My mini horse and mini donkey had their teeth done this past summer by a vet's office I trust. However, since I trailered them in on a Saturday morning, I had the worst of the four vets there to do it and he had big horse tools. After sedating them both, he pulled the tongues to the side and started filing down and reached in to check everyonce in a while. I thought he was doing a good job, but then the blood and drool came, and kept coming. He had to mop up the mess after he was done and I had to stay there for about an hour until the boys could walk a straight line to the trailer. Once home, the drooled and wobbled for another few hours and neither of them ate anything, they felt that bad. He did give me some bute paste to give them later but I was terrified of what I saw. I could see the inside of their cheeks looked like hamburger meat.
I have seen an horse dentist work before on a full sized horse and have the whole head gear and braces and even sedated those horses too, but I don't remember the bloody mess afterwards.
So, what's normal? How do you find a dentist for mini's?
I have seen an horse dentist work before on a full sized horse and have the whole head gear and braces and even sedated those horses too, but I don't remember the bloody mess afterwards.
So, what's normal? How do you find a dentist for mini's?