Rustyrenault
New Kit
This is my first posting and this may have been asked before, but here goes. We have four rabbits all from different litters but they get on really well. The latest one came from the pet shop where two of the others had come from as we have always found they have good pets. As soon as we got the little rabbit home (dwarf lop) we noticed that it was struggling to eat and its front teeth were just awful. One up and one down pointing across the tooth next to it and one broken. We took it to the vet to have them trimmed which he did but after a couple of weeks they had grown back to the extent that they needed doing again and we are now going every two weeks or so just to keep them under control.
In the meantime the girl had rung from the pet shop to ask about the rabbit and said that she had been away for a few days and it should not have been sold. The brother was also a poor specimen, was still in the shop and may well have been put down as it had a swollen abdomen.
My question is this: She is being neutered on Thursday and it would be an ideal opportunity to remove the 4 front teeth. If the teeth come out she won't be able to nibble which is quite an important part of a rabbit's life! Do we - don't we?
My son suggested implants but that would be a bit excessive!
In the meantime the girl had rung from the pet shop to ask about the rabbit and said that she had been away for a few days and it should not have been sold. The brother was also a poor specimen, was still in the shop and may well have been put down as it had a swollen abdomen.
My question is this: She is being neutered on Thursday and it would be an ideal opportunity to remove the 4 front teeth. If the teeth come out she won't be able to nibble which is quite an important part of a rabbit's life! Do we - don't we?
My son suggested implants but that would be a bit excessive!