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Forum DIET & CARE Home remedies for very early malocclusion

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    • MerlinsMom
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        I gathered up my buns today to clip their nails. Whilst I had them restrained I also had a peek at their teeth. I noticed that my newest bunny looks like she might have very very early malocclusion of her front teeth, it’s literally perhaps a millimetre or so and the left tooth is ever so slightly longer than the right one. The vet checked her teeth a month ago when she was speyed and they were fine, so is this even possible or could it just be how her teeth are?
        My main question is is there anything I can do for her at home before I whisk her off to the vet? Would they even do anything at such an early stage? Just some general advice please as merlins teeth are fine so I don’t have much experience with tooth problems!
        Also merlins teeth are nice and white but Freya’s are slightly yellower… Is this normal?

        Thanks in advance!


      • Sarita
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          I would have the vet look again at her teeth – if this is congenital and a constant problem, you may want to remove the incisors – with or without the incisors molar spurs will be a lifelong problems since the teeth are not aligned.

          The only home remedy for molars is grass hay which may only increase molar trim times – incisors nothing since they aren’t used for chewing.


        • MerlinsMom
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            Sorry, I’m not sure if I made it clear it’s her front upper incisors that appear a little overgrown. Is there anything that can help this or help to prevent this?


          • Roberta
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              Yes…. A trip to the vet. Other than that No…


            • Sarita
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                Not for incisors. But if her incisors are maloccluded then the rest of her teeth most likely are as well.


              • LBJ10
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                  Yep, coarse hay like oat may help with wearing stuff down in the back. They don’t use their front teeth for chewing, so unless you can get her to gnaw on something so the longer side wears down faster (which is pretty much impossible) then there isn’t much you can do except have the vet trim them as needed.


                • MerlinsMom
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                    Thanks guys. I’m gonna go chop some branches off our apple tree and make a vet appointment when I get paid.


                  • Roberta
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                      That’s got to be my next acquisition from work. An apple tree…. I work for a wholesale nursery and so far haven’t managed to buy a tree they can gnaw the branches from. Dwarf apple tree next on the shopping list.


                    • MerlinsMom
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                        My apple tree is only a couple of years old so I don’t tend to cut many of the branches off or it will be bare in no time! Lol luckily my boyfriends parents have one that is like 20 years old so no shortage there! Thing is though they only knaw the bark off, once they’ve stripped that they won’t touch the branches!


                      • peppypoo
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                          If the malocclusion is slight, then there is small chance that it may correct itself with regular tooth trims. When I adopted Peppy at 6 months, her top incisors were curved backwards into her mouth, but she only had a mild case – after two or three months of regular trims, they happened to grow correctly and haven’t been a problem since (thank goodness!). I’ve heard from vets that this is pretty rare; the stress of constant trims over extended periods of time are not worth it for most bunnies, and it is better ultimately to have the incisors removed in cases of severe malocclusion. But trims might be worth a shot if she is young and the case isn’t that bad.

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