teeth crazyness @.@

[angora_yuki]

okay so my boy smokey has teeth that dont line up and he has had them recently filed down well somehow hes broke his right insicor it is starting to grown back i think. i can see new growth coming threw his gums well now is other side is starting to curl slightly again. he has timothy hay and a log made of timothy and alapha (sp? XD) hay but he doesnt seem to want to chew on it to much and he does normally but only sometimes. is anything i can add to his kibble that will take down his teeth a little. he doesnt eat much and doesnt chew on anything. so advice is much welcome. oh and hes a littler jersey wooly :inlove:

 

[Nancy McClelland]

We've had a couple of our rescues with mis-aligned teeth and had to make a schedule to go to the vet for filing on a regular basis. Just how it worked out for us.

 

[JBun]

You can try things like apple branches, where a rabbit has to use it's incisors to strip the bark off to eat it. This may help wear them down a little and prolong the time needed til the next trim, but it's very unlikely to eliminate the need for the vet to trim the teeth completely. And the teeth will need to be good enough to be able to even strip the bark. If they are already bad, your rabbit won't be able to do it.

If the incisors are always going to be bad and regular trimming is proving difficult, another option is incisor removal.

 

[Imbrium]

How much pellets are you giving him? If he's getting too many pellets, that could be why he doesn't eat much hay (and pellets do very little to wear down teeth). Also, it could be that he doesn't like timothy - two of my rabbits don't, either.

ANY horse-quality grass hay - and there are a LOT of types to choose from - is suitable for adult rabbits (legume hays like alfalfa and clover should only be given to juveniles and breeding does), though with "cereal" type hays like oat, wheat, rye, etc. you'd need to pull out the seed heads (oats or w/e) before feeding it as the extra carbs/calories they provide are unhealthy for rabbits. Also, even hay of the same type can vary greatly depending on what cut it is (as in which cutting of the season - first, second or (sometimes) third).

 

[angora_yuki]

he gets about a handful of pellets but it takes him like two days to finish it. and ill try other hay he just had them done the second of jan and they were filed down enough to strip bark but he just doesnt care for the branches i have a apple tree that we use the limbs of and no dont use and thing on the tree so its safe for them to have.