Superpiggies
Junior Guinea Pig
Hey everyone,
So about 2 weeks ago Oskar had stopped eating/Eating slowly and carefully. Now, in the past, 2 of Oskar's teeth chipped (1 from the top, about 2 mm came off, and 1 from the bottum, almost the whole tooth chipped off) and they had to get clipped to the 2 teeth would meet together and not go in different directions. Anyway, we sort of knew that it was a tooth problem and we looked at his teeth, and saw that they were sort of chipped slightly and like not straight at all. Obviously we took him to the vets and they said it was very serious. If we hadn't had took him to the vets, his tongue would have probably have gotten stuck, he would dehydrate and die (TERRIFYING). I wasn't there, my dad took him because I had to go to school (My dad did oddly come back just before i left) and i was very, very worried when i saw my dad getting out of the car with no Oskar. I was just like "PLEASE DON*T SAY THEY PUT HIM TO SLEEP" (Obviously i didnt have a lot of knowledge about guinea pig teeth). And so my dad said He was under anaesthetic and the vets had to grind down the front teeth and even the back teeth. At 4 o clock we went back to collect him and he looked like he had been on a roundabout for an hour.. He was all quiet, almost not moving. However when he did move he was all like DRUNK in a way, haha, it was actually quite funny. And so yeah, the vets said we should give him hard food so his teeth are kept warn down. She said it would take 24 hours for him to recover but he still didnt eat after that. It took him about 2 days more until he started eating. He was only eating the parsley and maybe a bit of lettuce. Now, he is eating all his food, except for his carrot, cucumber and sometimes baby sweetcorn, and nuggets. This is very worrying as these are the hard foods we give him. So just to check, we looked at his teeth. He is acting totally normal, jumping around, running ect. However, i noticed one tooth on each side (bottom and top) were a little chipped. Like 1-1.5 mm. We had been weighing him, at first he was 1.28. And now he is 1.18! Hes eating everything except as metioned sweetcorn, nuggets, carrot and cucumber?! I dont know if this is normal, though. Just in case, we added extra wooden toys that he could gnaw his teeth on, not sure if it has worked. Should i be worried that his teeth have chipped off a little bit, or will they grow back normally?
Superpiggies
So about 2 weeks ago Oskar had stopped eating/Eating slowly and carefully. Now, in the past, 2 of Oskar's teeth chipped (1 from the top, about 2 mm came off, and 1 from the bottum, almost the whole tooth chipped off) and they had to get clipped to the 2 teeth would meet together and not go in different directions. Anyway, we sort of knew that it was a tooth problem and we looked at his teeth, and saw that they were sort of chipped slightly and like not straight at all. Obviously we took him to the vets and they said it was very serious. If we hadn't had took him to the vets, his tongue would have probably have gotten stuck, he would dehydrate and die (TERRIFYING). I wasn't there, my dad took him because I had to go to school (My dad did oddly come back just before i left) and i was very, very worried when i saw my dad getting out of the car with no Oskar. I was just like "PLEASE DON*T SAY THEY PUT HIM TO SLEEP" (Obviously i didnt have a lot of knowledge about guinea pig teeth). And so my dad said He was under anaesthetic and the vets had to grind down the front teeth and even the back teeth. At 4 o clock we went back to collect him and he looked like he had been on a roundabout for an hour.. He was all quiet, almost not moving. However when he did move he was all like DRUNK in a way, haha, it was actually quite funny. And so yeah, the vets said we should give him hard food so his teeth are kept warn down. She said it would take 24 hours for him to recover but he still didnt eat after that. It took him about 2 days more until he started eating. He was only eating the parsley and maybe a bit of lettuce. Now, he is eating all his food, except for his carrot, cucumber and sometimes baby sweetcorn, and nuggets. This is very worrying as these are the hard foods we give him. So just to check, we looked at his teeth. He is acting totally normal, jumping around, running ect. However, i noticed one tooth on each side (bottom and top) were a little chipped. Like 1-1.5 mm. We had been weighing him, at first he was 1.28. And now he is 1.18! Hes eating everything except as metioned sweetcorn, nuggets, carrot and cucumber?! I dont know if this is normal, though. Just in case, we added extra wooden toys that he could gnaw his teeth on, not sure if it has worked. Should i be worried that his teeth have chipped off a little bit, or will they grow back normally?
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