Mouth Possible Tooth Problem

bpatters said:

I think your problem is that you're feeding way too many veggies. It can cause unevenly colored, soft poop. Pigs can also quickly come to prefer veggies over hay, and that can cause major, expensive tooth problems.

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I can certainly attest to this! We had exactly the same problem with my Chester and it led to teeth planing and anesthesia every 4-6 weeks. The boy's little body finally just couldn't take any more trauma.......and Chester, the miracle pig, finally ran out of miracles.

spy9doc said:

I can certainly attest to this! We had exactly the same problem with my Chester and it led to teeth planing and anesthesia every 4-6 weeks. The boy's little body finally just couldn't take any more trauma.......and Chester, the miracle pig, finally ran out of miracles.

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I'm sorry about your piggie I've cut back on veggies, yesterday was a few small pieces of lettuce to calm him on the way to the vet and two small slices of an orange bell pepper. He already seems to be eating more hay. Is there anything I can do to make it more appealing? I put some in a toilet paper tube but they sorta bother me because of germs.

Stuffing it in a toilet paper tube is great! Just make sure you scrape off any remaining glue. My pigs love toilet paper tubes!

Guinea Pig Papa said:

Stuffing it in a toilet paper tube is great!

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I sometimes do this as well, just because my cavies love cardboard! I up the ante by putting bits of carrot in the middle of the tube with hay on each side.

I just got his new food in the mail, it's Sweet Meadow Farms, and whenever he tries to eat he chokes and does this thing after like he's throwing up. I don't know what's going on, the pieces are a little bigger but he's eaten veggie pieces that are bigger than the pellets. I'm really worried..
Edit: I just looked up what it could be and it said it could be hiccups. Could it? Like maybe he ate too fast, choked and got them?