BrownieDaisyandJasmine<3
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Im so sorry for logging in just to ask for advice, but I really really need your help
I have a 5 year old girl, Daisy who has developed dental issues.
The issue started 3 weeks ago when she stopped eating hay and drooling. She would still happily eat pellets and veg.
Took her to a local vet because I had no option. He looked inside her mouth with a scope (which kinda looked too big to fit in her mouth idk, do they have specialized scopes?) and said she had some spurs poking into her cheek and tongue.
Next day, she went in for the filing. He apparently used clippers and a file which I just found out is not a good way to do it. Some sort of burring tool is the best, if Im right.
Anyway, she came back and chowed down some greens 2 hours after the proceedure and was doing okay till 2-3 days after. Still didnt touch hay, but did start eating grass.
And then declined again. Wont eat grass or hay, went back to eating only greens and pellets like before, and the drooling came back.
Took her back, vet said sores have not healed and are starting to get infected. I asked for antibiotics but he said that could mess up her tummy so he told me to use an ear cleaning qtip to apply betadine inside her mouth twice a day.
Its been 3 days since, and no improvement, so I took her back and now he's saying the spurs are growing back and the sores are as bad as ever, so she has to go through trimming all over again.
I dont trust this vet anymore since during my research, I found most bunnies with molar spurs that are caught early go back to normal very quickly.
I couldnt get her spayed either for the same reason.
I think the main reason she stopped eating again is the sores but they dont seem to be getting better.
I know Im failing miserably at caring for them but had I known 5 years ago that they required this kind of vet care, I would not have got them.
I dont have the best family either who would care enough to help me get her to the only rabbit-savvy vet I know of who is 12 hours away.
I've tried my best to keep my trio healthy, free roaming them with access to the garden and the best diet (80% hay, 20% veg, pellets and treats) and I guess its worked so far but I dont know where to go from here.
Im devastated as I have previously lost
one from my trio due to the same reason. I hate to see her like this since she is the sassiest little baby I have ever seen and I love her to bits.
Please, I need any suggestions, anecdotes or anything else that might give me some hope.
Thank you so much for reading. Im rambling and I dont have it in me to put it in a better way right now
I have a 5 year old girl, Daisy who has developed dental issues.
The issue started 3 weeks ago when she stopped eating hay and drooling. She would still happily eat pellets and veg.
Took her to a local vet because I had no option. He looked inside her mouth with a scope (which kinda looked too big to fit in her mouth idk, do they have specialized scopes?) and said she had some spurs poking into her cheek and tongue.
Next day, she went in for the filing. He apparently used clippers and a file which I just found out is not a good way to do it. Some sort of burring tool is the best, if Im right.
Anyway, she came back and chowed down some greens 2 hours after the proceedure and was doing okay till 2-3 days after. Still didnt touch hay, but did start eating grass.
And then declined again. Wont eat grass or hay, went back to eating only greens and pellets like before, and the drooling came back.
Took her back, vet said sores have not healed and are starting to get infected. I asked for antibiotics but he said that could mess up her tummy so he told me to use an ear cleaning qtip to apply betadine inside her mouth twice a day.
Its been 3 days since, and no improvement, so I took her back and now he's saying the spurs are growing back and the sores are as bad as ever, so she has to go through trimming all over again.
I dont trust this vet anymore since during my research, I found most bunnies with molar spurs that are caught early go back to normal very quickly.
I couldnt get her spayed either for the same reason.
I think the main reason she stopped eating again is the sores but they dont seem to be getting better.
I know Im failing miserably at caring for them but had I known 5 years ago that they required this kind of vet care, I would not have got them.
I dont have the best family either who would care enough to help me get her to the only rabbit-savvy vet I know of who is 12 hours away.
I've tried my best to keep my trio healthy, free roaming them with access to the garden and the best diet (80% hay, 20% veg, pellets and treats) and I guess its worked so far but I dont know where to go from here.
Im devastated as I have previously lost
one from my trio due to the same reason. I hate to see her like this since she is the sassiest little baby I have ever seen and I love her to bits.
Please, I need any suggestions, anecdotes or anything else that might give me some hope.
Thank you so much for reading. Im rambling and I dont have it in me to put it in a better way right now