Dental Problem

Hi everyone, it seems that Hazel has a dental problem in her lower incisors. The gum is white right where it meets her teeth and the left one turned to a yellowish almost translucent color, there's also some white stuff on the tooths base that moves around.
She's been eating slowly for the past week but she stopped eating hard food and hay completely since yesterday, unless I chop the veggies to a small size where she can chew on it with her molars. Same goes for the hay.

I'll post some pictures because maybe someone has seen this before? I have two rabbits and only Hazel is struggling with this, the other one has pearly white teeth that are sharp as razors. The hay brand I haven't changed in months and I rarely give them any treats. Although I did stop giving the pellets for over two months now, could it be Calcium deficiency?
Here are the pictures:

her bottm teeth have a gap between them, have you had a vet check her other, if they are causing problems with not eating they may suggest extracting her incisor teeth, they will also be able to have a look at her molars to, and if needed do skull x-rays to check all teeth etc including roots

Nara said:

Hi everyone, it seems that Hazel has a dental problem in her lower incisors. The gum is white right where it meets her teeth and the left one turned to a yellowish almost translucent color, there's also some white stuff on the tooths base that moves around.
She's been eating slowly for the past week but she stopped eating hard food and hay completely since yesterday, unless I chop the veggies to a small size where she can chew on it with her molars. Same goes for the hay.

I'll post some pictures because maybe someone has seen this before? I have two rabbits and only Hazel is struggling with this, the other one has pearly white teeth that are sharp as razors. The hay brand I haven't changed in months and I rarely give them any treats. Although I did stop giving the pellets for over two months now, could it be Calcium deficiency?
Here are the pictures:

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It looks as though she has an infection in the base of the incisor/the root. The white gunk is pus and her gum is very inflamed. This needs very prompt veterinary attention as the infection is very likely to progress to a tooth root abscess if left untreated.

The Vet should give antibiotics and non steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesia. I would also expect the Vet to suggest a full dental examination under GA including skull radiographs. Depending on the outcome a lot more surgical treatment may also be required if the infection has already spread to the tooth root/bone.

Some additional information:

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/AcquiredIncisorAbnRabbits.htm

http://veterinarycalendar.dvm360.com/managing-dental-abscesses-rabbits-proceedings

http://www.vetinst.com/skin1/admin/UserFiles/File/JS PDF/RABBIT INCISOR EXTRACTION - 012197CR.pdf

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Dental_diseases/Differential/Rabbit_dentistry.pdf

This image is one taken by my Vet at Twickenham Veterinary Surgery. It shows pus coming from the base of a molar tooth, as pus is coming from the base of the Incisor of your Rabbit



More detailed information here:

https://www.twickenhamvets.com/rabbit-dental-problems-part-2-malocclusion-incisors/

https://www.twickenhamvets.com/rabbit-dental-problems-part-3-abscesses-fractures/

https://www.twickenhamvets.com/rabbit-dental-problems-part-1-malocclusion-cheek-teeth/

I am sorry that for some reason your thread was missed, I have no idea how that happened.

Nara said:

Hi everyone, it seems that Hazel has a dental problem in her lower incisors. The gum is white right where it meets her teeth and the left one turned to a yellowish almost translucent color, there's also some white stuff on the tooths base that moves around.
She's been eating slowly for the past week but she stopped eating hard food and hay completely since yesterday, unless I chop the veggies to a small size where she can chew on it with her molars. Same goes for the hay.

I'll post some pictures because maybe someone has seen this before? I have two rabbits and only Hazel is struggling with this, the other one has pearly white teeth that are sharp as razors. The hay brand I haven't changed in months and I rarely give them any treats. Although I did stop giving the pellets for over two months now, could it be Calcium deficiency?
Here are the pictures:

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Hi there Nara and welcome to the Forum

How is your bunny now? You say that she was stopping eating her food, and I am assuming you've sought vet intervention int he meantime?

It's not likely to be calcium deficiency that's caused this issue unless the rabbit was very young - is she still managing to eat veggies?

I am sure you have learned about problems with rabbits' incisors, and it would appear that the teeth would need to be removed as it doesn't look like there's any way of saving them, sadly

There's some info on this link from my vet's website:

https://www.twickenhamvets.com/rabbit-dental-problems-part-2-malocclusion-incisors/

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Dental_diseases/Differential/Rabbit_dentistry.pdf

http://rabbit.org/dental-disorders-in-rabbits/


Lastly, thank you so much to MiniLop for highlighting this post and I hope as I say, that by now you will have seen a vet and perhaps got the teeth issue sorted.

Very best of luck x