Discoloured chipped tooth
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
Actually, the photos you sent me were much, much larger. I think the board software has some type of ability to resize large pictures but not the ones I crop and resize.
Now that you describe the second one as the top teeth (I imagine this is from above), I can better understand what I am seeing. It looks like a lot is going on with the tooth that is having all these problems.
Does your guinea pig have trouble closing the mouth fully?
I''m going to reorder the pictures I posted so the biggest one is near the slider.
Now that you describe the second one as the top teeth (I imagine this is from above), I can better understand what I am seeing. It looks like a lot is going on with the tooth that is having all these problems.
Does your guinea pig have trouble closing the mouth fully?
I''m going to reorder the pictures I posted so the biggest one is near the slider.
It didn’t look like he couldn’t close his mouth, and now his top teeth are gone (the healthy one I can see starting to grow again). He’s interested in eating but cannot pick anything up so I’m hand feeding him as much as I can. He’s thin and spends all day hiding but I think he’s tired of me and everything I’m doing to him
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
I think I posted this before but it is still worth a read. Has tips for feeding a guinea pig with broken teeth:
www.guinealynx.info/teeth_broken.html
www.guinealynx.info/teeth_broken.html
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- And got the T-shirt
A pig that's eating nothing else needs 100+ cc of Critical Care for every kilogram it weighs, every day. Adjust up or down according to the weight of the pig, down if the pig is eating a significant amount on its own. Feed 6-8 times a day around the clock, and syringe plenty of water or pedialyte along with it and in between the feedings.
I have been, went back to syringing critical care as it’s easiest. I also give him subcue fluids every few days and I’ve been spending spend ages chopping up tiny bits of food daily and feeding them to him. Takes him like 3 tries per little price of food so it takes ages but he’s trying.
I’m getting a bit worried as we are headed out of town on Dec 26 and I don’t know what I’m going to do with him while we are gone. I have people i trust to watch and feed them but no one who can deal with eating issues :(
I’m getting a bit worried as we are headed out of town on Dec 26 and I don’t know what I’m going to do with him while we are gone. I have people i trust to watch and feed them but no one who can deal with eating issues :(