Rex rabbit - teeth problems

Question
My rabbit was seen by a vet on the 27th of June. She told me he was suffering from the results of "maloccluded teeth". She did not recommend anything other than the following:
*give him applesauce or a couple pieces of shaved apple *buy some glyoxide from drug store and squirt his mouth a couple times a day for about five days. *moisten his food (he won't eat it that way), so I grind it up a little. *change his hay. *go back to his regular food after 5 days. He has been having some eye discharge, so I think the roots of the teeth have already started to go into his jaw bone. I want to stop the problem as soon as possable; not postpone prompt treatment that may be even more expensive.  

Answer
There's a lot of good information on rabbit teeth at http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/rabrefs.html#teeth  

Did the vet trim the teeth?  Did he say if it was the front teeth or the molars?  You can trim the front teeth but the back ones require a float which generally requires anesthesia.  

The roots are like ours, they grow in the jaw, it's what is above the gumline that's an issue.

The sooner you can find a rabbit-knowledgeable vet and get the correct treatment for the problem the better.  They can also take an x-ray to see if anything is growing into the jaw or not.

Kim