Rabbits Teeth

Re: Rabbits Teeth

Nicola Jamieson — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:11:28 GMT

Thank you all for your replies!

The vet was thinking of a hand held burr of some type? Not sure if you get them or not! We have a dental machine at the moment but it can be quite tempramental and it is also taking up a bit of space so thought it might be worth investing in new equipment if possible.

Re: Rabbits Teeth

Maisy — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:36:27 GMT

Wrapping bunnies in a towel - may be obvious, but I've seen a number of nurses struggle holding on to a big rabbit while its having teeth burring and bun is kicking everyone! Towel wrapping and burring reduces stress all round

Re: Rabbits Teeth

Mac Feather — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:52:26 GMT

[quote user="Gillian Mostyn"]dental bur [/quote]

The bunnies seem to tolerate the burr well-far better than the dark days of nail clippers. Makes me wince thinking of that!

Re: Rabbits Teeth

Cat Woman — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:21:11 GMT

We use a diamond cutting disc on our dental polisher/burr handle. Works really well. We use either a wooden tongue depressor or a syringe for the rabbit to bite down on - this keeps the tongue & other soft tissue out of harms way.

You can get some nice rabbit dental kits from vet instrumentation.

Re: Rabbits Teeth

Gillian Mostyn — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:52:16 GMT

You should be cutting them with a cutting disc of some kind so the cut is as quick and non-traumatic as possible. We use our dental bur but if you need something hand held then I can only think of a dremel with a cutting attachment/disc - but care would be needed.....