GuineaPig24
Junior Guinea Pig
My little brother and I were playing around while I was holding our oldest boar, Guinea. I was holding both him and a mini basketball, and when I went to pretend to dunk the ball, I accidentally dropped Guinea! Luckily, though, I broke some of the fall by holding onto his hips, but he still landed nose-first onto the floor.
I immediately picked him up, and he calmly held onto my shoulder but he was very quiet and obviously trying to comprehend what had just happened.
I immediately checked out what happened to him and made sure if he was okay. Overall he is perfectly fine, however his left tooth cracked/broke and he bit his lip.
I immediately gave him a carrot in hopes that the tooth would get stuck and come out, also to see how he would eat. He ate it perfectly fine, and calmed down almost immediately after that. He started purring, which he does when he's happy, but he really needed to be cuddled and lied down on me.
I know that there's nothing I can do about the lip, but should I take his tooth out or should I leave it in and wait for it to fall out on its own?
Extra information- A few years ago both his teeth broke completely an hour before I went on a month-long trip. I was told fell out two days later, and didn't accidentally swallow them or anything like that. He didn't need a vet visit or pain meds, and he doesn't need any now as far as I know.
Sorry this is so messy, I had to comfort my brother who thought that it was his fault, when it was mine for being such an irresponsible owner and not thinking of the consequences. We learned our lesson to not ever hold the guinea pigs while playing, and Guinea seems to have forgiven us and known that it was an honest mistake.
I immediately picked him up, and he calmly held onto my shoulder but he was very quiet and obviously trying to comprehend what had just happened.
I immediately checked out what happened to him and made sure if he was okay. Overall he is perfectly fine, however his left tooth cracked/broke and he bit his lip.
I immediately gave him a carrot in hopes that the tooth would get stuck and come out, also to see how he would eat. He ate it perfectly fine, and calmed down almost immediately after that. He started purring, which he does when he's happy, but he really needed to be cuddled and lied down on me.
I know that there's nothing I can do about the lip, but should I take his tooth out or should I leave it in and wait for it to fall out on its own?
Extra information- A few years ago both his teeth broke completely an hour before I went on a month-long trip. I was told fell out two days later, and didn't accidentally swallow them or anything like that. He didn't need a vet visit or pain meds, and he doesn't need any now as far as I know.
Sorry this is so messy, I had to comfort my brother who thought that it was his fault, when it was mine for being such an irresponsible owner and not thinking of the consequences. We learned our lesson to not ever hold the guinea pigs while playing, and Guinea seems to have forgiven us and known that it was an honest mistake.
