ohbunnies
Well-Known Member
I haven't been on this thread in quite a while.
To update: I lost one of my Holland Lops to a severe case of GI stasis last month. She was three years old. After suffering from it several times, she developed the worst case our vet had ever seen. The emergency vet on duty at the only emergency clinic in town had no experience with rabbits so, at 10pm when we realized pineapple juice and gas drops weren't helping, we were told to wait it out until 8am. Fat Pants passed over the Rainbow Bridge right after we dropped her off at our rabbit-savy vet. I'm still coping.
To add to that, our other Holland, Fat Pant's mate Chubs, developed a large lump on his lower left jaw. I took him to the vet immediately, and despite not showing any signs (still had a healthy appetite, was running around normally, has a new girlfriend that he adores), he had the worst case of an infected abscess that our vet had ever seen.
Why is this all happening now, I asked myself. So, I brought Chubs in for surgery yesterday morning. They completely removed his lower incisors, so they will not grow back.
I'm trying to figure out why they wouldn't remove all incisors at this point- because his upper ones won't wear down without lower ones, will they? They mentioned possibly having to have his upper teeth trimmed once a month, and I just don't think that is going to work. I don't like the idea of my poor baby boy being put under once a month for teeth trimming.
Does anyone else have any experience with this??
He's home now, with a bald face and stitches on his jaw and chin, separated from Squirrel (his new Lionhead friend) in a kennel space but is still in their room. I feel so bad, because he is so anti-people as it is. To go through all of this, and then only having to go back for teeth trimming seems extreme to me.
Any suggestions?
To update: I lost one of my Holland Lops to a severe case of GI stasis last month. She was three years old. After suffering from it several times, she developed the worst case our vet had ever seen. The emergency vet on duty at the only emergency clinic in town had no experience with rabbits so, at 10pm when we realized pineapple juice and gas drops weren't helping, we were told to wait it out until 8am. Fat Pants passed over the Rainbow Bridge right after we dropped her off at our rabbit-savy vet. I'm still coping.
To add to that, our other Holland, Fat Pant's mate Chubs, developed a large lump on his lower left jaw. I took him to the vet immediately, and despite not showing any signs (still had a healthy appetite, was running around normally, has a new girlfriend that he adores), he had the worst case of an infected abscess that our vet had ever seen.
Why is this all happening now, I asked myself. So, I brought Chubs in for surgery yesterday morning. They completely removed his lower incisors, so they will not grow back.
I'm trying to figure out why they wouldn't remove all incisors at this point- because his upper ones won't wear down without lower ones, will they? They mentioned possibly having to have his upper teeth trimmed once a month, and I just don't think that is going to work. I don't like the idea of my poor baby boy being put under once a month for teeth trimming.
Does anyone else have any experience with this??
He's home now, with a bald face and stitches on his jaw and chin, separated from Squirrel (his new Lionhead friend) in a kennel space but is still in their room. I feel so bad, because he is so anti-people as it is. To go through all of this, and then only having to go back for teeth trimming seems extreme to me.
Any suggestions?
