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Do your buns normally have pain relief post-dental?

B

Beapig

Mama Doe
Just wondering what the norm is, because Plumpkin used to have regular dentals, and I'm pretty sure we always had to give her metacam a few days afterwards. I was told yesterday that Maple didn't need any post-op medication, but she still doesn't have a huge appetite and I'm worried that her jaw could be aching?

I might be worrying for nothing.
 
Yes, mine have. Frosty also had to have gut meds and antibiotics too, but that was because he had ulcers.
 
Yes, all my bunnies who have had dentals at my current vets have had pain relief after. If you can, it sounds like a good idea to ask the vets for some pain meds today for Maple? Because it does sound like she's still sore from the procedure, since she still isn't eating as much as usual.
 
Depends on the individual case. If the dental just involved burring down a couple of spurs and there was no soft tissue damage then post operative analgesia may not be needed. If the Rabbit had severe Dental disease, as did Plumpkin, then post Dental analgesia would be needed. There would be more likelihood of soft tissue damage, tooth root elongation etc.
 
Once we didn't as it was a minor spur and she bounced back so quickly.

But normally Primrose and Rodney would both have metacam twice a day for 3 days and emeprid usually as well to help counter any gut slowdown.

Once that wasn't enough and we had a full week but the vet had said that time that the tongue although not ulcered was incredibly close so took longer to heal.

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Depends. Sherlock had 2 dentals (mild spurs), no soft tissue damage. no pain meds and he was happy and fine. But Brko had some sorenes (cuts in the cheeck) already so he was on pain meds.
 
Not when its been straightforward, no & its not been a problem for Boo .Theres nothing wrong with going back to your vet if you think she needs some pain relief though .
 
Mine usually have it offered ,if needed. Even if no soft tissue injury, mine sometimes need pain meds for few days.
sending noming vibes.
 
Thank you so much everyone for the kind words. I'm pleased to report that Maple is back to normal now, and eating stalky hay for the first time in weeks, so that is a good sign that the dental has done the job :)
 
Beapig said:
Thank you so much everyone for the kind words. I'm pleased to report that Maple is back to normal now, and eating stalky hay for the first time in weeks, so that is a good sign that the dental has done the job :)
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Excellent update :love:
 
Beapig said:
Thank you so much everyone for the kind words. I'm pleased to report that Maple is back to normal now, and eating stalky hay for the first time in weeks, so that is a good sign that the dental has done the job :)
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It must be such a relief to know dental solved her issue. :D
 
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