need help on rabbits overgrown tooth please

tanith

Hayley thanks for all that info.. I am not sure about which type of hay as the rabbits belong to my daughters but its just odd that 3 will eat it and the others don't touch it all.. both are males by the way that probabley explains it:rotfl: Men don't like anything thats actually good for them:rotfl:

I know they are fed pellets in the morning with vegs later and always have clean hay and water and are put out in the garden weather allowing.. I will tell her about the sites you mentioned thankyou

across

i have a rabbit now (my daughters do!!)and luckily so far havent had the tooth problem yet but when i was a child my pet rabbit's two front teeth grew all the way under into two rings and we took him the vets and they clipped them and said you can do this yourself at home with nail clippers so my dad cut them from then on with nail clippers and we never had a problem again, the vet also told us that the rabbit was deformed as he didnt sit up properly and his digestive system didnt work properly which meant he had to have injections to get his bowels running smooth poor thing the vet said that whoever sold him to us should never have sold him so be careful out there when buying pets even though topsy lived for years and we loved him to bits!

savesave_3

My rabbit lived for over 10 years, and as it got older its front teeth became a problem. The vet charged approx £8 to clip the teeth, but the stress it caused bunny was huge . Decided to try myself, so using nail clippers I clipped the front teeth quickly and efficiently. The rabbit was held on the worktop and I did the cutting-very easy to do and less stressful for bunny.

across

savesave wrote:

My rabbit lived for over 10 years, and as it got older its front teeth became a problem. The vet charged approx £8 to clip the teeth, but the stress it caused bunny was huge . Decided to try myself, so using nail clippers I clipped the front teeth quickly and efficiently. The rabbit was held on the worktop and I did the cutting-very easy to do and less stressful for bunny.

glad to hear somebody else was successful with the nailclippers!

courtjester

As a keeper of two rabbits over many years I can certainly say forget any notion that they are cheap to maintain just because they are small - expect numerous visits to the vet to keep them healthy and don't be surprised at just how much it costs for care, food and housing. The original cost is irrelevant compared to the maintenance.

Anyone contemplating acquiring a pet and particularly a rabbit needs to understand that this is a lifetime (15 years possible?) responsibility of time, effort, care and money and arrangements for weekends away or holidays. Just don't do it unless you are fully committed to caring for the animal's welfare. Forget what kids want, it's you the adult that will be devoting your time for a long time.

But it is highly rewarding providing you don't treat it like a toy for Christmas. We didn't begrudge our rabbit the vet's bills, we were much more concerned that he enjoyed the best life he could (our last was an RSPCA rescue rabbit which had been malnourished as a youngster). He died in my arms one night at 7 years old after a short downturn in health (small animals go down very quickly) and I can't quite believe how much I had grown attached to him.

amyandoli

courtjester wrote:

We didn't begrudge our rabbit the vet's bills, we were much more concerned that he enjoyed the best life he could (our last was an RSPCA rescue rabbit which had been malnourished as a youngster). He died in my arms one night at 7 years old after a short downturn in health (small animals go down very quickly) and I can't quite believe how much I had grown attached to him.

one of our rabbits was rescued from my parents old next door neighbours whod gone on holiday for two weeks and left him in an outdoor cage with one bowl of nuggets, a drink bottle and a bit of hay. no-one was organised to look after him. i climbed over the fence and took him (dont shout at me!) as soon as i found out. by this time he had no food or water left, and i took him to the vets (who was shocked at what theyd done) and i adopted him. i called the rspca who said it was hearsay and wouldnt act! when the neighbours returned my parents wouldnt confront them, but i did. they just shrugged. hes been with us just over two years now, and lives in a converted shed, with large run in the garden.

i get so angry with people who buy pets for occassions, and dont realise they have to look after them. weve spent a small fortune on our pets, and dont think twice about it, theyre sentient (sp?) beings. i think rabbit rehome is a great site, there are a few online that you can buy through, and it supports them. anyone bought the rabbit cardboard castles for indoor rabbits?

jmarko

I'm amazed that some of you are saying that a rabbit is not a good investment or that you wouldn't spend a certain amount on them. Our rabbit is a big part of our family (he's actually the head of our house - or so he thinks! ) and if he needed anything done, he'd get it. He's not an investment, he's our pet and a good friend as well.

jmarko

hayleyc_2

amyandoli wrote:

i climbed over the fence and took him (dont shout at me!) as soon as i found out. by this time he had no food or water left, and i took him to the vets (who was shocked at what theyd done) and i adopted him. i called the rspca who said it was hearsay and wouldnt act!

Good for you, I would have done the same thing! I can appreciate the RSPCA's point of view though because without seeing the conditions the rabbit was left in there's no way they would have got a successful prosecution. Let's hope the new animal welfare bill will help the RSPCA and Police to prevent cruelty rather than having to wait until it's already taken place as they would have had to do in this case.

donnalove

we have just paid out altogether £105 for 1 of my daughters rabbits
he had his 2 top and 2 bottom front teeth remooved as they were growing awkwardly and he couldnt eat properly we had them trimmed first then they grew back very quickly withen 2 weeks so we had them removed.He now eats loads better and seems happier in himself.
we have 3 rabbits and last year another 1 had an eye infecton and the vet wanted to wash through his nose as infections sometimes stay in the nose this cost £83 pound
they are our pets and our responsibility you wouldn't keep yourself from the doctors knowing it was gonna cost alot of money in prescriptions so why make a helpless animal suffer

Amberdarcy

My rabbit had her teeth clipped on Thursday but wouldn't eat so she's been in the vet hospital until yesterday. Last night she came home and ate some dandelion, but today she's stopped eating again. We're syringe feeding her but I wondered if anyone had advice on food which would tempt her to start eating again.
Thanks