s.buck
New Born Pup
Hi, back in March one of our pigs stopped eating properly so we took him to see the vets. He was booked in for an xray and dental. In the xray they found he had a a piece of impacted food stuck in one of his cheeks which had caused a sore on the inside of his mouth. This was removed and his molars were slightly filed and within 2 days he was back to normal.
Earlier this week he stopped eating properly again and we suspected a similar thing may have have happened so booked him back into the vets who are usually very good. Anyway, the vet said his teeth were a mess and overgrown and he was booked in for a dental the next day (Thursday) where they trimmed his molars and bottom incisors. This time it seems to be taking a lot longer than last time to get him back to normal. On Friday he wasn't eating at all so we took him back to the vets who examined him and said everything was fine and gave us some complete care to syringe feed him. Yesterday we managed to get him to eat a bit of solid food but he struggles to bite and chew so we have to break it up for him. Today he seems to be doing slightly better and came out for breakfast and ate more but still slow and still seemed to struggle. We have seen him eat some hay and some his nuggets but it all still looks uncomfortable for him and there's often lots of excessive mouth movement. We are still syringing him the complete care but he doesn't really like it. He's normally quite active and vocal and whilst he has been coming out of his cage and squeaking occasionally, he's spending most of his time in his hut (sometimes hunched, sometimes laid down). He's on 0.4 ml Metacam for the pain but am wondering if this is a normal recovery time frame for a dental? It's certainly slower than last time but it sounds like there was more done to the teeth this time. He's also lost about 100g (1.2 kg down to 1.1 kg).
We are aware of the dental vet at Northampton and have agreed that of he doesn't get better we will try and get him an appointment there, but it the meantime would like to know if the above is normal after dental or if it still sounds like there is a problem?
Earlier this week he stopped eating properly again and we suspected a similar thing may have have happened so booked him back into the vets who are usually very good. Anyway, the vet said his teeth were a mess and overgrown and he was booked in for a dental the next day (Thursday) where they trimmed his molars and bottom incisors. This time it seems to be taking a lot longer than last time to get him back to normal. On Friday he wasn't eating at all so we took him back to the vets who examined him and said everything was fine and gave us some complete care to syringe feed him. Yesterday we managed to get him to eat a bit of solid food but he struggles to bite and chew so we have to break it up for him. Today he seems to be doing slightly better and came out for breakfast and ate more but still slow and still seemed to struggle. We have seen him eat some hay and some his nuggets but it all still looks uncomfortable for him and there's often lots of excessive mouth movement. We are still syringing him the complete care but he doesn't really like it. He's normally quite active and vocal and whilst he has been coming out of his cage and squeaking occasionally, he's spending most of his time in his hut (sometimes hunched, sometimes laid down). He's on 0.4 ml Metacam for the pain but am wondering if this is a normal recovery time frame for a dental? It's certainly slower than last time but it sounds like there was more done to the teeth this time. He's also lost about 100g (1.2 kg down to 1.1 kg).
We are aware of the dental vet at Northampton and have agreed that of he doesn't get better we will try and get him an appointment there, but it the meantime would like to know if the above is normal after dental or if it still sounds like there is a problem?
