wenton5
Junior Guinea Pig
Mo is a 2 1/2 year old female cuy. She came into our rescue in December 2012 with a large abscess in the right jaw area. It took 4 months of antibiotics and chlorhexidine flushes to finally get rid of the abscess. Mo maintained her weight fairly well during this time.
Soon after this it was discovered that her incisors were misaligned and Mo started dropping weight. She was checked by our vet who trimmed her incisors but not the molars because they didn't look too bad. We started physical therapy by trying to push her mandible (lower jaw) over in hopes of realigning her teeth.
Within a couple weeks, she was back at the vet because she continued to lose weight and wasn't eating vegetables. She was observed eating some pellets. Her total weight loss to this point is over 200 grams - she started around 1600 grams.
Yesterday Mo had her molars trimmed and an xray was taken. It revealed that the right mandible was thickened and rotated medially. The right mandibular molars were almost growing horizontally. There is a severe slant to the right molars and a slight slant to the left ones. This is likely a result of the abscess.
OUr vet suggested that a chin sling might be of help. Has anyone had experience with this type problem before? Has anything (including the chin sling) helped?
Thank you,
Wenton5
Soon after this it was discovered that her incisors were misaligned and Mo started dropping weight. She was checked by our vet who trimmed her incisors but not the molars because they didn't look too bad. We started physical therapy by trying to push her mandible (lower jaw) over in hopes of realigning her teeth.
Within a couple weeks, she was back at the vet because she continued to lose weight and wasn't eating vegetables. She was observed eating some pellets. Her total weight loss to this point is over 200 grams - she started around 1600 grams.
Yesterday Mo had her molars trimmed and an xray was taken. It revealed that the right mandible was thickened and rotated medially. The right mandibular molars were almost growing horizontally. There is a severe slant to the right molars and a slight slant to the left ones. This is likely a result of the abscess.
OUr vet suggested that a chin sling might be of help. Has anyone had experience with this type problem before? Has anything (including the chin sling) helped?
Thank you,
Wenton5
I will let you know if we try it. One person said they don't support the sling as it makes the jaw weaker. Another person swears by it, we will see, I will keep you posted. Thank you again.
