Elsie's ugly teeth
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- My home, ruled by pigs!
I wasn't able to get a good pic.
Elsie's front right tooth appears to be growing crooked. It's beginning to lean to the left. That you can see in the pic.
Will she need to keep having her teeth trimmed? If the vet has a buccal pad separator can she trim them without sedating Elsie?
Elsie's front right tooth appears to be growing crooked. It's beginning to lean to the left. That you can see in the pic.
Will she need to keep having her teeth trimmed? If the vet has a buccal pad separator can she trim them without sedating Elsie?
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
Hey, maybe look into a set of buccal pad separators and files for yourself. A link to the order page is here:
www.guinealynx.info/teeth.html
Filing them down is safer than clipping and perhaps with some help you could even manage yourself. Because this seems to be an incisor problem, I'll bet you could manage. Eh?
www.guinealynx.info/teeth.html
Filing them down is safer than clipping and perhaps with some help you could even manage yourself. Because this seems to be an incisor problem, I'll bet you could manage. Eh?
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- My home, ruled by pigs!
Lynx, I'd be afraid of cracking them!! O:(
I'm going to wait it out this time and see if she develops a problem eating. Does that sound reasonable? However, if she has to go back again I am wondering if the procedure can be done without anesthesia with use of the buccal pad separator. Guess it can if you're telling me I can do it myself!
Pinta, according to the vet, the tooth is growing crooked because the xtra teeth behind are pushing on it. Those xtra teeth are the same length as her front teeth. What the vet did was just trim them all down.
I'm going to wait it out this time and see if she develops a problem eating. Does that sound reasonable? However, if she has to go back again I am wondering if the procedure can be done without anesthesia with use of the buccal pad separator. Guess it can if you're telling me I can do it myself!
Pinta, according to the vet, the tooth is growing crooked because the xtra teeth behind are pushing on it. Those xtra teeth are the same length as her front teeth. What the vet did was just trim them all down.
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- My home, ruled by pigs!
Actually, the front teeth are more spread apart. That's why there's food collected there (the brown gunk). One tooth in the front is growing a bit crooked too. I'm sorry it's not clear in the pics.
Bottom line is that she has too many bottom teeth. I think at this point leaving well enough alone is the right thing to do. If she has problems eating then I'll have to bring her back to the vet. I'll ask for advice again if it comes to that point because I'm not sure putting her under and trimming all these teeth is the best that can be done for her.
But then again..how else does one deal with this problem??
Bottom line is that she has too many bottom teeth. I think at this point leaving well enough alone is the right thing to do. If she has problems eating then I'll have to bring her back to the vet. I'll ask for advice again if it comes to that point because I'm not sure putting her under and trimming all these teeth is the best that can be done for her.
But then again..how else does one deal with this problem??