Problem teeth - can´t bite with inscors

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Thibault

Post   » Sun Jun 16, 2002 8:37 am


I noticed tonight that a pig couldn´t take hold of a carrot in it´s mouth. Watched it try to bite it, but it couldn´t. Only made a minor incision on a piece of apple.
I took it out and hand fed it bite-size chunks of tonight´s dinner, and it was okay with that - could chew. I look at his upper inscors - they were wobbly! I don´t know what to do.I´m gonna take him to the vet, of course, but, is there anything I could do?

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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Sun Jun 16, 2002 11:07 am


My guess is they will just fall out. Read the broken tooth info on Guinea Lynx. If they come out, just make sure your pig can get food and water, provide a good diet, enough vitamin C etc.

I think it´s always disconcerting to find loose/missing teeth. If it happened to us as frequently as it did to guinea pigs, we´d all go crazy (and look a little funny).
Last edited by Lynx on Sun Jun 16, 2002 11:10 am, edited 1 time in total.

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