Sorry ,I am a little bit late to the party here ,
We have taken our Guinea pigs to the cat and rabbit clinic in Northampton for Dentals in the past and have also read the official Statement by the BVZS
Anyone who has had a conversion with the vets at cat and rabbit clinic in Northampton, will know Simon is well aware of the things that can go wrong, and is an expert in the field of general anesthetic , and has saved or given many of our Guinea pigs a few years of extra life , were other vets and Surgeries have given up hope ..
The BVZS Statement makes some important points,
Firstly any Dental treatment should be done by Qualified people ,
We have seen Advertisements from one establishment offering training to pet owners on how to do your own dentals to your own pets .
On further investigation those doing the training were not at the time a Qualified vet , but relying on many years of personal experience,
We were, even, once given a phone number by a home run guinea pig rescue,
of one of those so called trained people , to help us with our Guinea pigs teeth , we care fully binned the phone number
The BVZS Statement makes the point the treatment should not be done routinely on Heathy Animals ,
I agree with that , a one time procedure under general anesthetic which corrects the problem would be better that lots of visits for regular treatment
Better for the animal and owners
And the BVZS Statement highlights their maybe be a need to minimize the handling of our Animals with the following Quote "Rooney et al (2014found that 61% of rabbits demonstrated signs of fear when handled by their owner. This rose to 75% when handled by an unfamiliar adult. "
What the BVZS statement fails to address is , what happens to our pets as they become older, and too frail or younger animal too ill for general anesthetic, where a conscious dental , could and does give our animals last hope of survival .
Personally , I would like to see the Conscious dentals developed into its own specialist Qualification , So the work at the cat and rabbit clinic in Northampton won't be lost when Simon at his team retires ,
We would know Qualified people are working on our Animals
and some of the Questions on what happens to teeth problems in Elderly or very sick, Rabbits and Guineapigs could have a satisfactory answers
Thanks for reading and sorry i am late to the discussion ,
We have taken our Guinea pigs to the cat and rabbit clinic in Northampton for Dentals in the past and have also read the official Statement by the BVZS
Anyone who has had a conversion with the vets at cat and rabbit clinic in Northampton, will know Simon is well aware of the things that can go wrong, and is an expert in the field of general anesthetic , and has saved or given many of our Guinea pigs a few years of extra life , were other vets and Surgeries have given up hope ..
The BVZS Statement makes some important points,
Firstly any Dental treatment should be done by Qualified people ,
We have seen Advertisements from one establishment offering training to pet owners on how to do your own dentals to your own pets .
On further investigation those doing the training were not at the time a Qualified vet , but relying on many years of personal experience,
We were, even, once given a phone number by a home run guinea pig rescue,
of one of those so called trained people , to help us with our Guinea pigs teeth , we care fully binned the phone number
The BVZS Statement makes the point the treatment should not be done routinely on Heathy Animals ,
I agree with that , a one time procedure under general anesthetic which corrects the problem would be better that lots of visits for regular treatment
Better for the animal and owners
And the BVZS Statement highlights their maybe be a need to minimize the handling of our Animals with the following Quote "Rooney et al (2014found that 61% of rabbits demonstrated signs of fear when handled by their owner. This rose to 75% when handled by an unfamiliar adult. "
What the BVZS statement fails to address is , what happens to our pets as they become older, and too frail or younger animal too ill for general anesthetic, where a conscious dental , could and does give our animals last hope of survival .
Personally , I would like to see the Conscious dentals developed into its own specialist Qualification , So the work at the cat and rabbit clinic in Northampton won't be lost when Simon at his team retires ,
We would know Qualified people are working on our Animals
and some of the Questions on what happens to teeth problems in Elderly or very sick, Rabbits and Guineapigs could have a satisfactory answers
Thanks for reading and sorry i am late to the discussion ,
