Dear Kristi: Wow! Never realized that rabbits' teeth could be so problematic. I always thought tooth problems with pet rabbits stemmed from their not having enough to chew on to keep their teeth worn down. I recently acquired a dwarf bunny found running down the middle of a road...will certainly have to check out his teeth.
The only experience I've had taking a bunny to the vet did not have a happy ending. Something had gotten under the cage and evidently bitten the bunny and the small wound had gone unnoticed and become infected. When I realized the problem and took her to the vet, in their attempting to anesthetize her to treat her, she became so stressed she went into cardiac arrest. I lost another bunny to "stress" when a friend's dog managed to squeeze through a closed screen door and in "playing" with the bunny grapsed her across the back of the neck holding her in place. I rushed in to rescue her, and she was not physically injured, but she just went limp in my arms and I was not able to resussitate her. Rabbits, it seems, sometimes literally die of fright. Here's hoping Martin fares well with the dental surgery, though it sounds like he is quite accustomed to being handled and won't die of fright like my two little bunny girls did. Sally in San Jose
