I take back my thoughts on dingy teeth and age cues.

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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 03/28/2013 at 10:34 PM
  BinkyBunny
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  It’s always difficult to know for sure how old a bunny really is. There is no real sure way to tell, but I always felt comfortable saying that teeth get a bit more dingy after five years old. That was the case with many of my other bunnies and Vivian’s teeth were really yellow when I adopted her. (and she was estimated to be about 6 years old when I adopted her) . But at her check up a while back, her teeth looked less dingy, but I thought it was just the lighting. But then at today’s vet visit, her teeth looked even whiter! This time I took a real close look as my vet was checking her teeth — and just said “WOW!, she used to have really dingy teeth, what happened, I thought age was supposed to make them dingy!” My vet said that they could have just been stained when I adopted her.
  
  So now…..I definitely can no longer lean on the dingy teeth as any kind of definite age marker. I mean I knew that other factors could come into play, I just never thought that Vivian’s teeth could actually look whiter — like a younger bunny’s teeth.
- 03/28/2013 at 11:21 PM
  Sarita
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  Did the vet say what could have stained her teeth? I’ve always thought it might be the nails that helped somewhat determine age and eyes as well – like cloudy eyes.
- 03/29/2013 at 12:27 AM
  jerseygirl
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  With open-rooted teeth, I suppose the teeth tissue where looking at today is not the same as the tissue that was there x amount of years ago. I never thought about that before.
  
  So possible the stained tissue has been completely worn away and replaced with new tooth material. I would think consistent, good nutrition would play a part also.
- 03/29/2013 at 5:00 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Maybe she was a heavy coffee drinker in her early days.
  
  I should take a look at my bun’s teeth. From what I recall, they are pretty white.
- 03/29/2013 at 6:19 AM
  Elrohwen
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  Interesting! Must be all the red wine and coffee she was drinking at her last home 😛
  
  I know it’s tough to measure dog ages that way. My friend adopted a dog, most likely under a year old, who has horrible build up on his teeth like an older dog would.
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