QuestionI was looking at my rabbit Pepper today and i noticed that her top teeth are very very short and i think that is a malocclusion. Will her teeth grow a bit so that i can show her in fair next year?
AnswerDear Megan,
If her top teeth are broken, it's not necessarily due to a malocclusion. She may have hit herself or caught them somehow, then then yanked them off. They will grow out, if she doesn't have a malocclusion that's keeping them unusually short, but you'll have to wait a couple of weeks to see if that is the case. Otherwise, you might wish to have her seen by a rabbit-savvy vet to see what might be seen:
www.rabbit.org/vets
I'd advise against showing her, though. This is very stressful for a rabbit, and a great way to introduce her to dangerous pathogens brought from far away, such as VHD. This has happened in the past, and I would never subject my rabbit to an atmosphere like this, which is not conducive to her psychological or physical wellbeing.
Hope this helps.
Dana