[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Missing teeth

[DebJonSara at aol.com]

Zebra broke his 2 top front teeth chewing at the bars of his cage before he  
got his new companion, Scoot (who, incidentally, is coming along fine and will 
 now eat food whilst on a human lap!). I was very worried, and texted Cavies  
Castle, who recommended trimming his bottom teeth with nail clippers just so  
that they didn't overgrow whilst the top ones were growing back in. Of course 
it  meant he had to be hand fed for a while, and he loved his balls of 
"Critical  Care". Somehow he still managed to eat most of his veggies and even some  
pellets. We just trimmed the bottom teeth a couple of times so they did not 
grow  overlong and make the top ones grow back crooked (could lead to 
malocclusion, a  word which strikes terror into my heart as I have no access to anyone 
who can  trim teeth properly!) and he is right as rain now.
 
Good luck with your boar - hopefully he will make a full recovery quite  
quickly, I seem to remember Zebra's teeth only took about a fortnight to grow  
back.
 
Debbie