Drill rather than Clip

[Kibble]

I whipped Agnes to the vet to get her teeth trimmed this morning, and instead of using clippers to snip them off, they used a dentist-style drill on her! They did it in the surgery room, but I listened closely at the door, and I couldn't hear any eeking from her. When she came back, she seemed perfectly happy and untraumatised, and her teeth looked jolly nice.

I mention it because I've seen posts where people have had bad tooth-trimming experiences, and the drill seems like a pretty good solution. Might be worth suggesting it to your local vet.

(The only other tooth-trimming I've needed was for a hamster I had about fifteen years ago. I think the vet did it out of the sheer novelty of handling a friendly, unbitey hamster; just stuck a pair of tweezers in his mouth and, PING, snapped those teeth with pliers. Sputnik was suprised, but unhurt.)

 

[jorats]

Some vets use the grinding tool (forgets the name) and some prefer clipping.
But it's definitely something to mention to the vet, I believe the grinding method is safer.

 

[PitLuvs]

Interesting! My vet refuses to do teeth, scared of clipping them so maybe this would be more comfortable for her! I have to resort to dragging my feet to my old vet for teeth trimmings and I am NOT fond of that... would this be similar to a dremmel??? I would much rather do teeth trims at home.

 

[lilspaz68]

I think its more like grinding then drilling, a very special tool for wee rodent teefs.

 

[jorats]

would this be similar to a dremmel???

Yes!