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Injury *HELP* Guinea pig chipped teeth.

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My 4 year old juniper has chipped her top teeth one of them to the root and she is having problems eating I am hand feeding her right now.

no blood.


I am panicking right now as you can see.
 

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I cant find her teeth anywhere in the cage. I don't know if she swallowed her teeth or not....

Is there ANYTHING I can do to help her?

I will post a photo soon.
 

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Teeth grow back pretty quickly.

She may find it easier to eat if you'll cut her food in slivers, like matchsticks. You can handfeed her a few of them and then see if she'll eat on her own. If she can eat enough food by herself, you won't have to handfeed. But if not, you'll need to supply her with critical care or a pellet slurry, or feed her by hand. Don't forget, guinea pigs eat a LOT, so it'll be a time consuming process unless she'll eat the slurry off a plate or a spoon.

Do you know how she broke them?
 

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*HELP* Guinea pig chipped teeth.

This is the best photo I got of her teeth.
 

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@bpatters

Yes I think I do know how...

Juniper likes to bite on her pellet dish to get my attention.....

The dish is made out of ceramic.

I removed the dishes in both cages.

She also likes to bite on the bars of the cage....
 

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Like @bpatters said, teeth grow back surprisingly fast. When Stinker was about a year old he did he same thing, but with both of his top front teeth.
 
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I wound up putting plexiglass down two sides of my cage to keep one of mine from breaking her teeth.
 

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My pig fell and did the very same, but we just let them grow out and he is now as pleased as can be. Don't stress about it. Guinea pig's teeth grow back fast.
 
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