Sabertooth Bunny

[TonyTebbe 1]

We took the dogs out for a little rabbit coursing this afternoon. They caught 5 rabbits and had 2 misses. The last race produced something the dogs weren't quite ready to handle....SABERTOOTH BUNNY!

 

 

 

The head is skinned and drying out for the night. Tomorrow it'll go in with the beetles. It appears that the top tooth loops back all the way to the skull. This is a skull worth keeping.

 

Thought I'd share...

 

Tony

[neil cooney 10,415]

You did that rabbit a favour. He'd have starved to death otherwise.

[Guest lurchers&terriers]

iv caught one the exact same before. its face was badly swolen up aswell. im trying to dig a pic out

[Guest lurchers&terriers]

this is one pic. still looking

[Sully 3]

Think its down the the upper and lower jaw being misalighned, usually the chewing action (teeth on teeth) keep the teeth to the correct length, Ive had a few of these and the preveous poster was 100% correct, Ive picked them up which were skeletal, so thin and amasiated, good job, did it a favour.

[jay_h 2]

one of my dogs first rabbits had something similar but on the bottom teeth, it would have starved to death if i didn't catch it first.

 

cheers, jay.

Edited June 18, 2009 by jay_h

[Cold Ethyl 63]

Its a common problem in inbred bunnies and domestic pets rare in the wild ones though.

[stealthy1 3,964]

Normally only seen in pets that have nothing to wear there teeth down on, some are born like that, but they were feeding up until your dogs picked them up, so not affected by the ailment.

[Coneytrappr 29]

I've had one like that, not nearly as bad though.

Poor fecker, better off dead

[lurcher lass 9]

i've seen this before with dopey pet owners, i was asked a while ago to clip its teeth, which i did but not without the hints of bunny stew, seriously though it was good your dog caught it, may have been surviving but it must of hurt or been unconfertable at the very least, happy hunting everyone x x x

[dirtwinger 235]

hey Tony, look forward to meeting next week. I caught a few rabbits like that over the years in the UK, first iv'e seen in the US though. It's pretty rare to see I caught thousands of rabbits with ferrets hawks and lurchers and only saw 3or 4 in all that time.

 

atb Dirtwinger

[TonyTebbe 1]

The beetles are almost done with the skull. The top tooth penetrates the skull on the inside. I'll bring it with me, next week and show you. I've only seen this in photos, this is the first time live for me. Pretty weird.

 

Thanks...Tony

[Cold Ethyl 63]

You done it a favour its must have been painful and very uncomfortable im surprised how good it looks considering it wouldnt be eating properly

[TonyTebbe 1]

Heres some updated pictures. The beetles are just about done with the skull. The top tooth pierces the skull. What a slow painful death that would be!

 

 

 

Tony