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Anybody have a pet rabbit?

jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,283 ******
edited November 2019 in General Discussion
My granddaughter has a Holland Lop and his incisors have grown abnormally long. The vet I use for my dogs was of no help. We have googled the problem and have a few ideas. Any of you folks have experience?
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We used to and then we ate it.
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  • mac10mac10 Member Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    google a specialty clinic //zoo animals vet school?
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  • diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,336 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I?m no veterinarian, but don?t their teeth keep growing, so they chew on stuff to wear them down?

    I suppose it would be pretty bad if she can?t get it resolved. Best of luck.
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  • chris8X57chris8X57 Member Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've watched the wild cottontails around the house chewing on my garage side door wood to trim their teeth.
    I don't have a caged bunny, but I know they do need to chew on something.
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  • Mark GMark G Member Posts: 1,680 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We had a Netherland Dwarf for many years. Our vet told us that the teeth keep growing and they need something hard to wear it down. We found a chunk of hardwood with the bark still on and she would go to town on it. I don't know what to do with one that has already grown long. We had to look for a vet that was used to "pocket pets" as they called it. Might want to see if there is one close.
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Maybe one of its parents was a beaver....... ;)
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  • bustedkneebustedknee Member Posts: 2,001 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Smitty500mag wrote:
    We used to and then we ate it.

    Like

    My sense of humor exactly. I love it when little girls are giving away kittens at Walmart. I act like I'm interested in the most plump kitten then seriously ask if they have any recipes to go with the kit.
    The looks I get!
    The worst is from my wife.


    I used to have rabbits and don't remember toofies being a problem. I let big Freddie loose and he lived in the briar patches around the house for a couple years.

    If you let her bunny out for a while, the rabbit should find whatever is necessary to wear down the teeth. Would you be able to catch it at the end of recess period?
    I can't believe they misspelled "Pork and Beans!"
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  • ROY222ROY222 Member Posts: 550 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Had rabbits for years. Cages were made of wood with wire on the bottom of the cage by us.

    The rabbits would gnaw down the wood to the point where the wood had to be replaced.

    Toss a part of a 2x4 in the cage and see if it gnaws on it.
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,768 ******
    edited November -1
    I have found a gazillion uses for my Dremel tool! :lol:

    Now, with your pet rabbit......a gazillion and one!
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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Jim, the teeth need to be trimmed, and it needs to be done by a vet,...unless you have some fingers you can spare. I would rate the process right there with trying to give a feral cat a pill. After it's been done, with something hard and abrasive in the cage, the bunny will do it's own maintenance. Left like it is, the teeth can grow to a point where it can't chew, and eventually starve itself.
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,283 ******
    edited November -1
    Thanks, guys. Found a local vet that will grind them down tomorrow.
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  • Edspdog1Edspdog1 Member Posts: 225 ✭
    edited November -1
    Oh you said pet rabbit, I read too fast, I thought you said "pat the rabbit" :o
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  • discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i will never forget the guffaws when at my bar, a bunch of noon-er drinkers reading the local rag,saw and ad RABBITS FOR SALE...CUDDLY OR DELICIOUS
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,283 ******
    edited November -1
    Well, the veterinarian fixed him up today. Put him to sleep and ground the teeth down.
    https://imgur.com/gallery/OaTIuxP
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