RABBIT TEETH
Rabbits have incisors at the front, the well-known bugs bunny look and molars at the back to graze on hay and grass with. It is sadly very common for rabbits to have tooth problems because of genetics and people breeding rabbits with round faces so there's not enough room for the teeth to grow and align and also breeding from rabbits with badly aligned teeth, which mean they don't meet up and file themselves down.
Incisor problems are much more stressful as they need clipping every few weeks or removing.
Molars develop spikes, but these can be easily rasped without shattering the jaw and with encouragement to graze on hay can often correct themselves.
Every rabbit should have its teeth checked maybe every 6 months just like us and has the potential to need them rasping so every rabbit owner should see it as part of normal expense and care. Some rabbits may need a one off dental and this could happen at any age but if young rabbits need dentals, they tend to continue to need them once or twice a year, but with the new found timothy hay, this problem is being prevented and slowed down.
