Aww that’s so stressful. Chewing the cage bars would not cause molars to fall out like that! Even if a tooth is broken from something, a healthy tooth would grow back.

I had a bunny (Moose) who’s molars kept cracking and rotting. He ended up with an abscess because of it, so be sure to check Tambor for abscesses. Sometimes they can form in the upper jaw and push on the sinuses, causing eye issues.

My extremely rabbit savvy vet’s explanation was that some bunnies just have “Icky teeth”, meaning it was a congenital issue. Moose was only a year or 2 old at the time.

I don’t want to alarm you, but Moose passed away suddenly a few months after his dental issues were detected, and autopsy couldn’t find a cause. Since this is a sudden change with Tambor, you may want to do some blood work and x-rays just to make sure there isn’t something else going on. Scary things like bone cancer can manifest in the jaw, and my personal theory is that maybe Moose had bone cancer (but I really have no evidence for this other than the symptoms). But it’s also very likely he just had some genetic problems.

I also know of some bunnies who lost a few molars, but then their teeth stabilized after a few trimmings and things were fine. So it’s not all scary scenarios!

These things get into the cutting edge of rabbit medicine, so if your vet isn’t super rabbit savvy, a second opinion from a specialist would be a good idea.

I will echo Dana. It’s very possible that this is a genetic condition. Teeth are normally not that brittle, so something else has to be going on. It could be a problem with how his body processes calcium. And yes, sometimes the remaining teeth do stabilize. They can move within the jaw to “fill” the gap and become more aligned with each other.

Abscesses do typically show up on x-rays, but they don’t always show up very well. Vets will often try to get x-rays from different views to help identify abscesses and whether or not infection is spreading (i.e. to the bone).

If a healthy tooth is simply broken off at the gum line, it will typically grow back because the root is still there. Rabbit teeth grow continuously, so regrowing a broken off tooth comes naturally. However, if a tooth is removed completely (root and all) then it will not grow back. This is what is supposed to happen when diseased teeth are extracted by a vet.

As for his eyes, it is possible that something was damaged when the teeth were extracted. Or the diseased teeth caused the damage themselves by invading the eye space. It is actually quite common for a rabbit with dental issues to have tooth roots growing into the sinuses and eye cavities.