Frost's New Hobby: Barbering
We had a freak water bottle accident. The part with the sippy straw broke free of the bottle while Milo was drinking and the bottle fell. He broke his teeth.
What do we do?
What do we do?
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- 4 the Good of all Pigs
I want to say just leave them and hand feed veggies/weigh daily/make sure he's eating on his own. The should self correct. I know others will chime in and let me know if I'm wrong, but if I recall correctly, you don't want to trim or he won't be able to pick anything up.
Poor buddy.
Poor buddy.
Frankie ran into the wall last week doing zooms, and both his teeth broke below the gum line. One fell out in the waiting room of the vet, and the other was hanging by a thread, so she pulled it out. It's been a week, but they are already starting to grow back. I just put some critical care in the cage, and julienned his veggies. He was able to eat pellets and hay by gumming them back to his molars like Ed.
Weigh him and make sure he is eating, drinking, and pooping. They will grow back and wear like they should. Just keep an eye on him.
He still has four teeth, they're just all different lengths. I'm so frustrated. We just had a good checkup at the vet. I can't even take them to the vet right now because I have a broken car window (the mechanics inside the drivers side door broke in the open position) and the vet is 45 minutes away by highway.
So is lettuce safe if it is cut into strips?
We have no immediate access to critical care right now. One bottom and one top incisor seem to be mostly okay.
Is hay safe?
So is lettuce safe if it is cut into strips?
We have no immediate access to critical care right now. One bottom and one top incisor seem to be mostly okay.
Is hay safe?
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Hay is safe. Gently introduce it in the gap on the side between his incisors and his molars. Once back to the molars he should be able to grind it.
Don't force or push. Try using "medium" pieces ... that is, not the softest (he may not understand what you're doing) and not the stalkiest (too easy to injure the inside of his mouth). Somewhere in-between.
Don't force or push. Try using "medium" pieces ... that is, not the softest (he may not understand what you're doing) and not the stalkiest (too easy to injure the inside of his mouth). Somewhere in-between.
We have Kleenmama's bluegrass. When I went to check on them, he was happily eating one strand after another, so he's managing the hay okay. I cut the lettuce into short, thin strips (about 2 inches long and the width of a pencil) and had no handled without any trouble (he still has two incisors that touch).
I feel awful about this. I can't believe the water bottle just...broke. Holy cow.
I feel awful about this. I can't believe the water bottle just...broke. Holy cow.
Diana emailed me over lunch with the blood test results for Milo.
We're going to take a fecal pellet in for testing Saturday to look for parasites and to see whether the mineral deficiencies/excesses show up there too.
* White blood cells high
* Rbc low
* Phosphorus low
* Glucose high
* Calcium high
* Potassium low
* Cholesterol low
We're going to take a fecal pellet in for testing Saturday to look for parasites and to see whether the mineral deficiencies/excesses show up there too.
* White blood cells high
* Rbc low
* Phosphorus low
* Glucose high
* Calcium high
* Potassium low
* Cholesterol low