katiepops
Adult Guinea Pig
This is Matilda's tooth!
It is one of Matilda's lower front teeth which she had to have removed on Friday.
Matilda's front teeth had started meeting at a slant around the middle of June, she hadn't lost any weight and seemed to have just adjusted the way she ate, it was the very flappy right ear when she was eating that made me check her teeth. She had spurs on her back molars so was just eating on one side of her mouth. I'm lucky to have a vet who's very experienced at doing dentals without GA so she filed her teeth and she's been fine until last week. I've been checking her teeth every week when I weigh her to make sure they're not slanting again but this week she wouldn't lift her head for me to look and I discovered a lump under her jaw so off to the vet we went. As I suspected it was an abcess under her tooth. My vet said her tooth was wobbly and she squealed when it was touched so clearly painful. She decide the best thing would be to remove it and drain the abcess so she very kindly did it straight away in her lunch break so she didn't have to wait for a longer gap in the afternoon. We decided it would be best for me to take the other girls home and I'd come back later to pick her up. An hour later I had a call to say she was all done, as soon as she woke up she started stuffing her face with hay so could come home. She was still a bit groggy but managed to stay awake long enough to eat some cucumber.
She took a swab which has gone off to the lab incase the Baytril doesn't do the trick and has got Rimadyl for the pain. She's being such a good girl and taking her medication.
As you can see from the tooth part of it is black which is where it's got infected. I was amazed how long it was! I hadn't asked for the tooth, the nurse said the vet knew I'd love to see it
I've tried putting it under my pillow but the tooth fairy didn't come, I was hoping she's leave some money for the vet bill!
Here's Matilda in hay eating action when she got home.
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It is one of Matilda's lower front teeth which she had to have removed on Friday.
Matilda's front teeth had started meeting at a slant around the middle of June, she hadn't lost any weight and seemed to have just adjusted the way she ate, it was the very flappy right ear when she was eating that made me check her teeth. She had spurs on her back molars so was just eating on one side of her mouth. I'm lucky to have a vet who's very experienced at doing dentals without GA so she filed her teeth and she's been fine until last week. I've been checking her teeth every week when I weigh her to make sure they're not slanting again but this week she wouldn't lift her head for me to look and I discovered a lump under her jaw so off to the vet we went. As I suspected it was an abcess under her tooth. My vet said her tooth was wobbly and she squealed when it was touched so clearly painful. She decide the best thing would be to remove it and drain the abcess so she very kindly did it straight away in her lunch break so she didn't have to wait for a longer gap in the afternoon. We decided it would be best for me to take the other girls home and I'd come back later to pick her up. An hour later I had a call to say she was all done, as soon as she woke up she started stuffing her face with hay so could come home. She was still a bit groggy but managed to stay awake long enough to eat some cucumber.
She took a swab which has gone off to the lab incase the Baytril doesn't do the trick and has got Rimadyl for the pain. She's being such a good girl and taking her medication.
As you can see from the tooth part of it is black which is where it's got infected. I was amazed how long it was! I hadn't asked for the tooth, the nurse said the vet knew I'd love to see it
I've tried putting it under my pillow but the tooth fairy didn't come, I was hoping she's leave some money for the vet bill!
Here's Matilda in hay eating action when she got home.
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