Can you tell a rabbits age by his teeth

maisydaisystar · Mar 1, 2008

I took Tilly to our vet yesterday , after registering her with them, for her myxi jab, I have recently rehomed her and I know that her age is unknown as she came from the rspca who found her as a stray. When I asked him if he had any idea of her age, he told me it's impossible to tell, and didn't even look at her teeth, I thought their teeth gave some indication, So am I wrong?
Apart from that he told me she was in great condition and very healthy.

emjay · Mar 1, 2008

Sorry really dont know how you tell, not sure you could from the teeth? Sice they grow all the time and are alwasy present? Maybe you coudl tell if very old or very young but not not precisely from that?

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It's not so east to tell the age of a rabbit. You can tell a rabbit's age (roughly) by looking at the teeth. If the rabbit is very young, the teeth may be semi-transparent. A young adult would have white teeth and on an older adult, the teeth would be horn-coloured.
But even experts can't really predict a rabbit's age very accurately.
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chloaster · Mar 2, 2008

You can guess a rabbits age if they are under the age of 1ish but after that it's very difficult to tell and the teeth don't really give much away. I had a bun who was only a youngster but because of the diet he was on before he went into rescue his teeth were awful and the vet couldn't believe how young he was having seen them.

Can you tell a rabbits age by his teeth

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