~ILoveMyBunny~
Alpha Buck
Hey all, been a while since I've posted. Just wondering if anyone has any advice/experience to share.
A little over a week ago Snowflake went in for what I thought would be a routine dental (at 6yrs old I thought she'd done well to not need one up until now). I got a bit of a shock when the vet said she'd had to remove quite a lot of teeth. I got even more of a shock when I saw the photos of just how bad her teeth had been. I had no idea, every time a vet looked in the past they have always remarked how good her teeth looked.
Poor Snowflake now has nothing at all on the top left and is missing several other molars. The last couple of days she's had increasing pain and some light sneezing so I knew something wasn't quite right. Unfortunately taking her back to the vet today one of the areas where a tooth was extracted has become infected (or may already have been the vet said).
She's been on metronidazole, metacam and emeprid since extractions along with top up pain meds (a specific calpol paracetamol recommended by exotics vet). As of today she's started azithromycin and vetergesic as well.
Our vet has been really excellent as always and given her a thorough check, I have every confidence in her that she's giving her the very best care and that she couldnt' be in better hands.
I'm just wondering if there is anything at all I can do to improve her chances of beating this and from anyone who's had a rabbit with an infected extraction, what is the usual prognosis?
If the infection hasn't improved in 2 weeks with the antibiotics she's said she'll x-ray her but also said if it spreads up further many rabbits don't come back from it so I'm a bit scared to be honest
At the moment she's still finding solid foods quite difficult so she's mainly on supreme recovery and sometimes picking at a few other things.
I'm planning to buy some foods that might help, possibly, to boost her immune system such as coneflower. Any other recommendations? Or anything I should stay away from? I'm doing an order now from The Hay Experts as I can't seem to find coneflower anywhere else.
This is my first time with a rabbit having extractions and the first time having something as scary as an infection at the extraction point so I guess I'm just looking for what the likely outcome will be
A little over a week ago Snowflake went in for what I thought would be a routine dental (at 6yrs old I thought she'd done well to not need one up until now). I got a bit of a shock when the vet said she'd had to remove quite a lot of teeth. I got even more of a shock when I saw the photos of just how bad her teeth had been. I had no idea, every time a vet looked in the past they have always remarked how good her teeth looked.
Poor Snowflake now has nothing at all on the top left and is missing several other molars. The last couple of days she's had increasing pain and some light sneezing so I knew something wasn't quite right. Unfortunately taking her back to the vet today one of the areas where a tooth was extracted has become infected (or may already have been the vet said).
She's been on metronidazole, metacam and emeprid since extractions along with top up pain meds (a specific calpol paracetamol recommended by exotics vet). As of today she's started azithromycin and vetergesic as well.
Our vet has been really excellent as always and given her a thorough check, I have every confidence in her that she's giving her the very best care and that she couldnt' be in better hands.
I'm just wondering if there is anything at all I can do to improve her chances of beating this and from anyone who's had a rabbit with an infected extraction, what is the usual prognosis?
If the infection hasn't improved in 2 weeks with the antibiotics she's said she'll x-ray her but also said if it spreads up further many rabbits don't come back from it so I'm a bit scared to be honest
At the moment she's still finding solid foods quite difficult so she's mainly on supreme recovery and sometimes picking at a few other things.
I'm planning to buy some foods that might help, possibly, to boost her immune system such as coneflower. Any other recommendations? Or anything I should stay away from? I'm doing an order now from The Hay Experts as I can't seem to find coneflower anywhere else.
This is my first time with a rabbit having extractions and the first time having something as scary as an infection at the extraction point so I guess I'm just looking for what the likely outcome will be