Viola
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My 11 month dwarf lop, Louie, just had most of his teeth removed because of his malocclusion yesterday. I went to get them removed the first time I took him to the vet, and she said that as he was young, with aggressive trimming we could get them to align, and that if I had them removed they could just grow back. She had had rabbits as pets, and was very good with Louie, managing to trim his teeth with a diamond drill without him being under any anaesthetic, he was absolutely fine afterwards. The second time I went, I had to have a different vet, she clipped his teeth with clippers and told me I absolutely had to get them out, and another vet agreed. I was wary but as I couldn't get a vet who wouldn't use clippers, I figured it would be better for him rather than putting stress on his skull with continued clipping.
Yesterday he was very dopey, falling over and snoozing. He sucked baby food off my finger, the vet says he can return to a normal diet of mostly meadow hay and pellet mixture in a couple of days. Today he is a lot more energetic, I gave him his anaesthetic, and different baby food with decent fibre content. He lives inside, so cold and comfort is not a problem.
Thought I would ask you rabbit geniuses though
1) Did I do the right thing having them removed?
2) Is there anything I can do to help him recover? Other foods I should be giving him? He has some hay, the vet said maybe some grass, which he wasn't much interested in yesterday, but he has never been interested in grass to begin with.
Yesterday he was very dopey, falling over and snoozing. He sucked baby food off my finger, the vet says he can return to a normal diet of mostly meadow hay and pellet mixture in a couple of days. Today he is a lot more energetic, I gave him his anaesthetic, and different baby food with decent fibre content. He lives inside, so cold and comfort is not a problem.
Thought I would ask you rabbit geniuses though
1) Did I do the right thing having them removed?
2) Is there anything I can do to help him recover? Other foods I should be giving him? He has some hay, the vet said maybe some grass, which he wasn't much interested in yesterday, but he has never been interested in grass to begin with.