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[davedave121 at aol.com]

Hi all you piggy lovers,
I am doing these rather long posts to help me through a hard time I am 
having with one of my beloved piggy's.

Now I will tell you about Teddy teef . Please bare  with me as I tend 
to go on a bit when I’m frightened.

Teddy is a pig we rescued 3 weeks ago, he was let lose on a field, and 
the people who rescued him, kept him for a couple of months , and then 
decided he had to go. They put an add on the internet , and we could 
not resist ,
Teddy is not a  Rex, the name Teddy  just seamed to fit his adorable 
personality, the teef part, Teddy Teef is his pet name , he has a wider 
gap than normal on his top lip and he is always showing his teeth .
Anyway when we first got Teddy , he was very run down , his fur was 
dusty , and he was very frightened .
After a week of careful TLC he settled down nicely , and soon started 
to realize that he was not by him self .
I don’t think he had experienced the noise and smells of other pigs for 
a long time, Teddy was totally bemused by it all ,and desperately 
wanted to join in.
There in lay the problem, we could not put him with another boar , as 
there are to many lady pig smells in the air and we could not take a 
chance on them fighting , its hit and miss keeping two boars together 
at the best of times , and although we have successfully  in the past 
ha
d 3 boars living happily together , and at present we have two 
brothers living together , it is only because they where bonded before 
puberty .

The dilemma that we faced was whether to get Teddy neutered , as we 
have no idea how old he is, and if he would survive the anaesthetic . 
He had survived the field where he was dumped , we thought he had his 
share of good luck.

We franticly searched all the rescues , trying to find a neutered sow 
for Teddy, with no luck. Then to make things worse Teddy started having 
problems eating , I looked at his molars ( we have an otoscope ) they 
where in a mess , I think he must have been fed only green food .

We do not have that many problems with teeth as we feed large amounts 
of Timothy Hay, and the best thing is they love it.

We have had older pigs with teeth problems , and as long as I am 
prepared to hold the pig then John, our much trusted Vet is prepared to 
work on the teeth without anaesthetic , it is not very nice for the 
poor piggy but we consider it to be the best option for an old, or sick 
high risk pig .

I finally decided to put the ball in our vet’s court . I took teddy to 
see John , and told him of the dilemma , he gave Teddy a very thorough  
examination an was of the opinion that Teddy teef was a good candidate 
for the opp, and it would be an ideal time to do his teeth 
.

He did Teddy the next day and every think went really well .

Now we have 2 weeks to get a  sow from one of the rescues , 2 weeks to 
let her settle in to piggy palace , then the most adorable little Teddy 
teef can really start to live.

I’m sorry if I am rabbi ting a bit but I am really frightened . Since 
reading about Pat’s Doris, and Julie’s Hamish , I have been looking at 
our piggy’s , and on Sunday to my horror , I discovered a lump by my 
beloved Toby’s nipple. I took him to see our Vet the next day and I he 
recommended a needle biopsy.

I will be taking him in the morning, and the results should be back by 
Friday .
It’s going to be the longest week of my life . I love Toby so much .

Yours Dave & Yvonne at PP







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