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Hello good people of RT! :D I could really use some help with my pet rabbit, Opal(or Oppie as we call him c: ). I'm having trouble with keeping his teeth short because he's so picky with what he eats, and I really don't want him to end up with malocclusion. I've tried a few things I found at the pet store: a salt block with wooden shapes on it, a chewy sort of block that looked like a carrot, and just a plain block of wood. He hasn't touched one of them. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? If you have any ideas, I would really love to hear them. Thank you!

<3 Madi

P.S. I'm new here, so if I posted this in the wrong place I'm sorry. :)
 
Several people have suggested toilet paper and paper towel tubes, also dry pine cones. My buns love these and chew them all the time, along with their hay. Some will chew applewood limbs too.
 
are you borrowing trouble where there is none?

If he's not prone to having a malocclusion then he won't get one based on diet. (generally speaking).

Rabbits wear their teeth against each other as they eat so a proper diet will take care of those needs.

Proper diet depends on your protocols for feeding.

a natural based diet with a variety of plant fibres in it.
A pellet based diet.
A mixed diet with pellets, hay etc.

All will work well for a rabbit and their dental needs.
 
One of my rabbits broke a tooth and when I took her to the specialist rabbit vet, (had to drive out of town to see her). Because the tooth was shorter the opposing tooth was growing longer in its place and it was looking like they where going slightly sideways. The vet told me to cut her pellets back to almost nothing and just feed hay-- the hay would wear the teeth down. So I did that and now her teeth all look straight again. So, I strongly suggest hay, and cut pellets way back.

Also, If you can find a willow tree (in a park by a lake or whatever) they love chewing the bark off the branches, especially smaller branches and twigs. Willow branches break off the tree easily so after a storm a lot of times there will be branches all over the ground. The willow leaves are good for them too.
 

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