Tuesday, August 24, 2010

What can i give my rabbit to make her breath better?

my rabbit's breath is really bad. ive never seen her eat it but her breath kinda smells like her poop. she eats apples dandelion carrots and romaine lettuce. what can i give her to make her breath smell better cause she licks me and it smells bad but i like her kissesWhat can i give my rabbit to make her breath better?
Rabbits produce 2 types of ';poo';, the bunny berries that we're used to seeing, as well as what are called ';night droppings'; or cecotopes.


The cecotropes contain fiber that needs to be reprocessed, as well as certain vitamins that the rabbit manufactures in it's cecum. Rabbits that are prevented from consuming their cecotropes will die within a very short time. Cecotropes are odorless.





Bad breath indicates tooth problems, most likely an abcessed or rotten tooth that needs vet attention.








BTW, romaine lettuce is just fine for rabbits, but don't ever feed iceberg lettuce -- the rule is dark green, never light green.What can i give my rabbit to make her breath better?
Rabbits should never eat lettuce. This is unlikely to be causing the problem. If a rabbit isn't eating it's own poo there is a serious problem as they will not be receiving essentials from their food first time round. So don't try to stop her. I'm afraid you'll just have to put up with it!
How I understand it is rabbits DO eat their poo. The first poo of the morning, they eat because its not fully digested - kinda like a cow chewing cud.





Might want to rethink letting her kiss you.

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