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Post by zeldalithgow on Apr 9, 2015 10:00:44 GMT -1
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Post by dalesnfellfan on Apr 9, 2015 13:39:04 GMT -1
OMG that's looks a serious bit of kit.
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Post by zeldalithgow on Apr 9, 2015 13:57:38 GMT -1
I hate it much prefered the old hand rasps
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Post by dalesnfellfan on Apr 9, 2015 14:54:19 GMT -1
My vet still uses the hand rasps, he does say he has problems with his wrists though, he does so many.
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Post by Debbie on Apr 9, 2015 15:43:00 GMT -1
OMG, no way! I know that's gotta be easier on the person doing the filing, but I prefer the hand rasps too. That made me hyperventilate just looking at it.
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Post by cadeby on Apr 9, 2015 16:51:07 GMT -1
Blimey! I've never seen anything like that. He looks like he's drilling for oil  Do all of the ponies have to be sedated to tolerate that equipment? I'd be worried that even those of mine who are ok with the dentist, might be scared of that machine and resist. I can't find an equine dentist in this part of France so I have to use my Vet. He still uses a hand rasp  |
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Post by harveydales on Apr 9, 2015 18:53:14 GMT -1
I've not seen a rasp drill quite like that. Round here the drill bit is smaller but the dentist has the battery pack round his waist. I was very dubious the first time my lot had an electric rasp but they all took to it fine and the fact that it is so much quicker must be easier for them. Also I can see why it must be less strenuous for the dentist but I would prefer the old fashioned rasp. I hear stories about how easy it is to take too much tooth off and how the heat generated can effect the facial nerves. Round here it is not easy to find dentists who still use old fashioned rasps and I can't make my mind up whether the scare stories are just that.
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Post by zeldalithgow on Apr 9, 2015 18:58:02 GMT -1
They are all sedated, no option not to be as far as I know they cope very well with it didn't have any problems - that is my vet don't think we could afford a equine dentist and a vet visit for sedation. The rasp is battery powered
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Post by harveydales on Apr 9, 2015 19:00:53 GMT -1
I thought I would have to have mine sedated the first time but there was no need, they were all fine. I think I could have done with some sedation though!
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Post by nedales on Apr 10, 2015 0:14:17 GMT -1
That does look like drilling to China! How fast does the drill run? We have a racetrack dentist/no sedation who just rasps between pats and treats and loves the patient Dales for knowing that after rasp comes treat. GL absolutely hates any kind of sedation (don't ask me how I know) so I try to avoid it if at all possible, which has been a learning experience with clicker training in how to properly prepare him for teeth, sheath, feet. For us, this works really well. I'm sure Trev being Trev bounced right back!
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Post by zeldalithgow on Apr 10, 2015 5:09:12 GMT -1
I don't know how fast the drill runs  |
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Post by Debbie on Apr 11, 2015 0:36:26 GMT -1
It's comforting that it's your vet in charge of the tooth drilling. My friend took her horse into her vet to have his teeth sorted with one of these drills. Although she said at the time the horse took it in stride (and under sedation), she said he wasn't at all keen the next time they needed to rasp his teeth. I guess it's all down to how much rasping needs done, the drill being used and how skillful the person is using it.
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