Is there any other solution to anesthesia for filing teeth?

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- 06/29/2017 at 6:37 PM
  BennyMimi
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  Hello everyone,
  
  I’m new here and I need your help.
  
  I have an 11 year old bunny who lately has started grinding his teeth and smelling a little bad from his mouth.
  
  We took him to the vet yesterday and he informed us that the front teeth are growing with a misalignment and one tooth from behind has a small spike that causes the grinding and the smell.
  
  He informed us that the solution would be to file his teeth, but to do it he would have to go under anesthetize. He says the rabbit is healthy, but that there is always a risk that he will not wake up because of his age.
  
  For now we are giving him antibiotic every 12h and anti-inflammatory once a day.
  
  Has anyone gone through this procedure in a old bunny? What should I do? Is there another solution other than anesthesia?
  
  Thanks,
  
  BennyMimi
- 06/30/2017 at 12:11 AM
  jerseygirl
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  One of the former Forum Leaders had elderly rabbits and one, I recall, had regular dentals. I’ll try find some older posts about him.
  
  I think gas anaesthesia are better for this but don’t quote me! Its been a while since Ive had to have any dental work done for a rabbit.
  
  A friend of mine has some things done for her rabbit while the bun was conscious, The vet was able to just pull a tooth right out because of infection around it.
  I clinic also told me once that some of the rabbits they see regularly they could do trims without sedatiing them!
  It’s the front teeth that has tooth with spike? It not the peg tooth (behind incisor) that is poking out is it?
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