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dribble */d good news post 6

i have a new guinea pig that i got on Saturday, the owner no longer wanted him. he came to me with bad lice/mites. He saw a vet on Monday who gave him xeno50 (3 tubes). he was also weighed and only weighed in at 700g. he is about 1 year old. i can feel his bones and he seems painfully thin. he does it veg and some of his pellets though not much. how can i fatten him up? also when i hold him he seems to dribble a little on my t-shirt, though not bad i wandered whether it could be his teeth?

any advice greatly appreciated. thanks
 
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Take him to the vets immediately. Any signs of dribbling and loosing weight means his tongue is trapped under his overgrown molar teeth. :(
 
i've heard that alphapha hay is good for poorly underweight piggies. maybe give some carrots and corn on the cob as these are fattening and teeth wearing, i suspect dribble is down to teeth problems. poor little thing. x
 
if his teeth are bad though wouldn't that mean he couldn't eat at all? i will take him first thing in the morning. really annoyed as him came to me in this state, why can't people look after their animals properly. i know she has another 11 g.p. god knows what state they are in. Also is it the bottom or top teeth that grow quickly?
 
It is annoying and horrible that people don't treat animals well. If things go well he will have the time of his life with you and be loved :).

Good luck at the vets. :)
 
Most guineas can still eat or try and eat as much as possible even when their teeth are overgrown. They tend to break their food into small pieces and pull faces when they have food stuck behind certain teeth. I think the pre-molars/molars cause the most problems but all of their teeth continually grow. The dribbling sounds very like dental problems and this needs to be sorted out soon. The vet can check the teeth by opening the mouth with buccal pads. Anesthetic is not required to check or trim/file piggies teeth even though some vets say it is needed. Once the teeth are cut critical care can be purchased from the vet. This is a liqud food supplement containing everything a piggie needs until he is well enough to eat for himself. Sometimes a vet will give a painkilling injection after treatment. Don't worry too much if your piggie doesn't eat for the rest of the day as the mouth may be sore. Just regularly syringe the liquid food and water if he is not drinking for himself and he should be fine the next day. Hope this helps.
 
i took him to vets this morning, his teeth are fine and he has put on 30g since Monday which the vets was really pleased with, she also didn't charge for it today. How nice was that.
 
oh that is good news. and thats fantastic for not paying! good vets you have there!

My piggy was dribbling the other day and his teetha re fine too - what it was was he had some food caught inbetween his teeth which i had to keep getting out as he teeth went gappy. hes fine now though.

maybe that was it?!

I'm so pleased hes putting on the weight now. x
 
That's good news. Sorry if I worried you with all the info I put about dental problems :)
 
That's great news - glad he's putting on weight. My poorly little man is putting on weight now which is a huge relief.

RW - don't apologise for mentioning the dental issues, it's important information that while it's not relevant to the OP could easily help someone else searching for info on dribbling piglets.
 
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