, an x-ray and be monitored over the bank holiday (the vets I normally take her to is not open tomorrow). I took bunny to the other clinic straight away. Once there another vet checked her temperature,teeth,ears,tummy,heart beat etc and said that the spurs on her teeth were the reason she was not eating and that she would need to have them burred by my normal vets on Tuesday. The vet gave bunny metoclopramide and vetergestic injections and gave me zantac syrup, metacam and science recovery to give her at home.
The treatment on Saturday cost me £50 and in total today £140. As I said I have money saved for vets bills but do you think I should say something to the vet at my normal practice about the fact that I thought it could be Beas teeth that were affecting her eating and that she said that they were fine? If she had said yesterday that we could try to burr her teeth next week and see if it helped it would have saved me a lot of money…at the emergency clinic the consultation fee alone was £90…..
Any thoughts?
Thanks K
I will try to keep this brief! Basically I have two rabbits, they aren’t insured but I keep money aside for vets bills. On Friday one of my buns was acting her normal happy self but had practically stopped eating(apart from small bits of hay/grass), I got an appointment at the vets for yesterday morning. I was convinced it was her teeth giving her jip because she has had stasis before and was showing different symptoms and she was still eating a little. The vet checked her temperature,teeth,ears,tummy,heart beat etc and said that she couldn’t really see anything wrong with her but her tummy seemed a little quiet. She then gave her baytril, metoclopramide, vetergestic injections and told me to give her bio lapis and pineapple juice and bring her back today if she still wasn’t eating. I asked if it could be anything to do with her teeth because she seemed to eat softer foods over her science selective/carrot etc but the vet said that her teeth had small spurs but nothing that should cause her any trouble.
This morning Bea was still not eating, I took her back to the vet and questioned again if it was her teeth, the vet had another look at them and said that they looked ok. She gave her another injection of baytril then asked me to take her to an emergency clinic so she could be given fluids, an x-ray and be monitored over the bank holiday (the vets I normally take her to is not open tomorrow). I took bunny to the other clinic straight away. Once there another vet checked her temperature,teeth,ears,tummy,heart beat etc and said that the spurs on her teeth were the reason she was not eating and that she would need to have them burred by my normal vets on Tuesday. The vet gave bunny metoclopramide and vetergestic injections and gave me zantac syrup, metacam and science recovery to give her at home.
The treatment on Saturday cost me £50 and in total today £140. As I said I have money saved for vets bills but do you think I should say something to the vet at my normal practice about the fact that I thought it could be Beas teeth that were affecting her eating and that she said that they were fine? If she had said yesterday that we could try to burr her teeth next week and see if it helped it would have saved me a lot of money…at the emergency clinic the consultation fee alone was £90…..
Any thoughts?
Thanks K
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