Question: Can a pet rabbit with malocclusion due to injury (my diagnosis) be maintained as long as it can eat? Can something be done about those teeth, like clipping?
Details: This community's expertise has made me into a local rabbit "expert." People come to me with their rabbit problems. You know I'm a meat rabbit guy, so my solution to a maloccluded rabbit is freezer camp, but this is different. It's a friend of my daughter; she's 10 years old. Her family has gone through a slew of losses this year including some pets, and a grandparent, but most of all a foster sister who has been with them for years and is now going home. For this little girl, the appearance of tusks from her bunny, a Cali given as a pet to replace a dutch that died suddenly, is the universe kind of piling on in 2017.
These people are farmers with livestock and they understand life and death, but this little girl could use some time to process things and move on a bit. The rabbit is able to eat, but obviously something needs to be done about those teeth. I will go over there Saturday afternoon to take a look. Please advise.
Details: This community's expertise has made me into a local rabbit "expert." People come to me with their rabbit problems. You know I'm a meat rabbit guy, so my solution to a maloccluded rabbit is freezer camp, but this is different. It's a friend of my daughter; she's 10 years old. Her family has gone through a slew of losses this year including some pets, and a grandparent, but most of all a foster sister who has been with them for years and is now going home. For this little girl, the appearance of tusks from her bunny, a Cali given as a pet to replace a dutch that died suddenly, is the universe kind of piling on in 2017.
These people are farmers with livestock and they understand life and death, but this little girl could use some time to process things and move on a bit. The rabbit is able to eat, but obviously something needs to be done about those teeth. I will go over there Saturday afternoon to take a look. Please advise.