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What is this on his teeth?
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Claire W
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Hi, it looks like he has broken an incisor? It should grow back but if he is having difficulties eating, I would have him checked over by the vet
murphymerp
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Yes, one of his teeth got broken. But what is the brown thing behind his teeth?
He already had a dental xray and they found nothing
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Could it be food? I'm really not sureYes, one of his teeth got broken. But what is the brown thing behind his teeth?
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I'm not sure what you mean by the brown thing. I know they have really muscular cheeks and the fleshy lumps behind the teeth just look like the inside of his cheeks. If you are meaning that the shorter tooth looks half whiter and half browner I don't know that this is a sign of anything... maybe just natural variation. With human children I know certain antibiotics can discolour the teeth and make them yellow. Maybe it's the same with pigs if he's been on antibiotics for something - but at least with piggies the teeth keep growing so any discolouration will grow out. Those front teeth should even up.
How is his weight - is he losing weight or can he maintain on his own? Is he a young boy or older? And are his eating problems things like avoiding certain foods, or eating less hay, or not being able to pick up food, or chewing in a weird way? Or maybe even not eating at all which is serious and needs tackling straight away. If he has lost weight over this and is not regaining you can help him by syringe feeding - I'll link in below. If it is avoiding harder foods like his pellets they can be soaked to make them softer so he can slurp them up. The syringe feeding refers to 'recovery food' which is finely ground and you add water to make a fibre-rich slurry that can be squeezed through a syringe but you can do a similar thing by mushing up his normal pellets in the short-term.
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How is his weight - is he losing weight or can he maintain on his own? Is he a young boy or older? And are his eating problems things like avoiding certain foods, or eating less hay, or not being able to pick up food, or chewing in a weird way? Or maybe even not eating at all which is serious and needs tackling straight away. If he has lost weight over this and is not regaining you can help him by syringe feeding - I'll link in below. If it is avoiding harder foods like his pellets they can be soaked to make them softer so he can slurp them up. The syringe feeding refers to 'recovery food' which is finely ground and you add water to make a fibre-rich slurry that can be squeezed through a syringe but you can do a similar thing by mushing up his normal pellets in the short-term.
Not Eating, Weight Loss And The Importance Of Syringe Feeding Fibre
Complete Syringe Feeding Guide