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What does teeth grinding look like?

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Bunny Mum2b

Warren Scout
My bunny had an operation on Friday, he was given pain medication by the vets and then we've given him Metacam today and yesterday to try to ensure he isn't in pain.
He is weeing, pooing and eating well - he seems pretty well in himself, he is stretching and moving around (although this is limited by his confidment to a recovery cage to ensure he doesn't rip his stitches).

He does seem to be chewing nothing though? Is this teeth grinding?
A part from the chewing on nothing - he seems fine in himself, but I'm worried he is in pain. Please can someone advice me what teeth grinding looks like?
The other sign I was told to look out for was crouching but I haven't noticed this, as I mentioned above, he seems happy to move around.
 
Teeth grinding is usually a back and forth motion, with a tense jaw and sounds like someone grinding their teeth. A rabbit doing that would usually sow other behavioural clues though like being reluctant to eat/move or sitting crouched/huddled up.

What was the operation? Was it a teeth op? If so it could just be his mouth feels weird.
 
It was a neuter - or at least that was the plan!

He went in for a castration as we were told he was an unneutered boy, but the vet couldn't find his testicles n he(the rabbit) has really odd genitals. The options were then he was either a girl, a boy with undescended testicles or a hermaphrodite - so we decided that he needed to be looked at internally due to the cancer risk associated with being an unspayed female or the complications with undescended testicles.
In the end the vet couldn't find any sex organs internally or any evidence which would be left by a neuter, either male or female.
So unfortunately my poor rabbit didn't even have anything done in his operation - just a vet rooting around his abdomen. I feel really guilty about it.

So it was like a spay but worse because of the poking around. :-(
 
Tamsin said:
Teeth grinding is usually a back and forth motion, with a tense jaw and sounds like someone grinding their teeth. A rabbit doing that would usually sow other behavioural clues though like being reluctant to eat/move or sitting crouched/huddled up.

What was the operation? Was it a teeth op? If so it could just be his mouth feels weird.
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I think as he is showing no other behaviour that indicates pain and it doesn't seem to be a back and forth movement - that he isn't in too much pain.

I will make sure his teeth are checked at the next vet visit in a couple of weeks to see if this is the problem.

Thank you so much for the reply.
 
No problem, if you're worried you can always give you vet a call and talk it over but if he's already on pain relief and is acting normal otherwise I wouldn't be too worried :)
 
Tamsin said:
No problem, if you're worried you can always give you vet a call and talk it over but if he's already on pain relief and is acting normal otherwise I wouldn't be too worried :)
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Yep, I'm in full agreement here.
I'd just add to keep an eye on his poops - that he's passing a normal amount & size.
If the amount falls off a lot or the size gets much smaller it could be that the gut has slowed down after being disturbed by the vet looking for sex organs.
I've got a very "quirky" bun wih a sensitive tummy,who does this but behaves perfectly normally if his gut slows down a bit. Plenty of hay, as you are doing is the perfect natural answer.
 
this might seem obvious to you, or not.. but when you say chewing nothing are you sure its not his caecotrophs? my barney spends ages chewing his and i know he isnt in pain currently.

can you hear the grinding noise?
 
Roseberry said:
this might seem obvious to you, or not.. but when you say chewing nothing are you sure its not his caecotrophs? my barney spends ages chewing his and i know he isnt in pain currently.

can you hear the grinding noise?
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:oops::oops::oops::oops:

I think on reflection that he might be. I was just so worried about him being in pain.

Thank you for the post :wave:
 
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