I love that you asked... he is feeling better already he isn't eating yet, but is interested in his syringe feeding and he is not longer hypothermic si I'm thrilled.
In regards to rabbit teeth problems... rabbits teeth constantlyt grow throughout their life. so if they're not lined up properly (in other words they need braces :) they grow too much and cut their tongues, gums etc. They can also grow the other way, the roots grow down into the bone or up into the eye socket. This usually only occurs when they already have problems with them overgrowing the up way. their teeth overgrowing can cause hypomotility (they stop eating and because they have such sensitive digestive systems their intestines shut down)abcesses, infection etc. My guy has the works. He has had teeth extracted in the past because they caused an abcess and then rotted, others because they grew up behind his eye, and he needs his other teeth trimmed every 3-6 weeks. This time was particualrly bad because in a matter of 2 weeks since his last trim his teeth grew again and were starting to abcess his cheek. The vet actually cut below his gum to trim them as close t! o the root as possible. Be cause of his age now (4) and all his past problems he does not recover well from anesthesia. He actually had such a chromnic infection that he just came off injectable (pen-G) that he was on every other day for an entire year. Everytime we took him off the infection that was seated in his sinuses, and skull soft tissue would come back. Thank god it finally went away but it I'm told it could come back. Thank god he's more like a ragdoll cat than a rabbit. We see alot of rabbits who only need the occasional tooth trim, he is an extreme case which most vets don't get to see because most owners elect to euthanize. I'll keep you all updated on his progress this weekend, he's pulled through so much I think he;ll do great and hopefully will not need surgery for a while. Ps his name is martin:)
