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A bit of advice about a possible new rabbit

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I already own 4 rescue rabbits and a lady a work has approched me to see if i would be interested in a rabbit she has that she feels she can no longer keep, now i have been considering adding to the family for a while now, but this little girl does give me a bit of concern, she is only about a year old and about 4 months ago a vet removed her 4 front teeth as they were causing her problems and they decided this was the best option, now i have been told that since then a little bit of the one tooth has grown back but she hasnt had any other problems with the teeth, the back ones are ok so far.
Now my question is will she cope ok with out these teeth or are there going to be long issues?
As she has these problems with front teeth with there be issues with her back teeth?
Will this remaining little tooth need to be removed as if i did take her she would be spayed to find a husbun and so could have this bit of tooth remove then if needed.
I am just looking for a bit of experience of any one who has dealt with a gummy rabbit
 
Rabbits generally do fine without front teeth and adapt well, especially at an early age. Having problems with the front teeth doesn't necessarily mean problems with the back teeth. They should still be able to eat hay which is the best way to looks after them. However, if the problems are genetic it can indicate back teeth problems, but I think they would have shown up by now or been seen by the vet when the front ones were being removed.

The only thing you need to think about is chopping harder food into smaller pieces. My sister's gunny bunny eats large pieces of cabbage and hay, she chops up things like broccoli for him.

The teeth can grow back, as if even a few cells are left they just continue to grow, but rabbits also have peg teeth which are very thin teeth that grow behind the incisors. My rabbit who is also gummy has a peg tooth that keeps on regrowing. It doesn't bother him too much as it grows out of his mouth. The vet just burrs it down when it becomes a problem.

I think you have to be aware that there could be ongoing problems with a rabbit who has previously had tooth problems. They can be expensive and it's unlikely insurance would cover anything that happens in his mouth now. Best case scenario, he is fine and needs no extra veterinary care and doesn't chew your stuff, but worst case he might need regrowing teeth removed under general anaesthetic and might even have back teeth problems which need sorting under general anaesthetic every few months. But then any rabbit could have back teeth problems, they're so common due to bad breeding unfortunately.
 
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