3359. Case study*****. A 2-year-old male rabbit has 4 long overgrown front teeth - dental extraction

Nov 22, 2018  Thankgiving Day

Dog for spay and a rabbit with 4 overgrown teeth.





DAY 1. 5 pm.  Sedation with Xylazine and Ketamine IM in 2 sites at 80% of the calculated dosage. Maintenance by isoflurane gas when necessary.

Dental equipment for rabbits

Isofluane gas anaesthesia when necessary

Molar extractor can be used to extract the incisor tooth.

An incisor luxator is used to loosen the front teeth

2 lower incisor teeth have been extracted

Molar extractor to extract a loosened upper incisor

DAY 2. 10am.  The rabbit had not eaten or pooped. He has a fever of 40.5 deg C and some nasal bleeding but is alert.  Dextrose saline 20 ml, baytril and meloxicam are given subcutaneous. The rabbit started eating in the afternoon.

The rabbit dental set used

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