Squeaky33
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi everyone,
I’m looking after my friends guinea pig while she is on holiday. I’ve kept Guinea pigs for over 30 years and have 3 of my own currently.
I’ve been through all the usual things with vets etc and even was a member of the CCT for a while - and also seen Barry and Shirley Yallop before with past piggies (are they even still around?)
Anyway, my piggies have been reasonably problem free for some time and the last time I went to my vets I’d been using regularly, they weren’t that great.
So last week, before my friend went away, her piggy Frodo had to have his back teeth seen to by their vet. It was done under GA and he hasn’t really improved now almost 10 days after.
He will take softened pellets and is hungry for them, but if you place veggies in his mouth he can seem to chew on them and will not take hay or grass.
I think the teeth have not been done properly at the back.
I’m asking to see if anyone knows which vets are good with guinea pig dentistry in Suffolk. It wouldn’t be beyond me to take the trip all the way to Northampton if it was one of my piggies but realistically my friend is not going to travel there regularly, so we need to try and resolve the issue locally as it looks like he will need regular trims.
His incisors do not align properly first of all and his jaw may be a little slack or the back teeth too long which is not allowing him to close his mouth properly. I’ve had a feel around his jaw area and ears and tried giving a little massage while feeding him, but it’s only been 1 day.
He’s on 0.45ml of Loxicom a day - I’m going to try this as two doses tomorrow, it’s the 1.5 dog one.
He dropped a few grams yesterday but has eaten soft pellets better today as I made more available to him and gave him dedicated feeds. But still no luck with hay or any veggies - I cut up some red pepper which he loves but he almost choked on it and he eventually spat it out (when I tried to take it out he bit it!). When I picked him up for his evening feed his tummy felt fuller than this morning when he felt a little light.
We can try and hold out for 6 more days until my friend returns but I don’t think this is going to resolve so any vet recommendations in Suffolk or Essex would be helpful of vets to can do good dentistry (preferably conscious)
Thanks!
I’m looking after my friends guinea pig while she is on holiday. I’ve kept Guinea pigs for over 30 years and have 3 of my own currently.
I’ve been through all the usual things with vets etc and even was a member of the CCT for a while - and also seen Barry and Shirley Yallop before with past piggies (are they even still around?)
Anyway, my piggies have been reasonably problem free for some time and the last time I went to my vets I’d been using regularly, they weren’t that great.
So last week, before my friend went away, her piggy Frodo had to have his back teeth seen to by their vet. It was done under GA and he hasn’t really improved now almost 10 days after.
He will take softened pellets and is hungry for them, but if you place veggies in his mouth he can seem to chew on them and will not take hay or grass.
I think the teeth have not been done properly at the back.
I’m asking to see if anyone knows which vets are good with guinea pig dentistry in Suffolk. It wouldn’t be beyond me to take the trip all the way to Northampton if it was one of my piggies but realistically my friend is not going to travel there regularly, so we need to try and resolve the issue locally as it looks like he will need regular trims.
His incisors do not align properly first of all and his jaw may be a little slack or the back teeth too long which is not allowing him to close his mouth properly. I’ve had a feel around his jaw area and ears and tried giving a little massage while feeding him, but it’s only been 1 day.
He’s on 0.45ml of Loxicom a day - I’m going to try this as two doses tomorrow, it’s the 1.5 dog one.
He dropped a few grams yesterday but has eaten soft pellets better today as I made more available to him and gave him dedicated feeds. But still no luck with hay or any veggies - I cut up some red pepper which he loves but he almost choked on it and he eventually spat it out (when I tried to take it out he bit it!). When I picked him up for his evening feed his tummy felt fuller than this morning when he felt a little light.
We can try and hold out for 6 more days until my friend returns but I don’t think this is going to resolve so any vet recommendations in Suffolk or Essex would be helpful of vets to can do good dentistry (preferably conscious)
Thanks!
