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FORUM HOUSE RABBIT Q & A First Ever Bunny Problem

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    • ChaoticPan
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        Hello! My name is Sierra, and my sweet Californian rabbit is called Dahlia. Dahlia was a rescue, and is about 4 or 5 years old. She is very healthy and is the sassiest furbaby Ive ever had! I was giving her her bi-weekly nail trim when I noticed one of her nails was chewed all the way down! Of course I was worried and looked it over but saw no signs of any pain or further damage. I looked every where in her enclosure (aka an entire half of my office) to see of there was any blood but found none. I haven’t noticed any limping or signs of discomfort and shes been behaving like her usual sassy self. None of her other nails were chewed just the one. Any advice or help is super appreciated! I have no idea what caused this either. Attached: My sassy girl


      • Wick & Fable
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          It’s uncommon, but some rabbits do chew their nails, for reasons unknown. I will say that biweekly nail trims is pretty frequent, and I wonder if that much attention to the nails may be causing her to attend and chew on them for one reason or another?

          I would continue to monitor as you are for any signs that the surrounding skin or nail itself is not healthy in any way, and again, it’s possible it is something she does that will not do harm.

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        • ChaoticPan
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            Thank you so much! I’ll space out the trimmings a bit more as well. She is chasing and bullying my cat like usual so she doesn’t seem to have any issues lol


          • LBJ10
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              It’s strange that it is just one nail. Does the chewed nail look like a little nub encasing the quick? Sometimes rabbits will catch a nail on the carpet and damage it, but they don’t actually tear it off (so no blood). The damaged part of the nail (the outer portion) will slowly “die” and then fall off, leaving the little nub containing the quick behind. This little nub can be sensitive to pressure from walking on it and sometimes they will mess with it because of that.


            • ChaoticPan
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                It honestly looked like the end of a bone, but she has no issue walking around and gave zero craps when I examined it so I dont think there is any sensitivity

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