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Ted’s stopped eating - a terrible week

Bill & Ted said:
No Simon says his teeth have been deteriorating since the back end of last year when that tooth spur caused ulceration into his cheek. So it very much looks a permanent thing now. he’s happy and eating and hopefully might put a little bit of weight back on now he’s more settled with the regular dentals.
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Right, I suppose that means it’s time to think about Ted long-term then regarding the home situation? Are dentals every two weeks something you’re able to do if Ted came back home :( ? It’s good that the dentals are sorting him out but also it’s very sad at the same time given you live so far away
 
Awww...big hugs for you Ted and @Bill & Ted :hug:

Our first dental piggy, Meemee, had dental appointments every 2 weeks as well for a few months. Then it became 3 weeks and so on. The longest break she had in between dental appointments was every 6 weeks for a few months until it went back again to every 2 weeks because an abscess burst. Over all, Meemee had 2 years of continuous dental appointments for 2.5 years before she passed away from a bloat we couldn't cure/overcome. We were at Cat & Rabbit so often that hubby had a good funny rapport with all the past and present receptionists of the practice. 😂 We never minded travelling from North Wales though because our piggies deserved a proper treatment.
 
Lovely to see Ted and hear that he is eating well. 😀Sorry that this sounds like an ongoing problem. What a difficult time you are having.☹️
 
A mix of good and ok news here.
Glad that Ted is eating better.
Hopefully if dentals can be monthly it will be doable without having to move house!
 
Merab's Slave said:
A mix of good and ok news here.
Glad that Ted is eating better.
Hopefully if dentals can be monthly it will be doable without having to move house!
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If it was monthly it would not be a problem at all but it looks like it’s going to be every other week sadly. I have been in contact today with another lady who has a dental piggie who looks like he will need to have dentals twice a month too from the South West area, we are 100 miles apart but can meet up on the M5 for handovers.
We are hoping to share the journeys, so we would take the piggies up there and bring back and then the other lady would take them up and bring them back and we could either collect Ted the following day or that day if we wanted to wait for them to return back, times and weather dependant.
It’s not a definite yet but this is what we are working towards. I will let everyone know as we calibrate both piggies dentals on the same day first, if that can be done then we can hopefully bring them both back to their own homes.
It still means a lot of travelling for Ted, but he is pretty used to it and quite relaxed. Both boys have the same problem with spurs growing into their cheeks. They have both been seeing Simon for two years, it’s uncanny. Both boys are lodging with Debbie while they are getting treatment from Simon 😊
 
Bill & Ted said:
If it was monthly it would not be a problem at all but it looks like it’s going to be every other week sadly. I have been in contact today with another lady who has a dental piggie who looks like he will need to have dentals twice a month too from the South West area, we are 100 miles apart but can meet up on the M5 for handovers.
We are hoping to share the journeys, so we would take the piggies up there and bring back and then the other lady would take them up and bring them back and we could either collect Ted the following day or that day if we wanted to wait for them to return back, times and weather dependant.
It’s not a definite yet but this is what we are working towards. I will let everyone know as we calibrate both piggies dentals on the same day first, if that can be done then we can hopefully bring them both back to their own homes.
It still means a lot of travelling for Ted, but he is pretty used to it and quite relaxed. Both boys have the same problem with spurs growing into their cheeks. They have both been seeing Simon for two years, it’s uncanny. Both boys are lodging with Debbie while they are getting treatment from Simon 😊
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That could be a good solution for everyone if you can share the travelling.
Hopefully overnight stays at Travel Lodges and the like are on the near horizon too.
Holding you in my heart
 
Just caught up with this thread - for some reason I wasn't getting notifications. Hope you can get travel arrangements sorted.
 
Ted Update: Ted went to see Simon for his dental yesterday and Simon said his teeth and mouth were a lot better. No ulcers in his cheek at all. He is eating well without any top ups and holding his weight. Ted is going to stay with Debbie while Simon goes on holiday for a fortnight in July, have a dental when Simon returns and all being well we will be able to bring him home along with Mikey who has the same problems as Ted with twice monthly dentals. We will drop Mikey off on the way home so he can be reunited with his little wife. Hopefully Ted will be then bonded to his ever so patient Posh and Ginger!
 
Merab's Slave said:
So pleased to hear the news about Ted.
I’ll bet you’re counting the days.
Jemimah would have been very happy for him and I expect she and Bill are cheering for him in Piggy Heaven
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Bet they’re all having a piggy cuppa in my Rupert’s pig cafe right now! And a bit of carrot cake! :D xx
 
Merab's Slave said:
So pleased to hear the news about Ted.
I’ll bet you’re counting the days.
Jemimah would have been very happy for him and I expect she and Bill are cheering for him in Piggy Heaven
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I’m sure they will be, I was chatting to Bill this morning while I was tidying his pot up and said take good care of Jemimah, he says they are all having fun in piggy heaven 💕
I think the neighbours think I’m potty but I always have a chat with him whenever I’m in the garden ☺️
 
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