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Teeth Length

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I don't have any photos of good teeth as I only tend to take a photo when they are slanty to show the vet. I can attempt one if no-one else has one.
 
Hi Debbie,

I'm a little unclear what the problem is at the moment. All of my pigs aren't eating their Burgess nuggets, literally stopped overnight. It's the same bag, and it's stored in a airtight container outside inside a hutch which is in a waterproof cover, however following a suggestion, it could be that it's damp. Veggies are being eaten and hay. However, I've fed them critical care and weighed them and they are all (bar 1) on okay weights. However, 'Mars' has refused everything. His weight is 891 whereby his cage mate is 1198lbs. Mars weight has never that of Bruno, but it's clear he has lost weight. The other niggling issue is that Mars and Bruno have never been big hay eaters compared to all other piggies. In fact i got concerned and decided to put a hay rack but they ignored that so I've reverted to putting hay into a corner unit to monitor, again it's difficult to see what they have eaten or dragged for bedding.

'Mars' teeth look longer than I would expect. Mars has really gobbled up the critical care today which is encouraging and has got me thinking I have two issues going on here. 1) something is wrong with the original burgess food 2) Mars teeth are too long.

I'll grab a photo and will post one for you.
 
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Is he struggling to eat? Are the incisors straight or slanted? Please post a pic of them xx
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Hi Debbie, Well as I predicted it wasn't very easy getting a photo. Whilst the photo's look like his teeth are slanted, they aren't but I do think they are too long. He isn't eating and he is easily taking the syringe feed. His weight has dropped.

Let me know what you think.
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Thanks Debbie, I'll get him booked in. It's like he wants to eat but can't. I've put rocket leaves in front of him and he wants it but won't pick it up. I do think that the selective hay feeding is the root cause of this. I'm dealing with the other non eating issue, and tomorrow morning I will know what is working. 3 types of hay, 2 types of new food, I will see what's gone.
 
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