Help! Mr. Bunny's tooth has grown out!

[Contessa63]

Help! My bunny's tooth has grown out of hismouth. I always give him things to chew on but he will not usethem.What is done in this case? I will bring him to thevettonight.Will they put him out? What will need to be done?

 

[HoneyPot]

The vet will have to clip his teeth - they justcut them. He probably has malocclusion which is when theteeth don't line up. His teeth may need to be clipped on aregular basis. There are some people on the forum that clipthem theirselves. Is he eating properly otherwise?

http://www.lbah.com/rabbits/malocclusion.htm#intro


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Nadia

 

[bunnyface]

That is brave of you to own a rabbit with malocclusion--I hope you may get him to a vet soon!

My question: It costs a fortune to get teeth trimmed at aveterinarian's office... is it at all safe for the parent of a rabbitwith malocclusion to learn how to trim the teeth?

 

[HoneyPot]

bunnyface wrote:

That is brave of you to own a rabbit with malocclusion--Ihope you may get him to a vet soon!

My question: It costs a fortune to get teeth trimmed at aveterinarian's office... is it at all safe for the parent of a rabbitwith malocclusion to learn how to trim the teeth?

Yes, it's safe if done right - there is a post on here with step bystep photos how to do it, I'll see if I can find it. It was agreat post!

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Naida

 

[pamnock]

The incisors can be easily trimmed by the owner(the vet can show you how). Molars have to be done at thevets office due to the small size of the rabbit's mouth.

It is also an option to have the incisors surgically removed so they will not have to be trimmed once a month.

Pam

 

[CorkysMom]

My son has a lionhead with awful teeth and I clip them every few weeks....bothers me worse than it does him!

 

[bunnyface]

Awesome! If I ever look for another bun to go with twitcher, I'll not be afraid of bad teeth...

Better someone knowledgeable than someone who would just let them grow out, eh?

 

[pamnock]

They can still eat pellets normally if theincisors are removed. Rabbits that have theirmolars removed would have to be put on a softer food.



Pam

 

[bluebird]

Once you learn how to do it its not really difficult.I sometimes get people to ask me to trim there rabbits teeth.bluebird

 

[Frith]

bunnyface wrote:

That is brave of you to own a rabbit with malocclusion--I hope you may get him to a vet soon!

My question: It costs a fortune to get teeth trimmed at aveterinarian's office... is it at all safe for the parent of a rabbitwith malocclusion to learn how to trim the teeth?

My bun Gunner has malocclusion too (probably why no one wanted him,which is their loss, he's so awesome!). Our vet uses a Dremmel to sawoff the excess tooth. He charges us $8 to do it, and we take him inabout once a month. This seems inexpensive to me, do some other vetscharge more?

 

[bunnyface]

Totally! My vet charges $40, but that is to do my hamster's teeth!

They said they would have to put her under... is it the same for rabbits?

 

[Shuu]

Since you can trim incisors at home, no youdon't have to put them under. As such, I'd ask your vet specificallyabout the cost knowing they can be awake for it.

 

[bunnyface]

Right. And I realize that this is no hamsterforum, but I am thinking about trimming bungles... any advice? Do youguys think I should treat it the same way?

 

[Contessa63]

Mr. Bunny is doing great! The vet showed me how.I am so glad he is back to his old self. I was in the room when theytrimmed him. It made me cry.

 

[LuvaBun]

Great to hear Mr Bunny is getting back to his old self. Thanks for lettin us know.

Jan