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Ted’s stopped eating - a terrible week

Ted is bright this morning and now showing signs of wanting to eat, has had a couple of blades of grass and a little bit of porridge oats. It’s slow progress, I will just keep encouraging to eat while supporting him with mush. the girlies are chatting away at the bars to him x
The girls saying hello and where’s our breakfast!
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Posyrose said:
Glad to hear Ted is brighter today. I hope he eats a big breakfast
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He’s keen to eat but has lost confidence and sadly most of his incisors, but at least we can support him until they grow back and he can pick up food again. He gets quite upty If I try and help him pick up bits of food which I suppose is to be taken as good sign
 
I was in the same situation as you, why do they trim the incisors so short?? It’s beyond me. It’s been about four weeks and Little finally managed to bite a carrot last night which was our goal for him. He’s still very slow and struggling with biting as his top incisors are too short and his bottom are too long now but he managed to eat one without me breaking it up into pieces he can just put in his mouth. He also had lost all confidence to bite veggies for himself which we’ve only just built back up again but he’s still a bit reluctant to eat a cucumber without help.
Whilst it’s very frustrating, the main thing is his back teeth aren’t hurting him and he wants to eat. Little will also still need to see Simon but before he wouldn’t eat at all whereas now he will (just not much hay). There’s nothing else you could’ve done for Ted other than what you did, it was an emergency. I’m glad he’s feeling a bit better.
Make sure he’s drinking okay, for some reason Little struggled to drink when his teeth were really short so I had to syringe him water. I’m still having to at times as sometimes he’ll just stop eating, so I put the syringe to him and he’ll have a good drink and then start eating again so there must still be some pain or something going on.
Hopefully Teds incisors grow back really quickly.
 
Little Ones said:
I was in the same situation as you, why do they trim the incisors so short? It’s beyond me. It’s been about four weeks and Little finally managed to bite a carrot last night which was our goal for him. He’s still very slow and struggling with biting as his top incisors are too short and his bottom are too long now but he managed to eat one without me breaking it up into pieces he can just put in his mouth. He also had lost all confidence to bite veggies for himself which we’ve only just built back up again but he’s still a bit reluctant to eat a cucumber without help.
Whilst it’s very frustrating, the main thing is his back teeth aren’t hurting him and he wants to eat. Little will also still need to see Simon but before he wouldn’t eat at all whereas now he will (just not much hay). There’s nothing else you could’ve done for Ted other than what you did, it was an emergency. I’m glad he’s feeling a bit better.
Make sure he’s drinking okay, for some reason Little struggled to drink when his teeth were really short so I had to syringe him water. I’m still having to at times as sometimes he’ll just stop eating, so I put the syringe to him and he’ll have a good drink and then start eating again so there must still be some pain or something going on.
Hopefully Teds incisors grow back really quickly.
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Aw thanks so much for your support @Little Ones I feel terrible about having to take him there and him getting his incisors cut so short with a trigger burring vet who thinks he’s the bees knee’s but I don’t think he would have been here now if we hadn’t taken him. They always think piggies have teeth like rabbits! We’ve been taking Ted to see Simon for nearly two years and ideally would have wanted to rush up there but couldn’t what with this lockdown and them on holiday. I’m really struggling with this lockdown movement thing, one minute I think it, we will travel, then the next I’m thinking if we were to breakdown or crash how many peoples lives are we putting at risk. It will mean a 11 plus round journey for us and no hotels are open. I just can’t make up my mind at all. Logically I should stay at home, but he’s so precious to me, yet I know he’s a pet not a human, if you can understand my dilemma
We do sound like we have shared problems don’t we, just wish they could all just eat normal again. reading your posts, I know only too well those dreadful rollercoaster days, a glimmer of hope often dashed within hours, it’s a long journey. I’m having to syringe Ted with water, he won’t use his fountain and has never used a dish. I make the Emeraid quite watery so he gets hydrated from it and it’s easier for him, he hates it thick. I will just have to carry on until his need to eat proper food overcomes any hesitation. He tries to pick food up but if you help him if gets really frustrated with me, we will just play the long game for now and see how he gets on x
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw thanks so much for your support @Little Ones I feel terrible about having to take him there and him getting his incisors cut so short with a trigger burring vet who thinks he’s the bees knee’s but I don’t think he would have been here now if we hadn’t taken him. They always think piggies have teeth like rabbits! We’ve been taking Ted to see Simon for nearly two years and ideally would have wanted to rush up there but couldn’t what with this lockdown and them on holiday. I’m really struggling with this lockdown movement thing, one minute I think it, we will travel, then the next I’m thinking if we were to breakdown or crash how many peoples lives are we putting at risk. It will mean a 11 plus round journey for us and no hotels are open. I just can’t make up my mind at all. Logically I should stay at home, but he’s so precious to me, yet I know he’s a pet not a human, if you can understand my dilemma
We do sound like we have shared problems don’t we, just wish they could all just eat normal again. reading your posts, I know only too well those dreadful rollercoaster days, a glimmer of hope often dashed within hours, it’s a long journey. I’m having to syringe Ted with water, he won’t use his fountain and has never used a dish. I make the Emeraid quite watery so he gets hydrated from it and it’s easier for him, he hates it thick. I will just have to carry on until his need to eat proper food overcomes any hesitation. He tries to pick food up but if you help him if gets really frustrated with me, we will just play the long game for now and see how he gets on x
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I’m glad to hear Ted is feeling well enough to be a bit antsy with you. Just a suggestion (and feel free to ignore) if Ted wants to be independent and picking up food is difficult for him could you cut veg strips and stand them upright in an eggcup for him? Works a treat for Melody who lost her incisors.

Ted’s wives look VERY at home - such beauties
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw thanks so much for your support @Little Ones I feel terrible about having to take him there and him getting his incisors cut so short with a trigger burring vet who thinks he’s the bees knee’s but I don’t think he would have been here now if we hadn’t taken him. They always think piggies have teeth like rabbits! We’ve been taking Ted to see Simon for nearly two years and ideally would have wanted to rush up there but couldn’t what with this lockdown and them on holiday. I’m really struggling with this lockdown movement thing, one minute I think it, we will travel, then the next I’m thinking if we were to breakdown or crash how many peoples lives are we putting at risk. It will mean a 11 plus round journey for us and no hotels are open. I just can’t make up my mind at all. Logically I should stay at home, but he’s so precious to me, yet I know he’s a pet not a human, if you can understand my dilemma
We do sound like we have shared problems don’t we, just wish they could all just eat normal again. reading your posts, I know only too well those dreadful rollercoaster days, a glimmer of hope often dashed within hours, it’s a long journey. I’m having to syringe Ted with water, he won’t use his fountain and has never used a dish. I make the Emeraid quite watery so he gets hydrated from it and it’s easier for him, he hates it thick. I will just have to carry on until his need to eat proper food overcomes any hesitation. He tries to pick food up but if you help him if gets really frustrated with me, we will just play the long game for now and see how he gets on x
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Don’t feel awful about it all, it’s not an ideal situation but at least he’s still here. Ted may not be a person but that doesn’t mean he isn’t precious. My pigs are everything to me too, they mean a lot more to me than most people I know, which I suppose does sound bizarre but it’s the truth. I don’t know what I’d do without them, especially Little.
I completely get what you mean about the journey to Northampton, it will be a struggle. Perhaps you could wait until Ted’s incisors grow back before taking him to see Simon? Obviously only if he can eat grass. Until his incisors grow back properly, he will still struggle, so it may make sense to wait? By then lockdown could be over.
Little gets frustrated too if someone tries to help him eat, he’s always been like that. Peanut will eat absolutely anything you put to him but Little is just stubborn and likes to do things for himself, the only thing he’d take from me were small veg pieces. Luckily for me though, he’ll happily have water from a syringe. He absolutely hates being syringed anything else whether it be loxicom or mushed up pellets. It can make me feel awful, like he isn’t already dealing with enough then he has to fight me twice a day when I’m giving him pain relief.
Just keep at it, it can be so tiring having to assist them with syringes all day and night whilst worrying if they’re eating enough 24/7 too but it’ll be worth it. Whenever I weigh Little and find he hasn’t lost anything, it takes some of the worry away. Keep Ted fed and hydrated, like I said it’s not ideal but if he knew the difficult choices you made and understood everything you’re doing for him, he’d be thanking you.
 
VickiA said:
I’m glad to hear Ted is feeling well enough to be a bit antsy with you. Just a suggestion (and feel free to ignore) if Ted wants to be independent and picking up food is difficult for him could you cut veg strips and stand them upright in an eggcup for him? Works a treat for Melody who lost her incisors.

Ted’s wives look VERY at home - such beauties
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Thanks Vicky yes I’ll try that, I think I have an egg cup at the back of the cupboard. I’ve been cutting up strips of veggies, grass and dandelion bits. He mouths them and just when you think he’s picked a bit up he walks away and gives up! yes he’s antsy but that’s a good thing, he’s spirited x
 
Little Ones said:
Don’t feel awful about it all, it’s not an ideal situation but at least he’s still here. Ted may not be a person but that doesn’t mean he isn’t precious. My pigs are everything to me too, they mean a lot more to me than most people I know, which I suppose does sound bizarre but it’s the truth. I don’t know what I’d do without them, especially Little.
I completely get what you mean about the journey to Northampton, it will be a struggle. Perhaps you could wait until Ted’s incisors grow back before taking him to see Simon? Obviously only if he can eat grass. Until his incisors grow back properly, he will still struggle, so it may make sense to wait? By then lockdown could be over.
Little gets frustrated too if someone tries to help him eat, he’s always been like that. Peanut will eat absolutely anything you put to him but Little is just stubborn and likes to do things for himself, the only thing he’d take from me were small veg pieces. Luckily for me though, he’ll happily have water from a syringe. He absolutely hates being syringed anything else whether it be loxicom or mushed up pellets. It can make me feel awful, like he isn’t already dealing with enough then he has to fight me twice a day when I’m giving him pain relief.
Just keep at it, it can be so tiring having to assist them with syringes all day and night whilst worrying if they’re eating enough 24/7 too but it’ll be worth it. Whenever I weigh Little and find he hasn’t lost anything, it takes some of the worry away. Keep Ted fed and hydrated, like I said it’s not ideal but if he knew the difficult choices you made and understood everything you’re doing for him, he’d be thanking you.
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Gosh Little sounds just like Ted, independent and you can see his face saying “Oh no, not you again!” he loves Loxicom/Metacam he will follow the syringe round to get it, think he’s a metacam junky!
I think that’s the best plan, I’ll keep him going, let his incisors grow, get him eating better and get to Simon ASAP. That’s made me feel better in my own mind. I’m the same, love him more than most people I know too x
 
VickiA said:
I’m glad to hear Ted is feeling well enough to be a bit antsy with you. Just a suggestion (and feel free to ignore) if Ted wants to be independent and picking up food is difficult for him could you cut veg strips and stand them upright in an eggcup for him? Works a treat for Melody who lost her incisors.

Ted’s wives look VERY at home - such beauties
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That's a lovely and great idea.
Veg soldiers. :clap:
Hello @VickiA hope you family humans and fur one's are ok. xx
 
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