Katherine
Soppiest Piggie Owner 2015
Oh dear, that guinea pig - she is the most determined bar chewer and twanger I have ever known, and has succeeded in breaking off one of her front teeth!
We noticed that she was having problems picking up her veggies, so started cutting them into thin strips, which she could manage. Today we took her to a rodentologist to have her teeth checked over, and it turned out that one of her front toothy-pegs was missing! However, I know she had two the other day, as I was trying to get a look at them, wondering what the problem was, so I can only presume that she had cracked the tooth, making eating difficult, and that it is only very recently that it's actually broken right off.
Apparently the new tooth is coming through alright, and there's nothing much we can do except make her food easy to eat. (She hasn't lost any weight, so she obviously is getting enough grub down her!)
I wish there was some way of stopping bar biting, but unfortunately rather early on Ivy decided it was an excellent way of getting attention and food, and she has also managed to teach two of the others to do it. It would be nice if she had learnt her lesson, but I don't think she has!
I have seen something called Bitter Apple for sale, which seems to be marketed as something to stop rabbits chewing things they shouldn't. Does anyone have any idea whether this is safe for guinea pigs, and if it would even work?
We noticed that she was having problems picking up her veggies, so started cutting them into thin strips, which she could manage. Today we took her to a rodentologist to have her teeth checked over, and it turned out that one of her front toothy-pegs was missing! However, I know she had two the other day, as I was trying to get a look at them, wondering what the problem was, so I can only presume that she had cracked the tooth, making eating difficult, and that it is only very recently that it's actually broken right off.
Apparently the new tooth is coming through alright, and there's nothing much we can do except make her food easy to eat. (She hasn't lost any weight, so she obviously is getting enough grub down her!)
I wish there was some way of stopping bar biting, but unfortunately rather early on Ivy decided it was an excellent way of getting attention and food, and she has also managed to teach two of the others to do it. It would be nice if she had learnt her lesson, but I don't think she has!
I have seen something called Bitter Apple for sale, which seems to be marketed as something to stop rabbits chewing things they shouldn't. Does anyone have any idea whether this is safe for guinea pigs, and if it would even work?
