r1565503 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 hey all just signed up today. have been reading through the site for a couple of weeks now and i would like to say how much i have learned from it. its great to see so many like minded people sharing what they like to do best. hunting. thought id try to post my first pic. its of a rabbit with a huge tooth which i shot last month. dont know what causes this but ive never seen it before. rabbit was in pretty poor condition as well obviously not able to eat very well. hopefully will get some more recent photos shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackthorn Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 the dreaded were rabbit, shot the od one myself, not a lot to eat when they don't eat :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-peter Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 hey all just signed up today. have been reading through the site for a couple of weeks now and i would like to say how much i have learned from it. its great to see so many like minded people sharing what they like to do best. hunting. thought id try to post my first pic. its of a rabbit with a huge tooth which i shot last month. dont know what causes this but ive never seen it before. rabbit was in pretty poor condition as well obviously not able to eat very well. hopefully will get some more recent photos shortly. You don't happen to have a nuclear power station near to do you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlin1 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Hi Not sure what's going on there.... But would have run away rather than shoot it then have to pick it up :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Because rabbits are constantly nibbling, their teeth need to grow at quite a rate, otherwise they'd have no teeth! It will just be a tooth that is not in the right place so it never gets worn down. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilbe2 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Rabbit? it looks like a monkey with a nosebleed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty gunz Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Yuk thats rough, poor ******. I shot one afew weeks back that had one of its back legs on back to front I should start taking my camera with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter_zero Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Because rabbits are constantly nibbling, their teeth need to grow at quite a rate, otherwise they'd have no teeth! It will just be a tooth that is not in the right place so it never gets worn down. Ben It's the other way around buddy. Rodent incisors (all rodents, mice, rats, squirrels, rabbits etc etc) continually grow. This is why rodents have to continually gnaw at stuff. Rats for example, their teeth are almost as hard as mild steel! What has happened here is that the rabbit has an 'over shot' jaw, either due to an injury or natural disfigurement, the lower incisor hasn't been worn down and continued to grow. I would suspect that it is due to injury because of the rabbits age. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dog Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Eeeeeeuw thats mingin!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 The proper name for the condition is malocclusion, as has been said all gnawing animals must do so in order to keep their teeth down to size. Rabbits have to eat every few hours or they will likely die, so this one was managing to get some food down. Malocclusion is a posh way of saying its "bite" didn't line up properly. Various reasons for it and most have been mentioned - this is a very extreme case though. Oh, and rabbits are not rodents they are lagomorphs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1565503 Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 ill have to ask my shooting buddy tonight if he fancies going out to shoot some lagomorphs see what he says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 It can get as bad as this..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 See how the tooth curls and grows inward? That's usually how they end up dying, the tooth catches in the mouth and usually causes an abscess which gets infected. Rabbits don't tolerate pain very well and usually stop eating when in any, as soon as they stop eating the GI tract goes into stasis and they die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikkamark Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 pin you seem to know your stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Because rabbits are constantly nibbling, their teeth need to grow at quite a rate, otherwise they'd have no teeth! It will just be a tooth that is not in the right place so it never gets worn down. Ben It's the other way around buddy. Rodent incisors (all rodents, mice, rats, squirrels, rabbits etc etc) continually grow. This is why rodents have to continually gnaw at stuff. Rats for example, their teeth are almost as hard as mild steel! What has happened here is that the rabbit has an 'over shot' jaw, either due to an injury or natural disfigurement, the lower incisor hasn't been worn down and continued to grow. I would suspect that it is due to injury because of the rabbits age. John Yeah, Kinda what i meant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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