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So, we finally have answers to this! Dinky drank 1 litre of water in <12 hours on 23 September, had a wet chin, but the day after seemed fine. She had an horrendously wet chin and drinking loads yesterday/today so I took her to the vets.
She has had a dental examination (FHB could see 'something' at the back of her mouth in the consultation). It turns out Dinky had some bits of debris - hay etc wedged right at the back of her mouth in the area where the nerve controlling salivating is, so the salivating would be most likely stimulated by the foreign matter pushing against this, and she wasn't able to get it out herself as it was wedged hence the wet chin. She has had the relevant tooth taken down in the hope that it will prevent this reoccurring (at least for some time). FHB considered taking the tooth out as the back of her mouth is badly inflamed but that might be one for 'if this reoccurs....'. Poor Dinks has probably had that going on intermittently for while. Most of the time she has had a dry face but just occasionally it has been wet for a day or two....
She's now being offered a banquet which I'm sure she will demolish.
This probably means I can at last fill in FHB's dental survey
I didn't get a proper print off invoice either so not sure what Dinky was on whilst there. I should concentrate more and not get so easily distracted 
Thank you MM. I didn't get any medication but thinking about it it was very difficult for the nurse to do the hand over because I was in conversation with NHB regarding vet training re rabbits, OOH vets rip off pricing/incompetence etc, so it was a bit difficult for the nurse to get a word in
She was very subdued when she first arrived home but after a couple of hours was back to rattling the bars every time I enter the room, it was so quiet without her. I didn't need to top her water bowl up at all this morning 1/2 litre bowl hardly touched
so it seems the answer has been found but the solution hasn't been reached... yet.
