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Hi.

I brought 3 male guinea pigs yesterday all of them are 4months old.
Today i looked at there teeth, 2 have nice clean good teeth. BUT.
My other little guinea pig named ozzy has his set of bottom teeth.
But at the top one tooth is missing and the other tooth will most probs fall out very soon.
That means he will be left with no top teeth :/
I have spoke to the vets and they said wait for them to fall out and a new pair will grow.
But I'm worried, will he still be able to eat? is he in pain? I really dont know what to do!
He is only and baby still. And to add to the problems the other two boys bully him all the time so ozzy lays on his own.

Has anyone got any advise on what i can do? or if he will be ok?
His my baby and i dont want him to be in any pain :(
 
Hi!
I have went through a similar experience!
The main thing that you should do is stop worrying!
George chipped his two front teeth by a fall and I was really worried so I looked on the internet and saw something about guinea pigs that said if they break any of their teeth don't worry they will grow back but try not to feed them food that is hard on their teeth!
In a few months time your piggie will have brand new teeth!:)
Good luck!:(|)
<3 Tina and George the guinea pig!
 
always a worrie when a piggie knocks teeth out but they do grow back & quickly
cut vege up small & he will find away to eat other things jake did it was amazing to watch him eat as his touge came out got a nuggett & ate it :)p

you may have to take ozzy out as from what i've read it is alot harder to get 3 males to bond than 3 girls :( but on the upside if this does happen you could always get ozzy a friend just for him to play with ;)
 
I wouldn't take out Ozzy as long as all three boys are getting along, but be prepared that you may have problems when they all reach the hormonal stage by about 3-4 months old.
Make sure that they have PLENTY of space, a hide and a bowl each; and that you have somewhere separate to put a boy if bloody fights have happenend.

Whether or not they will be happy together depends on the constellation of characters; quite a few people have successful trios, others have had to separate at some stage.

Thankfully, teeth grow back very quickly; George has given you some good tips!

Here are some links you might find useful:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=36239

You will find more informative articles in the guinea pig care REFERENCE section!
 
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