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Guinea Pig Sedated And Getting Teeth Trimmed

beckyxxx

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hi guys my guinea pig has just had his teeth trimmed and I’m allowed to go pick him up in an hour ! What should I expect when he’s home? Will he be sleepy? Will he eat? The vets said if needs be they can supply me with critical care but would I buy some as well for at home incase he needs it? I’ll have to buy it on amazon prime for next day delivery if so
 
beckyxxx said:
hi guys my guinea pig has just had his teeth trimmed and I’m allowed to go pick him up in an hour ! What should I expect when he’s home? Will he be sleepy? Will he eat? The vets said if needs be they can supply me with critical care but would I buy some as well for at home incase he needs it? I’ll have to buy it on amazon prime for next day delivery if so
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Please get some recovery foods; you can mix them with mushed up pellets if your piggy doesn't like them.
Our syringe feeding guide has a section on dental care for guinea pigs: Complete Syringe Feeding Guide

Here are our post-op care tips. Tips For Post-operative Care
Very often, dental guinea pigs won't eat straight after treatment as their mouths are very sore. They may not be able to eat normally for quite a while, depending on how good/bad your vet's knowledge and experience with guinea pig dentals is. Unfortunately, that means that teeth can overgrow rather quickly again when they are not ground down evenly.
Make sure that you ask your vet how soon and with how much painkiller you can step in as the mouth will be very sore.

The best way to get on top of dental issues are regular burring after-treatments every 2-3 weeks with increasing intervals to help rebalance the whole dental system, depending how severely affected it is. Unfortunately this is not possible with a full GA, which means that vets who insist on full GA have to wait until things are very bad and then start in square one again.

If you have problems with the recovery and ongoing dental issues, please contact furryfriends via her sanctuary. She is currently very busy and not able to come onto the forum, but as she looks specifically after guinea pigs with chronic severe dental problems, she has by far the most experience.
The vet she works in conjunction with is Simon Maddock at the Cat&Rabbit Care Clinic in Northampton, who sees dental piggies from all over the country and does about 15 guinea pig dentals each week - that is more than most vets do in their whole career!
The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary – Providing life-enhancing care for Guinea Pigs with extra needs
The Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic
 
Wiebke said:
Please get some recovery foods; you can mix them with mushed up pellets if your piggy doesn't like them.
Our syringe feeding guide has a section on dental care for guinea pigs: Complete Syringe Feeding Guide

Here are our post-op care tips. Tips For Post-operative Care
Dental guinea pigs won't eat straight after treatment as their mouths are very sore. They may not be able to eat normally for quite a while, depending on how good/bad your vet's knowledge and experience with guinea pig dentals is. Unfortunately, that means that teeth can overgrow rather quickly again when they are not ground down evenly.
Make sure that you ask your vet how soon and with how much painkiller you can step in as the mouth will be very sore.

The best way to get on top of dental issues are regular burring after-treatments every 2-3 weeks with increasing intervals to help rebalance the whole dental system, depending how severely affected it is. Unfortunately this is not possible with a full GA, which means that vets who insist on full GA have to wait until things are very bad and then start in square one again.

If you have problems with the recovery and ongoing dental issues, please contact furryfriends via her sanctuary. She is currently very busy and not able to come onto the forum, but as she looks specifically after guinea pigs with chronic severe dental problems, she has by far the most experience.
The vet she works in conjunction with is Simon Maddock at the Cat&Rabbit Care Clinic in Northampton, who sees dental piggies from all over the country and does about 15 guinea pig dentals each week - that is more than most vets do in their whole career!
The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary – Providing life-enhancing care for Guinea Pigs with extra needs
The Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic
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He’s home and looking a little groggy and hunched up as I can imagine, I’ve split him and his cage mate up until he’s feeling a little better as phyliss really didn’t wanna have Willis all up in his face which is understandable and was growling at him, I’m so surprised but phyliss is already eating hay and he’s only been home an hour lol :)
 
beckyxxx said:
He’s home and looking a little groggy and hunched up as I can imagine, I’ve split him and his cage mate up until he’s feeling a little better as phyliss really didn’t wanna have Willis all up in his face which is understandable and was growling at him, I’m so surprised but phyliss is already eating hay and he’s only been home an hour lol :)
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That is great! Please weigh him daily and support him with syringe feed as much as necessary to keep his weight up.
 
I will be weighing daily :) I was giving his brother some pepper for his tea and heard a little squeak in the corner so gave him a little chunk and he ate it with no problems ! Very pleased with his recovery so far :)
 
Having recovery food on hand is always good. Some pigs will resume eating quickly after a dental treatment (Sundae always did), but others will not and will still need syringe feeding. Some pigs will be groggier after anesthesia than others. Usually gas anesthesia is quickly processed by the body and most times my pigs were back to normal by the time they came home (they stayed at the vet's for several hours for monitoring.) When one had an abscess lanced she came home groggy, but I think that was down to a heavy-duty pain-killer that she was given for a deep into the muscle abscess that was probably quite sore when she woke up. It's great that you are seeing him eat something already.
 
Yeah he’s fine :) he’s not up for eating pellets or harder vegetables but eating hay :) I’m sure when he’s feeling better he will eat more , but I’m happy with the progress he’s making , he was very groggy last night but I’m sure he was very worn out
 
Hi guys know this isn’t the right place to ask but with the weather being so nice today I was wondering what you’re thoughts was on having them in the garden? I live in a block of flats and we share the garden but there is a patio area, my boys live indoors and haven’t been outdoors yet , would this be ok? I’d put a blanket down and have them in the play pen with hay and water x
 
beckyxxx said:
Hi guys know this isn’t the right place to ask but with the weather being so nice today I was wondering what you’re thoughts was on having them in the garden? I live in a block of flats and we share the garden but there is a patio area, my boys live indoors and haven’t been outdoors yet , would this be ok? I’d put a blanket down and have them in the play pen with hay and water x
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I’d use the blanket to cover half their run so they’ve got shade from the sun.My boys have been out on the grass today and they loved it.
 
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