Over the last few months, George has started to have difficulties with his teeth. One morning, I discovered that his bottom two teeth had completely disappeared. After searching through his hutch, I presumed he had swallowed them.
The vets told me that his teeth weren’t growing as they were supposed to, and the front teeth were, in fact, pushing on his bottom ones, so much so that they were loosened and fell out. The bottom teeth will grow back, but because of the way his teeth fell out ,his gums are now very weak. This means that they will probably just fall out when they get in contact with the front two, or even before that.
For now, he is managing with two teeth. This means I have to cut the veg and fruit up in to tiny pieces, so he can scoop them up with his front teeth – bless. He’s managing well but I tend to handfeed him quite a lot, so I can be assured he is ingesting some food. He’s coping and can somehow manage to pick the grass and eat it.
I now have to get his front teeth clipped every six to eight weeks, which he hates – but he seems to be happy and certainly doesn’t complain.
