Piggywiggywoo
Junior Guinea Pig
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Hi, my 5 1/2 year old intact boar is having some weird tooth problems. Vet says that the molars look okay and the brown at the base of his bottom incisor is fur. Ozzy confirmed this himself as he has cleaned off his teeth and has lovely pink gums.
The real problem is that his bottom left incisor snapped, then his right was trimmed down by vet. This then grew back twisted and snapped. It grew back twisted with a black line, or furrow, in the front of this tooth. It snapped. It's grown back stronger and is now white. But with each break there was a bulb of yellow white tooth attached like a balcony to this incisor. Underneath was the hollow furrow which stopped before the gum and root line.
All this has been since August 2018 when Ozzy's arch nemesis, but room buddy, died. Today, I've seen that the right incisor is still twisted a little and doesn't sit flush against the left. Surprisingly, a third incisor is now growing from below the gum line and arching up separate to the right incisor. It looks thin and sharp but otherwise healthy. Am supplementing the diet with liquid feed and Ozzy is maintaining weight at 1354g. He is cleared of impaction every day and will not take calcium tablets or B complex liquid without it turning into WWE Smackdown. He is gnawing and eating. I suspect he deliberately tried to snap the bad tooth off as he gnaws on wood, pulls on clothing like a dog pulling against you with a rope toy. He munches through fresh hay no problem and is eating pellets. He hasn't injured himself as far as I recall. He can nip no problem. Vet wants to put him under, but he was not good last time with the sedative and the vet is wary of dental work as she is not a specialist.
The first three photos are screenshots of the video I (tried) to take of his teeth today. The last two are from a few weeks ago when the incisor was freshly snapped. The brown gum is his hair. The brown mouth is Recovery liquid feed. Would appreciate any advice z- fyi, he goes to the vets for check ups. She's not cavy savvy though so want to have as much info for her as possible. TIA.
The real problem is that his bottom left incisor snapped, then his right was trimmed down by vet. This then grew back twisted and snapped. It grew back twisted with a black line, or furrow, in the front of this tooth. It snapped. It's grown back stronger and is now white. But with each break there was a bulb of yellow white tooth attached like a balcony to this incisor. Underneath was the hollow furrow which stopped before the gum and root line.
All this has been since August 2018 when Ozzy's arch nemesis, but room buddy, died. Today, I've seen that the right incisor is still twisted a little and doesn't sit flush against the left. Surprisingly, a third incisor is now growing from below the gum line and arching up separate to the right incisor. It looks thin and sharp but otherwise healthy. Am supplementing the diet with liquid feed and Ozzy is maintaining weight at 1354g. He is cleared of impaction every day and will not take calcium tablets or B complex liquid without it turning into WWE Smackdown. He is gnawing and eating. I suspect he deliberately tried to snap the bad tooth off as he gnaws on wood, pulls on clothing like a dog pulling against you with a rope toy. He munches through fresh hay no problem and is eating pellets. He hasn't injured himself as far as I recall. He can nip no problem. Vet wants to put him under, but he was not good last time with the sedative and the vet is wary of dental work as she is not a specialist.
The first three photos are screenshots of the video I (tried) to take of his teeth today. The last two are from a few weeks ago when the incisor was freshly snapped. The brown gum is his hair. The brown mouth is Recovery liquid feed. Would appreciate any advice z- fyi, he goes to the vets for check ups. She's not cavy savvy though so want to have as much info for her as possible. TIA.
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(PS, he slimmed in part due to a restriction on veggies in the evening to encourage more hay munching and he lost about 100g due to the initial teeth breaking and Spike dying).
