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yvette langford

yvette langford

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So long story short, my guinea pig has had three dental ops in the past two months. The first op was a disaster, the vet left all his molars at different heights and full of burrs. He obviously couldn’t eat anything other than critical care. The next vet evened his molars and smoothed the burrs, but then also trimmed his bottom incisors way too short, once again he couldn’t eat as he couldn’t pick anything up. Of course because he couldn’t eat his teeth had over grown again, most notably his top incisors. He had his third op yesterday. Molars filed down smoothly and incisors too. He’s still too sore to eat anything hard, I’ve offered anything and everything. Grated, puréed you name it I’ve tried it.?
We’ve been battling teeth issues for over a month now, so it’s been that long he hasn’t actually eaten hay or veg. With the exception of a couple days where he was able to eat a few strands of grass.


My question is, he is starving. How much is too much critical care? He’s already had 140ml since 5 this morning, but he could just keep eating and eating.
 
Let me start by saying that exotic vets aren’t trained in guinea pig dentistry! There are only two vets in the UK (and the whole world) who are absolute specialists in this field. This is Simon Maddock from the Cat and Rabbit care clinic in Northampton. The other is his wife, she isn’t as good but still amazing.
Simon does dentals conscious. This is very important as to anaesthetise guinea pigs a lot isn’t good. Also, after a dental the guinea pig needs to being eating as soon as. With a conscious dental this is possible.
I cannot stress enough how important it is for you to see Simon. I have two dental piggies and Simon has, quite literally, saved both their lives. Guinea pig teeth have to be exact or the pig won’t eat. Simon has been doing this years and he is amazing. We travelled via train from Barnsley to Northampton to see Simon 3 weeks ago as it was absolute necessary.
A guinea pig will be able to eat after a dental that is done correctly. If it hasn’t been done right, then they won’t. Dentals done by regular exotic vets go wrong almost every single time - or haven’t been done perfectly meaning piggy still can’t eat.
Anything that is dental related (or abscess related) needs to be seen by Simon. So many exotic vets have killed guinea pigs because of their lack of expertise.
I know I haven’t properly answered your question, however as I said before, I cannot stress how important it is to go and see Simon in Northampton. He will be saving the life of your guinea pig.
 
If you aren’t convinced, please ring the cat and rabbit care clinic and ask for Simon to call you back when he’s free and discuss it with him. I’ve done this twice (once for each pig before I took them to see him for treatment). He will be able to guide you correctly and tell you what needs to be done for the best.
 
He is very cheap as it’s conscious. It’s around £30-40. Anytime you need anything dental, Simon is the person to go to. He is so skilled, and since he does do it conscious, you’re barely paying anything
 
I run a sanctuary for guinea pigs with dental issues, and Simon Maddock is the reason that our sanctuary exists. He is amazing and works wonders with guinea pigs with dental problems. A lot of the guinea pigs who come to our sanctuary, have had numerous dentals, from other vets and have made no progress and have actually got worse and worse. Almost all are eating before they even leave the practice, after Simon has filed their teeth. He carries out the work, without anaesthetic, which means they are ready to start eating, the minute he's finished. I can't stress enough, how important it is to see Simon. I know it's a long way, but it will definitely be worth the trip.
 
Little Ones said:
He is very cheap as it’s conscious. It’s around £30-40. Anytime you need anything dental, Simon is the person to go to. He is so skilled, and since he does do it conscious, you’re barely paying anything
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Did you have to do any follow up appointments. I live in Somerset and don’t drive, so it’s quite difficult to get there.
 
yvette langford said:
Did you have to do any follow up appointments. I live in Somerset and don’t drive, so it’s quite difficult to get there.
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Depending on the severity of the problem, will determine the number of follow up appointments. Most need at least one follow up, but some do need further ones. I think it would definitely be worth getting Simon to take a look, so you know what you're up against. If he needed a few frequent appointments, I can offer boarding, through my pet care business. I currently have another forum members piggy staying with me.
 
You may need to take a few trips there depending on what Simon finds when he looks at the teeth, it may be a case of a few follow up appointments every few weeks after the initial one in order to control the problem as the teeth grow. It could be a case that he will be a pig who needs regular teeth maintenance every month. For my pig Peanut, he only saw Simon around 3 times before his dental problem was completely resolved. It entirely depends on the pig and what Simon finds in there. If your vet has really messed up the teeth, it could take more trips. As I said, it depends what Simon finds. Bottom line is your poor piggy can’t go on like this, seeing Simon at this point seems necessary for survival. I also don’t drive so we had to get the train, we were out the whole day and spent a fair amount in train tickets but it’s worth it because my Little could easily have died of it was not for Simon. Little is doing amazing now
 
Please, please give him a ring, he is amazing. We have been taking our dental piggie Ted for almost two years now and he sorts his teeth out in 10 minutes. Like you, we have had disastrous dentals performed by local vets. Simon is very reasonably prices, you pay a one off registration fee of about £70 and then the dental about £40 after that you just pay the £40 for a dental when you visit. We travel from Cornwall about every 6 weeks but because of the lock down Ted is lodging with furryfriends at the moment as we were forced to get Ted an urgent dental locally a month ago which was a complete mess (we’ll never do that again).
 
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