BunnyLove06
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My 2(ish) year old neutered male bunny developed an abscess on his lower jaw- seemingly out of nowhere. We immediately took him to our awesome rabbit-savvy vet (4/4) and she said she believed it was an abscess, but also said that the practice doesn't have the advanced skill or tools to take care of it. She recommended another vet 40 minutes from home, and another one in the same town that is notorious for being hard to get into (its a vet med teaching hospital).
4/5 we bring him to the vet far away. Immediately my husband and I don't like this place- it just has that unfriendly and unwelcoming vibe. It didn't seem professional on the medical side, yet the attitude felt like it was just business- not in a good way. Well, this vet did a FNA and confirmed it was puss. After horrible communication (so much drama I would rather not type out) on their part for a few days we decided to do do whatever we could to get into the vet school. That's where Sammy was neutered. I trust the vets that I have met there.
So now my little man is on Baytril since the 4th and on Metacam since the 6th. He has been acting just as normal. Even when the bump developed, he ate, drank, pooped, played and everything just like normal. He is my little mama's boy and I love him more than I think most people around me will ever understand.
So yesterday I brought him into the vet school. It was the soonest available appt. The vet here already was a million times better than the far away one. She was CARING and confident and reassuring. It was nice talking to someone like that. (Note: I'm pregnant so my emotions are super heightened right now) They did some xrays and turns out the situation is worse than anyone predicted.
The vet was thinking that the abscess would be around one of the molars roots. Oh no. This thing disrupted the roots of at least 4 of those bottom molars. The top molars were longer, she said, than they should be- so we is thinking that for some reason his bottom teeth stopped growing out, and instead the roots started growing down. So my poor little boy has a mess of crooked molars. Multiple extractions is likely.
I won't go into the detail of what the followup care could end up being- because if you have read this much you have already made me feel better. This whole ordeal has been so stressful for me. I don't have a job- my husband is the only onw bringing in an income and we have a little one on the way. Sammy is my first baby (furbaby) and I would do anything in my power to make him better. I guess I am just looking for support. It seems like no one in my day to day life (other than my husband trying to) understands how much this is affecting me. I don't understand how people can just blow it off like it's nothing. I feel guilty for not noticing something sooner with Sammy. Hubby keeps saying that I take great care of them and there was nothing I could have done sooner. *sigh*
Please keep my little boy in your thoughts and prayers. He is currently in surgery. I will hopefully find out tonight how it went....
4/5 we bring him to the vet far away. Immediately my husband and I don't like this place- it just has that unfriendly and unwelcoming vibe. It didn't seem professional on the medical side, yet the attitude felt like it was just business- not in a good way. Well, this vet did a FNA and confirmed it was puss. After horrible communication (so much drama I would rather not type out) on their part for a few days we decided to do do whatever we could to get into the vet school. That's where Sammy was neutered. I trust the vets that I have met there.
So now my little man is on Baytril since the 4th and on Metacam since the 6th. He has been acting just as normal. Even when the bump developed, he ate, drank, pooped, played and everything just like normal. He is my little mama's boy and I love him more than I think most people around me will ever understand.
So yesterday I brought him into the vet school. It was the soonest available appt. The vet here already was a million times better than the far away one. She was CARING and confident and reassuring. It was nice talking to someone like that. (Note: I'm pregnant so my emotions are super heightened right now) They did some xrays and turns out the situation is worse than anyone predicted.
The vet was thinking that the abscess would be around one of the molars roots. Oh no. This thing disrupted the roots of at least 4 of those bottom molars. The top molars were longer, she said, than they should be- so we is thinking that for some reason his bottom teeth stopped growing out, and instead the roots started growing down. So my poor little boy has a mess of crooked molars. Multiple extractions is likely.
I won't go into the detail of what the followup care could end up being- because if you have read this much you have already made me feel better. This whole ordeal has been so stressful for me. I don't have a job- my husband is the only onw bringing in an income and we have a little one on the way. Sammy is my first baby (furbaby) and I would do anything in my power to make him better. I guess I am just looking for support. It seems like no one in my day to day life (other than my husband trying to) understands how much this is affecting me. I don't understand how people can just blow it off like it's nothing. I feel guilty for not noticing something sooner with Sammy. Hubby keeps saying that I take great care of them and there was nothing I could have done sooner. *sigh*
Please keep my little boy in your thoughts and prayers. He is currently in surgery. I will hopefully find out tonight how it went....