Lola1
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My rescue pig has slightly disformed teeth and despite giving her lots to gnaw at i think her teeth need trimming. can anyone tell me what this involves?
Many thanks
Many thanks
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Furryfriends should be on here later to advise you, shes are little dental piggie expert on here.
Burring the teeth down involves either an electric dental burr or a hand held rasp to burr the teeth down to a better size. Many vets will only do this with a piggie under and aneasthetic but there are some who will occationally do it without.
Hopefully someone more experienced can explain what happened with their piggie and be of more help than i?
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Burring the teeth down involves either an electric dental burr or a hand held rasp to burr the teeth down to a better size. Many vets will only do this with a piggie under and aneasthetic but there are some who will occationally do it without.
Hopefully someone more experienced can explain what happened with their piggie and be of more help than i?
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Suzygpr
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Hi there
Could you give your location and a bit more background on the piggy please.
Age, how long you've had her, feed being used, general health, any history from before you got her, any chance of a pic of her front teeth?
Please weigh her regularly (once or twice a week) to ensure her weight is stable. Hopefully we will be able to recommend a suitable vet for dealing with her teeth once we know your location.
Suzy x
Could you give your location and a bit more background on the piggy please.
Age, how long you've had her, feed being used, general health, any history from before you got her, any chance of a pic of her front teeth?
Please weigh her regularly (once or twice a week) to ensure her weight is stable. Hopefully we will be able to recommend a suitable vet for dealing with her teeth once we know your location.
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Is she still eating well despite her teeth?
Are you weighing her regularly? Is her weight stable?
If her teeth were filed or cut too short it would take them out of wear and could cause more problems, so if she's coping well with them I would leave well alone and just monitor.
Are you weighing her regularly? Is her weight stable?
If her teeth were filed or cut too short it would take them out of wear and could cause more problems, so if she's coping well with them I would leave well alone and just monitor.
Lola1
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Thanks for your responses, i have had her three weeks now and have no prior history on her other than she may be a year old. however i did discover when i got her home that she has an abscess which subsequently burst despite me giving her baytril. I have been treating her abscess ever since and it is nearly healed. The second vet i took her to thinks it may be a tooth abscess because one of her lower front teeth is discoloured and crooked.
It is difficult to establish what her prior eating habits were but she does happily eat carrots and cucumber. Plus she does eat her dried food. She was quite podggy when i got her and i haven't seen a difference since however i will start weighing her to make sure.
I am in Abingdon near Oxford.
It is difficult to establish what her prior eating habits were but she does happily eat carrots and cucumber. Plus she does eat her dried food. She was quite podggy when i got her and i haven't seen a difference since however i will start weighing her to make sure.
I am in Abingdon near Oxford.
Suzygpr
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I have found that when some pigs have had a nasty infection that this can be 'recorded' in the teeth by turning the area that grew while the infection was active a grey colour, it takes a few weeks for that part of the tooth to grow through and be visible.
I wouldn't worry too greatly a this time, as long as she is eating well and her weight is stable (or increasing now she's on a good diet). If the problem does not resolve itself then a visit to a decent dental vet would be the next step.
Suzy xx
I wouldn't worry too greatly a this time, as long as she is eating well and her weight is stable (or increasing now she's on a good diet). If the problem does not resolve itself then a visit to a decent dental vet would be the next step.
Suzy xx
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