aaawww, I’m sorry the test results were so inconclusive, mm. No opinion here, but lots of vibes and noserubs for you guys. I don’t blame you for wanting to do something definitive about the teeth.

((((teethie vibes))))) Kathy

edited to add:    wwhhhoooaa, I just put “go out of state” with Alaska, where the heck do you GO when you go out of state?

I know my mom has to renew her respiratory therapy and nursing stuff every few years or she becomes unable to practice… perhaps its the same for vets?

I’m sorry you didn’t get a confirmed diagnosis for Mimzykins..poor bunbun

Well if the vet is working on her board certification then she’s had plenty of training for dental, moreso than your regular vet. It requires extra certification than a regular vet. They have experience in their certification above and beyond their regular certification – I also know my dental vet did a fellowship.

If it were me, I would wait to hear what the dental specialist thinks since she will be back next week.

It just may be that Mimzy has bad teeth and you will have to continually do molar trims.

I’m glad his bloodwork came back good, you want to know that if he is going to have to get molar trims on a regular basis.

At risk of sounding radical (and cranky after just getting home from 2 1/2 hours at my dentist, prepping for the new crown) my opinion favors extracting the bad teeth. I have heard so much here from people whose bunnies adjusted well to limits, and the foods for them were fine, and they remained healthy and possibly happier, that I think that’s the way to go. Of course, Sarita makes the good point of waiting the week to get the specialist’s opinion. She’ll certainly be up on the latest info. But one consideration is whether you are prolonging the inevitable, and they will eventually have to come out no matter what you do. Add to that a year of suffering that could be quickly cured, and I say let’s call him Gummy Bear and have a comfortable, happy Mimzy once again. Just my two cents.

Well, I’m not sure that he has any bad teeth does he? I think that would be mainly the incisors that you would consider extracting and not the molars – they need their molars. I would not want to extract molars unless they were infected. Really extracting any tooth is going to change the environment in the mouth but sometimes it must be done and a molar spur doesn’t necessarily mean the tooth is infected, it just doesn’t grow straight.

Awww I’m so sorry! I was hoping you would get some answers from all this *hugs* {{{Mimz}}}

Thanks, MM.
How are crowns driving you crazy? Once they’re in, they’re supposed to make it feel and work better, right?

We need Beka here. She’s going to dental school. Probably doing homework as we speak. (Beka, is it to be a hygienist?)

i’ve had a molar pulled, and I’ve had one crowned. Getting one pulled hurt like hell, and couldn’t eat alot of things for awhile, but it feels so much better now. My dentist prescribes vicodin.. maybe that helped lol. The crown sometimes bugs me, especially if I’m eating something really crunchy. Over all, I’d say the pulled one is better. No pain at all now.

In my mind, it seems there is some source of discomfort that prevented him eating on that side, so they didn’t get normal wear and spurs grew back. Not the spurs themselves causing discomfort initially? I don’t know….. I wonder if there are other reasons spurs can grow back so fast? There’s probably a lot to learn yet in rabbit dentistry.

Sarita once said that trimming right down seemed to work better for Pepe. Like almost over trimming? 

MM, I have an article on rabbit dental problems I can sent you if you are interested.

(((Mimz))) I can’t do much other than offer vibes since I have no idea about teeth, but I do feel so terrible for Mimzy since his just like my Layla and I hate to hear him suffering…especially for so long! I hope something gets resolved soon…I bet you do too MM! Good luck!

{{{Vibes}}} Mr Mimzzzzzy feeeeeel better!

I’ve had rabbits for about … 12 hours now, so all I can say is I hope your bunny feels better soon. What I do know about is “board certification.” When you are a doctor, pharmacist (like me,) dentist, vet etc. You can become “board certified” which pretty much means that you take an extra test after medical, pharmacy, dental, veterinary school in a specialized field. And it means that you are very good at what you do.
I don’t know anything about what it takes to be a board certified vet, but it takes 2 years of self study to become a board certified pharmacist.

ok, sorry about the semi-useless post.

OH MM.   This sounds stressful.  Hopefully this will get solved for good.   Both of you.