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arabic
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 Posted - 10 Dec 2006 : 2:42:48 PM
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I feel absolutely terrible. Poor Freddie is really miserable, hardly eating at all. I thought it was his feed but now he is barely touching his hay I have realised its most probably his teeth. He was due to have them done in the summer but seemed to be fine to I thought I'd wait a couple more months. Time went on, he was still fine - no tell tale signs with the bit (stupid plonker - he has a different bit)so I haven't thought any more about it. Even though he was taking longer and longer to eat his feed and standing round in the field a lot more, I still didn't twig. First thing tomorrow I will be on the phone to the vet but in the meantime I am feeling dreadful. Really worried and beating myself up something chronic.
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LYNDILOU
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Posted - 10 Dec 2006 : 3:59:50 PM
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Dont beat yourself up, you are doing right by him now, and thats the main thing, imagine horses like TC who Vera has saved, being left through real neglect! to the point where he had to have hospital treatment . |
   
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Judith S
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Posted - 10 Dec 2006 : 4:17:26 PM
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Sandie - Lynda's quite right - don't get in a fret - now you realise whats wrong - you can put it right! Freddie will still love you!!
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arabic
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Posted - 10 Dec 2006 : 6:06:48 PM
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Thanks guys xx
I did get in a bit of a stew. Especially when I went to bring him in, he whinnied and looked so forlorn. Think he is laying it on a bit too. Looking very sorry for himself, refusing to eat. Yet when I disappeared having a crafty nibble on his hay, albeit very gingerly. I will ring the vet in the morning, stress that he is barely eating and hopefully they wont leave it too long. His teeth are due but then if it is something else, they can tell me.
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Roseanne
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Posted - 10 Dec 2006 : 6:22:23 PM
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No, don't beat yourself up Sandie. Loads of people never get their horses' teeth done.
I'm interested though in the dentist vs vet choice. I get a dentist as one equestrian dental expert (there are few REALLY properly trained horse dentists in the country) said the Arabian mouth because it has a small head, has to have special attention, especially at the back where there is a 'Point of Spey' where the very back teeth are at an angle, only in Arabs... They sometimes have to be filed with an electric leveller.
Hope Freddie's back to normal soon and enjoying his chomp! |
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MinHe
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LYNDILOU
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Posted - 10 Dec 2006 : 8:34:43 PM
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| Me to, I often get the vet just to check the teeth when he comes for other things like jabs ETC then if there is anything that needs sedation it can be done on the spot |
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Roseanne
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Posted - 10 Dec 2006 : 9:24:49 PM
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My vet has only ever done wolf teeth under sedation. And you can see why when they are extracted.
There is a recently introduced qualification for 'dentists' but fully qualified equine dental practitioners are a different matter.
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arabic
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Posted - 10 Dec 2006 : 9:55:37 PM
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The vet I use definately seems to know his stuff and does mainly dental work. Freddie is always sedated anyway and (touch wood) I have never had any problems apart from him becoming a bit too sleepy. (Gonna stick with "if it aint broke........"). The advantage here will be that if there should be anything else bothering him, Freddie will have the dentist and vet on call.
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Eeyore
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Posted - 11 Dec 2006 : 09:13:09 AM
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I had a horse dentist out to do my girls teeth once. He came highly recommended and most people in the area use him. He was awful, he ear twitched my poor Nimah and was impatient and rough with her. I really lost my temper with the man, I was livid. I told him to get his hands off my horse and leave immediately. I felt so terribly guilty about letting him near my horse.
Nimah then developed a real fear of having her teeth done and I left her longer than is ideal before I was brave enough to get someone else to do her teeth. Now I have my equine vet do her under sedation. My vet is gentle and sympathetic and also does a good job. I'd never have a 'dentist' out again.
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Marie-Molly
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Posted - 11 Dec 2006 : 10:28:52 AM
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I have to say I have also heard of vets doing an awful job as they have so little training on teeth. If they specialise, that's another matter. I wouln't dream of using just any vet for stud work - he/she needs to have a special interest in the matter.
I have used an equine dentist for the past 5 years and wouldn't use anyone else. He is very kind to the horses, does a fantastic job - horses who are usually nervous and require sedation are desensatised and end up being done without any need for paste or injections. He will ask for a vet's assistance though if the horse's mouth is in such condition as to require sedation.
I guess as for anything else in life, a professional attitude is everything. It seems from the testimonies on here that there are an awful lot of "cowboys" around...
 
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Grey Girl
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Posted - 11 Dec 2006 : 5:49:18 PM
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My vet loves doing teeth (in fact, Amelia had her back ones rasped only a couple of hours ago!) but I did have a qualified dentist out to her when two years' worth of teeth suddenly all sprouted at once, not long after I got her. Poor love, she didn't know where to put herself.
However, she is VERY GOOD with the dental work - in fact tonight she was 'done' standing completely loose in the open (we do everything in the open as she seems to be a bit claustrophobic). I was holding her for comfort, but when the vet asked for some water I simply threw the leadrope over Amelia's neck and went off to fetch it: and Amelia stood there good as gold.
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