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Recurrent Dental Problems!

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Wilkowhitts

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Hi!
Our 2 and a half year old boy Eric first went off his food around the end of November 2017 and was found to have severely overgrown molars. A few days later he had the overgrown spurrs filed under GA. We syringe fed him with critical care and after about 2 weeks he started eating veggies and hay again.
6 weeks later (just over 3 weeks ago) we noticed the same thing was happening again but now with lots of slobbering. We took him back to the vets and sure enough, the teeth had grown back even worse and his cheeks were ulcerated.
Again a few days later he had the spurrs filed again and we started up with the critical care, emeprid and meloxicam again. This time, he’s not doing great. He refuses to eat any veg that isn’t cucumber or melon, won’t touch his hay but will eat pellets- so we know he can eat, he’s just being very selective! He’s losing weight very quickly now and is not his usual naughty self.

Now, he has always been a big hay eater- gets though a good few handfuls a day as well as fresh veg and a pellets (until this all started) so i can’t think of a different way to change his diet as out vets have said his diet is great.
Our vet is currently researching and has spoken to another exotic vet who has said that removing the teeth may be an option- has anyone had this done to their pig?!

Any advice anyone can offer would be great, we are at the end of our tether with the poor little poppet and not sure what else do do!
Thanks in advance x
 
Wilkowhitts said:
Hi!
Our 2 and a half year old boy Eric first went off his food around the end of November 2017 and was found to have severely overgrown molars. A few days later he had the overgrown spurrs filed under GA. We syringe fed him with critical care and after about 2 weeks he started eating veggies and hay again.
6 weeks later (just over 3 weeks ago) we noticed the same thing was happening again but now with lots of slobbering. We took him back to the vets and sure enough, the teeth had grown back even worse and his cheeks were ulcerated.
Again a few days later he had the spurrs filed again and we started up with the critical care, emeprid and meloxicam again. This time, he’s not doing great. He refuses to eat any veg that isn’t cucumber or melon, won’t touch his hay but will eat pellets- so we know he can eat, he’s just being very selective! He’s losing weight very quickly now and is not his usual naughty self.

Now, he has always been a big hay eater- gets though a good few handfuls a day as well as fresh veg and a pellets (until this all started) so i can’t think of a different way to change his diet as out vets have said his diet is great.
Our vet is currently researching and has spoken to another exotic vet who has said that removing the teeth may be an option- has anyone had this done to their pig?!

Any advice anyone can offer would be great, we are at the end of our tether with the poor little poppet and not sure what else do do!
Thanks in advance x
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Where are you based? Are you in the uk? I’m tagging @furryfriends (TEAS) as she’s our dental expert x
 
Oh poor little mite! Where abouts are you based in the UK? If you can I'd definitely recommend visiting Simon at the Cat & Rabbit clinic in Northampton, I believe dental is their speciality. I've made a big train trip with one of my pigs and it was worth it, Simon and Kim are great piggy experts.

As far as I'm aware with regular filing it can go back to normal eventually. I've never heard of removing teeth for pigs but I'd imagine that would stop them eating all together?
 
Wilkowhitts said:
Hi!
Our 2 and a half year old boy Eric first went off his food around the end of November 2017 and was found to have severely overgrown molars. A few days later he had the overgrown spurrs filed under GA. We syringe fed him with critical care and after about 2 weeks he started eating veggies and hay again.
6 weeks later (just over 3 weeks ago) we noticed the same thing was happening again but now with lots of slobbering. We took him back to the vets and sure enough, the teeth had grown back even worse and his cheeks were ulcerated.
Again a few days later he had the spurrs filed again and we started up with the critical care, emeprid and meloxicam again. This time, he’s not doing great. He refuses to eat any veg that isn’t cucumber or melon, won’t touch his hay but will eat pellets- so we know he can eat, he’s just being very selective! He’s losing weight very quickly now and is not his usual naughty self.

Now, he has always been a big hay eater- gets though a good few handfuls a day as well as fresh veg and a pellets (until this all started) so i can’t think of a different way to change his diet as out vets have said his diet is great.
Our vet is currently researching and has spoken to another exotic vet who has said that removing the teeth may be an option- has anyone had this done to their pig?!

Any advice anyone can offer would be great, we are at the end of our tether with the poor little poppet and not sure what else do do!
Thanks in advance x
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The most experienced dental vet in the UK at the moment is Simon Maddock at the Cat&Rabbit Care Clinic in Northampton. He does about 15 guinea pig dentals plus dealing with all sorts of complications arising from dental problems from guinea pigs from all over the country and as far as Edinburgh - that is more piggy dentals in a week than most exotic vets do in their professional career.
He also looks after the guinea pigs from The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary (TEAS) in Northampton, which looks after guinea pigs with chronic dental issues.

If you can get there in any way, please do! You will be in the safest hands possible.
The Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic

Please syringe feed your boy until then and give him some grated or juiced veg. Our syringe feeding guide has got a section on caring for dental guinea pigs: Complete Syringe Feeding Guide
 
Please try and get to see Simon Maddock. He is the reason that TEAS exists. Simon sees dental guinea pigs on a daily basis and achieves excellent results. He can carry out the work without the need for general anaesthetic and the methods he uses (keeping the teeth working well, rather than waiting for the guinea pig to experience difficulties, before doing further dentals) This is achieved by carrying out regular dental work at the start and then increasing the time between dentals. This method results in a complete cure for a lot of dental issues and a very manageable situation, with the occasional dental needed for most of the others. People travel the length and breadth of the country to see him with their piggies.
 
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