Hay & Dental Health

The Importance of Hay in Maintaining Good Dental Health As with most animals (and humans), teeth are used to break down food at the very beginning of the digestive cycle. For a rabbit, teeth play an even more important roll: teeth are the gateway to good digestive health – provided the rabbit has access to

January 29, 2016

Rabbit Teeth: How They Work

By Robin Rysavy, DMA in consultation with Brock Exline, DVM DENTAL ANATOMY Before one can understand how a rabbit uses his teeth, one must first understand some basics of the dental anatomy of a rabbit. An adult rabbit has 28 teeth. There are six incisors: two pairs of incisors on the “top” or maxilla (the

January 15, 2016