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Still Not Eating After Having Back Teeth Filed Down. Please Help :(

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Hi everybody. I hope someone can help. Thor my 4 year old boar who I handreared stopped eating last week. Straight to vets and immediately she saw he had spurs. So filed his back teeth under ga. Went home that day. 2 days later still not eating so I returned. She checked his mouth again. Couldn't see anything wrong at all. No absess. She just put down to mouth being a little sore. Went home with metacam. Gut stimulant and cc. That was Friday. Is now Sunday and he's still not eating. He's going back in tomoz for x rays. I feel he's slowly getting weaker and don't want to lose him
 
I'm no expert so will tag @furryfriends (TEAS) who specialises in piggies with dental problems.
If you haven't started syringe feeding please do so as soon as possible to support your piggy.
 
jammybaby said:
Hi everybody. I hope someone can help. Thor my 4 year old boar who I handreared stopped eating last week. Straight to vets and immediately she saw he had spurs. So filed his back teeth under ga. Went home that day. 2 days later still not eating so I returned. She checked his mouth again. Couldn't see anything wrong at all. No absess. She just put down to mouth being a little sore. Went home with metacam. Gut stimulant and cc. That was Friday. Is now Sunday and he's still not eating. He's going back in tomoz for x rays. I feel he's slowly getting weaker and don't want to lose him
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How much and how often have you been syringe feeding? Most guinea pigs will not go back to eating straight away and it can sometimes take quite some time until they do so, and often another round of filing until everything is working fully yet again.

If you feel that your piggy is going into gut stasis (i.e. the guts slowing down and stopping to work when there has been too little food), please contact your vet for zantac in combination with a gut stimulant like emeprid or metoclopramide; they work on different parts of the digestive system.

Our syringe feeding guide has lots of information as to how/much how often you need to feed (including a cha[ter on dental guinea pigs although you may ather want to look at our crisis chapter first), if necessary around the clock. make sure that you weigh once daily to see whether you are feeding enough for him to keep his weight and to keep the guts going. Feed slowly and only in small portions (like 0.1-0.25 ml) if you find that your piggy is weak and has problems with swallowing.
Complete Syringe Feeding Guide
 
Sorry should of said. Iv been feeding him critical care sInce he first went vets. And giving vit c and mushed veggys also. Hopefully he will pick up soon. He wants to eat. Specially when he smells veggys or dandilions. I feel so sorry for him. Iv managed to pop little bits of veg into his mouth and he can eat if I do this. I won give up on him..he's my baby.
 
jammybaby said:
Sorry should of said. Iv been feeding him critical care sInce he first went vets. And giving vit c and mushed veggys also. Hopefully he will pick up soon. He wants to eat. Specially when he smells veggys or dandilions. I feel so sorry for him. Iv managed to pop little bits of veg into his mouth and he can eat if I do this. I won give up on him..he's my baby.
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Just how much have you feeding roughly in volume? Sorry for harping on, but we have seen vet recommendations of 3-5 ml daily when a minimum of 40 ml is needed to keep a piggy alive and up to 120 ml for an otherwise healthy adult dental guinea pig to keep its weight in the longer term, so it is very important for us to make sure that you are not only feeding, but also feeding enough. Are you weighing your boy regularly? This is vital to ensure that he gets as much as he needs - just watching a piggy chew on crud stuck in the mouth can be so deceptive!

Please persist, if necessary, little but often, depending on how much he can get in one go. You can find information as to how often you need to feed, depending on how much he can eat in one go.
 
The fact he wants to eat, but can't, suggests to me that the teeth are still not right. Sadly this doesn't surprise me at all. Most vets have no idea about guinea pig teeth. The only advice I can give, and unfortunately they are on annual leave this coming week, is to go to Simon or Kim Maddock at the Cat and Rabbit Clinic in Northampton. I know it's a very long way away, but people travel from all over the UK to see them, and the results they get are excellent. They are able to do dental work on guinea pigs without GA in most cases. www.catandrabbit.co.uk
 
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