Nilesandfrasier
New Born Pup
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Hi.
My 3 1/2 year old boar Niles has had dental problems recently. He had an overgrown tooth, and we took him to a couple of vets because we were looking for a vet who was confident working on Guinea pigs. We found someone, paid over £200 for his dental work, and we were sent home with painkillers. That was a month ago and it all semeed fine, he made a pretty good recovery although he still seemed a little off. Now, he's stopped eating again. He looks like he is eating as much as the other piggie, but when we weighed him, he'd dropped from 1100g to 900g, which is really scary. I've got him back on critical care today and he can easily. Get down well over 30ml a day as well as the hard food he's eating. I had a look at his teeth, and his lower teeth look fine, but one of his top teeth looks really heavily worn/chipped on one side and he's not biting down right.
I'm having the roughest few months of my life, my partner left me among other things, I have absolutely no money at all and I don't know how I'll afford another surgery. I'll sort him out and not make my rent if I have to, but does anyone have any advice/experience in this? Should I wait and see if it's a chipped tooth or am I putting him at risk?
My 3 1/2 year old boar Niles has had dental problems recently. He had an overgrown tooth, and we took him to a couple of vets because we were looking for a vet who was confident working on Guinea pigs. We found someone, paid over £200 for his dental work, and we were sent home with painkillers. That was a month ago and it all semeed fine, he made a pretty good recovery although he still seemed a little off. Now, he's stopped eating again. He looks like he is eating as much as the other piggie, but when we weighed him, he'd dropped from 1100g to 900g, which is really scary. I've got him back on critical care today and he can easily. Get down well over 30ml a day as well as the hard food he's eating. I had a look at his teeth, and his lower teeth look fine, but one of his top teeth looks really heavily worn/chipped on one side and he's not biting down right.
I'm having the roughest few months of my life, my partner left me among other things, I have absolutely no money at all and I don't know how I'll afford another surgery. I'll sort him out and not make my rent if I have to, but does anyone have any advice/experience in this? Should I wait and see if it's a chipped tooth or am I putting him at risk?
