Is it normal for my rabbit's teeth to break off?

Last week I noticed my rabbit' teeth were really long. They overlapped by a lot and were kinda crooked. I didn't know if that was okay since I've never really seen what a rabbit's teeth are supposed to look like. My mom told me not to think anything of it because he was still eating the same and didn't seem in any pain of uncomfortableness. Today I was cleaning his cage and found what looked almost like a plastic fang from my clip so took it out thinking he would accidently swallow it. But when I touched it I realized that it was his tooth. I checked his mouth and sure enough the teeth were much shorter. I'm kinda of freaked out! I don't know if its normal like the way humans loose and grow back teeth when their young. I keep trying to look at his mouth but he won't let me. I even see one behind the tooth that looks like a little sliver. I've heard that rabbits need to chew on wood and things like that to keep their teeth short, whick i've given him but he never seems to get it.

Is it normal for my rabbit's teeth to break off?
It is not normal for the rabbit's teeth to 'break off', exactly, but he needs to have chew sticks and wood toys to chew on, in order to keep them short. Rabbits' teeth grow constantly, and if they don't have some way to file them down, like the wood toys, they will grow too long. Part of the problem may be that the rabbit's teeth were already too long when you gave him the wood, so that he couldn't chew on it. You may need to take him to the vet to get his teeth filed down. Another option is to try different types of chew toys, to see what he will chew on. He may simply not like the wood you gave him before. You can get simple chew sticks and wood toys at most pet stores.
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Reply:Your rabbit probably has dental disease called Malocclusion in which his teeth grow crooked, and therefore he can't wear his teeth down properly like every rabbit has to. Their teeth grow about ½ to ¾ inch per month, and all that chewing you hear all night keeps their teeth to a healthly length.



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