8 week old chinchilla kit with malocclusion

[Maureen Las]

TreasuredFriend wrote:

angieluv, I adore the photos of Star, Bernie and Colette. I think everyone agrees with TinysMom and tonyshuman, they are kids you could pick up and snorgle into your face, against your chest. Too adorable for words! Bernie with those huge long ears. Just makes one sigh.

Yah, if our sanctuary and rescue wasn't at capacity limit, and with more prospective adoptions occuring to devoted homes, I'd want to drive up to see the Bernie-babe.

tonyshuman, hope your degree, four-bedroom house, and permanent job comes quicker than half a decade.

Ear scritches galore to Bernie and Colette,

I totally understand your situation at home TF and I know that you would help with this if you were at all able to but , yes, even bunny angels ( like you)have only a certain amount of space, time, emotional energy and money and there are a lot of buns out there who may be more adoptable than a bun like Bernie plus you have your own and the ones waiting

I also understand whyother rescues cannot take him although I don't know why a place cannot give me a "No, I'm sorry " response rather than no response. at all , which is just rude, and doesn't refelect well on an organization.
I see him gaining weight and lots of personality and I am hoping that the molars will not be the problem that they could be and we just have the incisors as the problem.

Jackie (Star's owner) took a video of them on Sunday and is going to put it on FB.
I was trying to figure out how to get a video on here but was not successful

The video is triple cuteness overload

 

[Maureen Las]

tonyshuman wrote:

Such cuties. I could take them in about 5-7 years, when I have a real job, a house of my own, and maybe even a DVM degree. Of course that isn't soon enough.

I didn't know you were considering vet school. Claire.
That would be awesome, particuarly if you speicailized in rabbit Medicine

 

[Maureen Las]

dixonsrabbitry1 wrote:

Wow I am sorry about the boy bunny. Sometimes some standard chins will throw rabbits that don't develop out like they should. I used to get them once and awhile. They just stay really little. clipping the teeth is probably the best thing. he may or may not pick up on his weight. The breed can also throw malcluded toothed bunnies, and budders. Sometimes they grow out of them. Sometimes clipping them down close to the gum will help correct it. (In case breeders read this, bunnies that do that should be petted out, and never bred with).

I still think its pretty crappy that the lady tried to pass them off onto people in that condition at a show. Most of us wouldn't think of doing that. I am glad they found their way to you, and they found someone that will love and take care of them. And hopefully they will get out of rabbits completely. People like that shouldn't be raising them. Good luck, and I hope you find them some nice pet homes.

Bernie is small and seems to have a shorter body than the other 2 but he is still darling.

The woman breeder was probably not very knowledgeable . You are right that she shouldn't be breeding although she had some gorgeous dutch rabbits .

I think that she told us that they would be snake food because she wanted us to take them ; it was irresponsible butI don't really think that she had devious intent.

They were lucky that the 2 of us took them that is for sure.


I don't know what a budder is? :?

 

[dixonsrabbitry1]

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Bernie is small and seems to have a shorter body than the other 2 but he is still darling.

The woman breeder was probably not very knowledgeable . You are right that she shouldn't be breeding although she had some gorgeous dutch rabbits .

I think that she told us that they would be snake food because she wanted us to take them ; it was irresponsible butI don't really think that she had devious intent.

They were lucky that the 2 of us took them that is for sure.


I don't know what a budder is? :?

I know I asked before, if you ever find out her name, ppm me. If she raises dutch, I can warn some of the dutch breeders around here not to buy from her. Then again they probably already know about her! LOL. Best thing to do about someone like that is to spread the word...

Budding is where both the top and bottom teeth meet. Normally the rabbit will grow out of it. Some will grow into malclusion.

 

[fuzz16]

this is so sad that she breeds these rabbits, uncaring of the effects, i hope someone steps forward and can help

 

[TreasuredFriend]

How's Bernie doing? Bernie and his sis'?

 

[Maureen Las]

I have not had Bernie back to the vet to have his teeth checked, however, I have been carefully clipping his upper inscisors about every two weeks. The inscisor problem doesn't appear to be correcting on its own.
Bernie is eating everything very well, growing, and a very sweet and happy little boy.
Colette is really getting big ; I am wondering if I should cut back on her food although she is not even 4 months old yet.
They are both absolutely wonderful sweet gentlebunnies.

Thanks for asking about them
I am hoping so much that the vet was not totally right about the molar problems. She did say that he wouldn't beable to eat and that was not correct; he eats just fine
I really hope that he continues to do as well as he is doing now.

 

[pamnock]

angieluv wrote:

I don't know what a budder is? :?

"Butting teeth" - two surfaces placed or hitting squarely together forming a joint. (example: Butt joint - as in carpentry)

 

[Maureen Las]

Thanks Pam,

 

[Nancy McClelland]

glad to hear they are well.

 

[Maureen Las]

I have known this for 1 week but I did not post it because it was too good to be true.
I am not a religious person; I am scientifically mindedalthough I was raised in a very Roman Catholic environment...

I usually do not pray ; I am an agnostic

however....
I did pray to whatever is out there to please help Bernie andI really deeply prayed for it because I felt so bad about it.

and
Bernie's incisors have corrected themselves after my trimming them 3 times in the last several months. :woohoo

I opened his mouth a week ago to check his teeth and the front incisors are now over the bottom like a normal rabbit; he had a rapid growth spurt recently and I think it occured during that time.

I can honestly say it made me the happiestI can remember being in a very long time
I don't know about his molars but I will deal with that whenI come to it; he is still eating well and is a very playful, energetic and happy boy and has actually become way more outgoing than his sister Colette.

 

[myheart]

I am so happy for you and Bernie!!! :biggrin2:

I thought he and his sister were stunning the moment I saw them. He sounds like a little Romeo with his grooming the girls.Too bad you are so far away, otherwise we could have arranged dates by now, knowing what a sweet personality he has. But then again, how could anyone break up such a beautiful pair-bond?

Best of luck with their adoption.

myheart

 

[Maureen Las]

HiJanet
I am so very sorry re. your 2 girls losing Patrick. and being lost without him


Bernie and Colette are less than 4 months old and are living separated but next to each other. They are not neutered and spayed yet but they still seem bonded even if they are not living together ( as much as one can judge 4 month old behavior) . At this pointI do not know what Bernie or Colette's behavior will be in the future because they are really too young to know. I do know that chinchilla rabbits are known to be mellow and gentle
I planned on keeping them and bonding them ( if Bernie's molars do not get too bad ) because no onewanted to take them , however, I am a person who would get a rabbit neutered/spayed myself and then adopt them to an excellent home.

I have a feeling that by the time that Bernie and Collete are neutered and spayed ( I was thinking at about age 6 months for both of them because Bernie is developing slower than Colette ) that you will have already have found another companion for the girls....
but If Bernie and Colette continue to exhibit such genteness toward each other and other rabbits would you consider a pair.?
I would have to think long and hard beforeI would separate them now , however, you may be better equipped to take care of problems with Bernie if they would arise in the future so I am keepingan open mind on this.


I did not even think about the distance at this point
I am still posting in the rescue section but have really given up on rescue at this point

Maureen

 

[myheart]

Sorry Maureen, I don't think I could take another pair. At the end of everything, either I will end up with two pair-bonds, or one pair and another trio. I think that is about all my house will holdalong witha foster-bun, four piggies, and the cats. I wish I could take on more, but there might not be any room left over for me...

 

[Maureen Las]

myheart wrote:

Sorry Maureen, I don't think I could take another pair. At the end of everything, either I will end up with two pair-bonds, or one pair and another trio. I think that is about all my house will holdalong witha foster-bun, four piggies, and the cats. I wish I could take on more, but there might not be any room left over for me...

LOL Janet I totally understand ; there is no room for me here now ; I also have 2 new little guinea piggies since June

 

[TreasuredFriend]

:hugsquish:For all you do, angieluv!

:hearts

Especially when others would have given up, and put down.

 

[Violet23]

I wish i could take them, they are so adorable! but like others im too far away and my zoo crew is already at my maximum capacity, being i still live with my family for now. oh if only!