Could anyone recommend a vet/rodentologist in or around West Mids/Staffs/Warwickshire? My g.pig has developed a problem eating - she wants to eat but drops the food as soon as she picks it up. Our vets, like a lot of vets, aren't great with g.pigs and looked briefly in her mouth with an otoscope and said it must be her teeth and we could get her in the next day under anaesthetic to sort them.
She is 5 years old and understably not at her strongest (we are syringe feeding atm) so i am very reluctant to have her under anaesthetic. TBH all i want is someone who knows their stuff to look in her mouth and actually hopefully diagnose properly what may be happening. I am not so convinced its her teeth overgrown and felt the vet said that as he didnt know what else to do.
I am quite happy and willing to take her to Reading (nearest place to do teeth without anaesthetic) but i would just like to know it is her teeth before we do.
Can the teeth just start to overgrow when they havent been a prb before? Nothing else has changed (ie. food etc).
She is otherwise fine in herself but obviously i am very worried and want to do what's best for her.
Any help/advice would be gratefully appreciated.
She is 5 years old and understably not at her strongest (we are syringe feeding atm) so i am very reluctant to have her under anaesthetic. TBH all i want is someone who knows their stuff to look in her mouth and actually hopefully diagnose properly what may be happening. I am not so convinced its her teeth overgrown and felt the vet said that as he didnt know what else to do.
I am quite happy and willing to take her to Reading (nearest place to do teeth without anaesthetic) but i would just like to know it is her teeth before we do.
Can the teeth just start to overgrow when they havent been a prb before? Nothing else has changed (ie. food etc).
She is otherwise fine in herself but obviously i am very worried and want to do what's best for her.
Any help/advice would be gratefully appreciated.
