We rescued my beautiful lionhead boy a few years ago (he's 5) and he's our world. Over a week ago, we noticed he was starting to chew food slower and then one morning wouldn't eat anything hard, but was acting completely himself.
We took him to the vet, who said they couldn't see any spurs but might be right at the back. She performed a dental bur and she also did an x-ray to see if she could see anything. She picked up that he's missing a molar, but also that two molar roots on his left bottom jaw are just nearly touching the jaw so that's likely what's causing the pain, there was no sign of abcess or infection. She sent us away with gabapentin and Meloxicam, and see how he goes, this was now 3 days ago.
He wants to eat but he's in pain, we've been giving him critical care as well as mashed up pellets, banana and other things and he occasionally attempts a lettuce leaf or a bit of dill. He still isn't himself and I can tell he's still uncomfortable, so I've booked an appointment with a specialist exotic rabbit savvy vet so he can potentially get a CT scan and see what they say moving forward. When I phoned the receptionist and told her about him, she just said quite bluntly "well teeth extraction isn't something we would normally suggest, as it can misalign their jaw and they need their teeth to be able to eat. So we would likely just try and manage the pain, but I'm not a vet so don't listen to me". I know this can be true, but I've seen ample of rabbits online and in forums having molars removed and they have been fine.
Are there any other success stories out there? I'm trying to stay positive but I can't stop crying :'((
by Hot_Choice8629