Baby Blue Bee Bunnies would like to nominate the Sporty Babies. This little litter of sporty gorgeous boys and girls arrived at the rescue and we had high hopes that they would be happy healthy bunnies.
The big blow we received came from our exotic vet teams evaluations of the Sporty Babies and the diagnosis of all of them having genetic dental malaclusion.
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Talk about a knock to the floor! As they have been growing and developing, so have their teeth. Malaclusion is where the jaw doesn't line up properly and typically affect the incisors not wearing down. This is a genetic condition caused by two recessive genes being passed down. This is usually identified at around 12-16 weeks old. The Sporties are 12 weeks old and very developed for their age.
This is another reason it is so important not to sell/adopt babies out at 8 weeks old. At 8 weeks, their teeth looked fine as they were tiny and there were no visible signs yet of malaclusion.
The babies are now being booked for surgery to neuter them and have their incisors removed. We are going to document this process on our members page as an educational resource as well as a series about caring for "gummy buns" as we will have lots of gummies to find homes for!
This surgery is going to set us back thousands of pounds, we are absolutely dreading the vet bills for the extractions plus neuters for the 6 of them.
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