cheek teeth removal, cecotropes and e-collar

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- 04/07/2016 at 8:54 PM
  lugu
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  Hi, I’m new here and hope you can help me. My 5y.o. bun had his upper right cheek teeth removed yesterday, they were overgrown and were pushing his eye out of its socket. The vet had to cut his cheek and remove some bone to extract all teeth and clean the abcess. Now we have to syringe feed him for at least 6 days and watch out for any scratching so he doesn’t tear open the internal sutures in his mouth. The vet said it would be better if he does not eat his poop to avoid any infection, at least for now, but he has already eaten some. Now I don’t know if an e collar is going to be necessary or worth all the stress it seems to cause, plus right now the right side of his face is swollen and it hurts. Do you have any idea how can a I stop him from eating his poop?
  Thank you.
- 04/07/2016 at 11:52 PM
  Mikey
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  Theres really no way to stop him from eating his cecals aside from putting on an ecollar or a cone
- 04/09/2016 at 2:19 AM
  jerseygirl
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  Personally, I wouldn’t prevent him from eating his cecals. It so important for their health.
  Is your bunny on any antibiotics at the moment? This should keep any infection at bay without compromising the good bacteria in cecal pellets.
  
  The cecals are coated in a layer that keeps them intact. So even though it looks like a rabbit is chewing away on them, they are intact when they reach the stomach. I *think* the “chewing” is actually rolling it around in the mouth to get the saliva to work on starting breaking down the coating in the stomach. They can stay intact in the stomach for up to 6 hours!
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