Rabbit’s teeth don’t seem normal…

[Ashblie]

I’m wondering if this is going to require at vet’s visit. I always have hay in his cage but he never eats it… and it gets tossed out once he messes it with his poo. So I read up a little bit and I’m reducing the amounts of pellets he has access to and increasing the amount of hay to sort of force him to eat hay when he’s hungry. My baby is a 2 year old holland lop. 

[Sarita]

Hay is not for the front teeth (incisors) it is for the back teeth (molars). It does look a bit odd to me – I would definitely seek the advice of the vet on this.

[Eepster]

Off hand they look crooked. I’m not totally sure if it’s the teeth or the camera angle. If they are crooked, it is a big deal and he needs to see a vet.

[DaisyBunz]

I can’t tell if they are crooked or not, honestly. But I did notice something else. The teeth shouldn’t be rounded at the bottom, they should be a straight line across. If they are crooked, then you must go to the vet. When you’re there, ask the vet to file down his teeth to a straight, not rounded bottom.

[Lulu Cuteness]

Yeah she is right you need to go to a vet i called my vet about this and she said crooked teeth and miss shaped teeth need to be trimmed at my vet it is 10 dollars and it should be soon cuz it can hurt your rabbit

[Sarita]

When you have your vet look at the teeth make sure they do a very thorough look at the front and the back teeth.

[Ashblie]

Yeah, I’m not sure if his teeth are crooked or not, but his top teeth are rounded down and his bottom teeth are concaved in, which was the main thing I was worried about.

[LolasMummy]

Hi there.

I would definitely take a trip to the vet. Baby’s chompers certainly look different to what is supposed to be the norm! After they have been filed down, ensure you provide some type of bunny safe wooden chew toys, (I provide apple tree branches or willow tree branches). I would assume this would help file down the front teeth.

Goodluck!

[Sarita]

It may or may not help those front teeth but it certainly wouldn’t hurt to try. It’s usually genetic and that is the problem.

[Ashblie]

He’s never seemed interested in those toys and refuses to chew on them… he’ll chew on my wires and paper I need but he won’t chew toys I get him. :/

[LBJ10]

He may just need regular trims. I would have the vet trim them and then see if you can maintain them somewhat through chewing. If not, he will simply need to go to the vet whenever they start to grow out.

[kinggoblin]

Refusing to chew on willow, etc type toys was the first sign I noticed when my bunny developed maloclussion. I did regular trims for awhile but it was $30-40 each time and I had to go twice a month because they grew so fast. Then he started to break them completely off! After the vet visit to get antibiotic shot to make sure they wouldn’t get infected after breaking them I decided to have my vet remove them. The visits were frequent, expensive, and stressful for him……. its been over a year and he is great! He is completely normal besides having to have his food cut up.

[Ashblie]

Thank you for that information! I really hope he doesn’t have to have them removed

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