Onetwo
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
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- Joined
- Jun 15, 2009
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Ok seriously Tweet is beyond frustrating, yet cute. Hes my favorite and he is a 4 year old american short haired. He is grey and white and I have had him for most of his life. For a guinea pig he is SOOO frisking NEEDY! Hes loud, doesn't get along with the other piggies so he has to be separated. I have tried him with 9 other different combinations of male cagemates and he has bitten them or gotten himself so badly bitten that there have been emergency vet visits...
But this last year he has been most obsessive. He has always been a chewer. He chews on EVERYTHING and constantly breaks his teeth. He has a mound of hay daily that is the size of a 1x2 grid cage (that high too). He has chew toys (which he shredds to nothing) and other toys to play with. He is in a divided cage with his 3 previously attempted cage buddies (who all get along with eachother). For the 7th time this year he has broken off his front two upper teeth. I swear he is doing it to get attention from me because it always coincides with me being gone for a few hours. He LOVES being handfed so of course when he breaks off his teeth I have to hand feed him his veggies (and some pureed pumpkin and/or baby foods) to keep his strength up until he can eat on his own again in 2-3 days. I don't think there is anything I can do about this because if I take out his chew toys or cover the grids between the divided cage he gets really upset and stops eating food and starts eating himself. I'm just frustrated and worried that this will cause long term issues with his teeth. My vet here isn't really all that competent so I don't trust him for any further testing than what he already has done. I'm just really frustrated and don't want my baby to keep hurting himself...
Boy he just looks like trouble doesn't he? Hehe
But this last year he has been most obsessive. He has always been a chewer. He chews on EVERYTHING and constantly breaks his teeth. He has a mound of hay daily that is the size of a 1x2 grid cage (that high too). He has chew toys (which he shredds to nothing) and other toys to play with. He is in a divided cage with his 3 previously attempted cage buddies (who all get along with eachother). For the 7th time this year he has broken off his front two upper teeth. I swear he is doing it to get attention from me because it always coincides with me being gone for a few hours. He LOVES being handfed so of course when he breaks off his teeth I have to hand feed him his veggies (and some pureed pumpkin and/or baby foods) to keep his strength up until he can eat on his own again in 2-3 days. I don't think there is anything I can do about this because if I take out his chew toys or cover the grids between the divided cage he gets really upset and stops eating food and starts eating himself. I'm just frustrated and worried that this will cause long term issues with his teeth. My vet here isn't really all that competent so I don't trust him for any further testing than what he already has done. I'm just really frustrated and don't want my baby to keep hurting himself...
Boy he just looks like trouble doesn't he? Hehe