I have not had this done but I know of many owners that have had it done. I don’t think it’s cruel and most of the time they only do it if it’s necessary and if your vet recommends this, he/she must feel it is necessary.

Wow really every 2 weeks? I could see how that is adding up. I agree with Sarita, if the vet think’s it’s necessary than ok, plus if its sort of common but….. you could aways seek another vet’s opinion as well. A second opinion never hurts, especially when it comes to our little furbabies. We have to get our amazon parrot’s beak done about every 2-3 months because she has an overbite too! 2-3 months is more reasonable tho…but of course that’s an entirely different animal. A lot of animals have to get teeth removed and they do well, I guess it’s up to you and your vet.

I think Linitini’s idea about a second opinion is good as well. But in any case, if the second opinion recommends extraction of the incisors you will just have to cut up her vegetables. Basically in the incisors are used to pull the food in and I think she would be fine with the hay, but veggies needs to be cut up and pellets are fine.

Many many rabbits manage well without their incisors, you just need to change things up as far as cutting up her vegetables and doing the carrot matchsticks rather than a big carrot piece.

I don’t think removing teeth for a medical necessity is cruel at all. Rabbits can do quite well without them. It is much more stressful for your rabbit to have to undergo the procedure every couple weeks, rather than being put under once and that’s it.

I am dittoing the responses. I have seen rabbits who have had their front incisors removed due to severe growth. They pull up the hay, pellets, and greens with their lips and chomp away with their back teeth. The front were mostly used to cut things into smaller pieces so as long as you cut the greens/veggies should not be a problem and again, like the others have said— in the long run, this would be less stressful for her too.