That happened to one of my buns. We had to keep getting the teeth clipped/sawed down (I forget what it was. Terrible, I know. I even watched the vet do it the first few times. He even uses a human-grade dental tool, he says they’re sharper). But it got really costly, had to do it twice a month or so. Eventually, we just had the teeth pulled.

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i would make an appt with a vet for a general check-up/1st visit since it’ll be a new vet and the vet will check the teeth in the process. i don’t think this is an emergency, so don’t feel you need the next appt. but do it as soon as you can. bring up the sleepy eye and the poopy butt.

another thing… looking at the second pic, it looks like there are bumps on the top incisors.  in human children, there are 3 mammelons (the little bumps) that help the permanent tooth erode away the root of the baby tooth.  that’s what causes it to fall out.  i have no idea about rabbit dental anatomy, but i am thinking (just based on what i know of dental health) that if they start out with the little bumps as wee lil bunnies, they would get ground down quickly thru normal use.  so it would seem like they’re not getting ground down at all.  you might have caught this just in time…

(and of course i might be wrong…)

They look okay to me – have you tried comparing them to your other rabbit’s teeth?

aren’t they suppose to occlude tho?

The teeth look fine to me too.  It’s only the back teeth that are supposed to meet – this helps them to grind down and not over grow.   This is a picture of a rabbit with overgrown front teeth – your bunny looks nothing like this…

http://www.mybunny.org/info/dental_problems.htm

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm

I couldn’t find any actual photos but here are 2 articles with drawings that show how rabbit teeth should look.

Obviously it’s always good to check with the vet too if you are concerned since dental problems are well, a problem.

Oh goodness Rabbitsmba those teeth look awful. Poor bunny.

ack, that’s the way my poor Toby’s teeth looked the first day at the shelter. They had seized him from some people who couldn’t figure out why he was starving to death. Except one bottom tooth was poking through his poor lip. After their vet clipped his teeth and I went to pick him up a week later, I couldn’t believe it was the same bunny. All he needed was food!

Kathy

Let us know what the vet says, Samantha.

I’ve talked to Dr. Effie about removing Toby’s teeth all together, but since it’s the upper and lowers both and he tolerates the monthly clipping so well, we’ve postponed any surgery for now. My local vet does the clipping and is very gentle about it and only charges $12. It’s always fun the first couple of nights when Tobys makes up for any munching he missed out on during the last few days before the clip.

Yeah, that poor bunny whose picture I posted was dumped at a vet clinic with another bunny. He was near death, starving because he couldn’t eat. Thankfully both bunnies have fully recovered and found a forever home together!

oh my God that poor bunny.  What stupid person to let it go that far. Well I am glad that bun is doing better. That person should be tortured

TO be honest, those teeth look great to me (Samantha’s bunny)-not the terrible pic

That terrible picture -WHO did that to that rabbit? *angry*

Krlspce:  I remember you brought up poor Toby before. 

I agree w/ others that Smudge’s teeth look alright.  Leo has tooth problems, incisors and molars.  I would post a pic, but I’m technologically challenged.  Anyway…Leo’s top incisors:  one is wider than the other, they have a slightly odd angle (the turn in towards the throat more than they should).  He got his well care visit on Monday and the vet said his teeth look good.  They overlap about the same as Smudge.

Just one more thing.  I asked my vet about incisor removal and she said that the thing to remember w/ rabbits…their roots are very long compared to other species, so teeth removal for rabbits is comparable to humans having their wisdom teeth removed.  She said this is why vets prefer a trim or filing rather than straight up removal.  I thought that was interesting.  She said in her 18 yrs, she only does removal in very extreme cases…..like Toby or the bun in the pic.

A vet telling yoiu everything is good and healthy is such peice of mind! You’ll be glad you made the appt anyways!

I will be interested to know too what the vet says. Though your bunnies teeth look okay, there can be bunnies who have straight teeth but just have a more severe overbite that can cause the teeth to grow longer than they should. It’s hard to tell for sure how much of an overbite is going on, but if the top teeth are long and not meeting, I would think the bottoms would grow longer too.

If the vet says that they are long, then I would also ask the vet to check for spurs on the molars.

Keep us updated!

Yea for Smudge! I know you must feel better now with such a good report.

Yeah for healthy teeth! I am also glad your vet also wanted to do a fecal test. Let us know how that goes.

Well, all in all, sounds like the check-up went really well and you have a good vet.