Oogiebearbun
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Hi all, this is my first time posting on this site. I hope I am doing this correctly. I have a 10 year old Dutch female rabbit. These past 3 years have wracked up 15,000 dollars in vet bills due to health issues. First off I want to say, this is my first rabbit and I do not have any rabbit knowledgeable people around me. My vet is helpful, but I always have the worry of if she is being sincerely honest. My rabbit has severe dental disease. She was rescued from slaughter and is the last of her liter mates to be alive. She is spayed. Her dental disease is so severe she has had many teeth removed, is on tramadol twice a day, and her diet is manly critical care through a syringe, green leaf lettuces, hay and pellets are scarce due to pain. With all that being said she is still very active and has a big personality. Which is why I continue to do teeth trims every 2 months as needed, and continue to do these things for her. Her diet is bland due to her getting bladder sludge build up, which we have learned to control and avoid (knock on wood). She has had no other health ailments in her long life. We have always avoided g.i stasis due to me literally being a bunny helicopter mom.
With all the background, we have hit a new level of medical needs... her dental disease as I was told has and will continue progressing. After a dental trim this week, they found her back molars to be loose. I will be saving money for the cat scan to be done in less than a month. The two outcomes could be just an extraction, or abscesses which would involve a much more extensive surgery... at this point in her life, vet visits don’t faze her. But her whole life she has been very slow to come out of anesthesia.
I guess my question is, has anyone every dealt with dental disease this extensive? Has anyone had dental abscesses removed? Again I don’t know if that will even be an outcome. But, is the surgery that extensive? And is it something I should put her through at this stage in life? I know everything sounds extreme but my principal is when she shows she’s ready, I’ll make the decision. Which I hope I do not have to. Or isn’t any time soon. I will do anything I possibly can to give her, her best senior years, as long as she wants me to. I have been an absolute mess over whether I am doing things right or am being to extreme. She is my baby and best friend. I just need some advice about preparing to lose a companion as well.
I know this post is a mess, I apologize.
Thank you so much for reading.
With all the background, we have hit a new level of medical needs... her dental disease as I was told has and will continue progressing. After a dental trim this week, they found her back molars to be loose. I will be saving money for the cat scan to be done in less than a month. The two outcomes could be just an extraction, or abscesses which would involve a much more extensive surgery... at this point in her life, vet visits don’t faze her. But her whole life she has been very slow to come out of anesthesia.
I guess my question is, has anyone every dealt with dental disease this extensive? Has anyone had dental abscesses removed? Again I don’t know if that will even be an outcome. But, is the surgery that extensive? And is it something I should put her through at this stage in life? I know everything sounds extreme but my principal is when she shows she’s ready, I’ll make the decision. Which I hope I do not have to. Or isn’t any time soon. I will do anything I possibly can to give her, her best senior years, as long as she wants me to. I have been an absolute mess over whether I am doing things right or am being to extreme. She is my baby and best friend. I just need some advice about preparing to lose a companion as well.
I know this post is a mess, I apologize.
Thank you so much for reading.