Hi all,
I am new to this forum. I have a 5 year old baby girl bunny, whose jaws are getting weaker after a teeth trimming procedure. I have read comments and see that there are lot of experienced and knowledgeable people in this forum! so I hope you can help/guide me. Sorry this is a loooong explanation!
This is the situation. Two and a half months ago, my bun was not eating the usual amount of hay for about a week. However, she was eating lot of fresh vegetables, her Oxbow pellets (1/4 cup) and was in an excellent mood with lot of energy. I took her to the vet who told me that she needed her teeth trimmed. The woman used a powered drill not the manual file (which I did not know she was going to use!) After the trimming, my baby was in lot of pain, specially on her left side. The vet gave her very strong opioid based pain medication, which produced anorexia. It has been a nightmare from there on. I took her to get second, 3rd, 4th opinions and no vet could see what was going on. Instead of focusing on her mouth, they started asking for ultrasound of her abdomen, etc. which all came back normal. They gave her different types of pain medication, obviously antibiotics, which created more problems.
I finally found a vet that uses common sense but she cannot understand what is going on.
I have been syringe feeding her all this time but she eats some soft vegetables. What I observed is that her jaws are super weak. She cannot chew her toys as she used to.
I also observed that she cannot open her mouth as before. Sometimes when she stretches, she barely yawn.
I also noticed that there is a small -the size of a lentil- inflammation on her mandible (lower jaw), on the left side, in the area that would be the beginning of her snout.
I also see that she sleeps with her neck stretched and sometimes puts her head on top of something taller, like to get some traction on her neck.
She has not lost weight and I am giving her Sherwood SARx, soy-free.
I am giving her CBD but I am not sure it does something. Also, vitamin B complex liquid and homeopathic medication for bloating, pain and digestion.
Since conventional veterinary seems not to know how to help her, I took her to a holistic vet who does acupuncture and also is an animal chiropractor. She uses a very gentle chiropractic technique. She adjusted her neck, which had a vertebrate misaligned and her jaws. He also used acupuncture. I have not notice any dramatic change. We had two sessions though.
Commenting this case with my human chiropractor, he said that he has had patients with a viral infection which affected some nerves and locked their jaws. He would prescribe them vitamin B shots.
My fear is that the vet that trimmed her teeth had damaged a nerve... if this is the case, what can be done to revert the situation and heal the nerves?
What alternative/natural supplements can help to make her jaws stronger?
Any ideas of what could be going on?
It has been 2.5 really tough months for my girl.
Thank you all very much!!!
I am new to this forum. I have a 5 year old baby girl bunny, whose jaws are getting weaker after a teeth trimming procedure. I have read comments and see that there are lot of experienced and knowledgeable people in this forum! so I hope you can help/guide me. Sorry this is a loooong explanation!
This is the situation. Two and a half months ago, my bun was not eating the usual amount of hay for about a week. However, she was eating lot of fresh vegetables, her Oxbow pellets (1/4 cup) and was in an excellent mood with lot of energy. I took her to the vet who told me that she needed her teeth trimmed. The woman used a powered drill not the manual file (which I did not know she was going to use!) After the trimming, my baby was in lot of pain, specially on her left side. The vet gave her very strong opioid based pain medication, which produced anorexia. It has been a nightmare from there on. I took her to get second, 3rd, 4th opinions and no vet could see what was going on. Instead of focusing on her mouth, they started asking for ultrasound of her abdomen, etc. which all came back normal. They gave her different types of pain medication, obviously antibiotics, which created more problems.
I finally found a vet that uses common sense but she cannot understand what is going on.
I have been syringe feeding her all this time but she eats some soft vegetables. What I observed is that her jaws are super weak. She cannot chew her toys as she used to.
I also observed that she cannot open her mouth as before. Sometimes when she stretches, she barely yawn.
I also noticed that there is a small -the size of a lentil- inflammation on her mandible (lower jaw), on the left side, in the area that would be the beginning of her snout.
I also see that she sleeps with her neck stretched and sometimes puts her head on top of something taller, like to get some traction on her neck.
She has not lost weight and I am giving her Sherwood SARx, soy-free.
I am giving her CBD but I am not sure it does something. Also, vitamin B complex liquid and homeopathic medication for bloating, pain and digestion.
Since conventional veterinary seems not to know how to help her, I took her to a holistic vet who does acupuncture and also is an animal chiropractor. She uses a very gentle chiropractic technique. She adjusted her neck, which had a vertebrate misaligned and her jaws. He also used acupuncture. I have not notice any dramatic change. We had two sessions though.
Commenting this case with my human chiropractor, he said that he has had patients with a viral infection which affected some nerves and locked their jaws. He would prescribe them vitamin B shots.
My fear is that the vet that trimmed her teeth had damaged a nerve... if this is the case, what can be done to revert the situation and heal the nerves?
What alternative/natural supplements can help to make her jaws stronger?
Any ideas of what could be going on?
It has been 2.5 really tough months for my girl.
Thank you all very much!!!
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