Re: [AlpacaTalk] Fw: trimming feet etc, trimming teeth
I was just going to ask about fighting teeth, knowing that the toothomatic won't work on them.
OB wire has handles right? How do you keep the mouth open, or do you even need to (with fighting teeth). Lastly, for the dremel, what tool do you use, and is it the same for fighting teeth and for incisors.
I have a boy who needs his fighting teeth trimmed, and a couple youngster who should soon. I'm hoping I can hold them and my 11 year old can do the wire - not something I would try with a toothomatic :)
Heidi
Heidi Christensen
WingNut Farm Alpacas
Graham WA
(253) 846-2168 or (253) 592-0200
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From: Heather Zeleny <alpacatalk@westwind
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 8:18 pm
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Fw: trimming feet etc, trimming teeth
I just have to put in my 2¢ here regarding the toothamatic. I think
they're dangerous and very scary. I have extremely good results with a
new OB wire to trim the incisors and sometimes long fighting teeth, and
we also use a dremel tool for fighting teeth. By the way, someone
recommended removing fighting teeth... I suppose you can do that and it
will preclude ever having to trim them again, but I've never heard of
that actually being done. All alpaca breeders who speak of fighting
teeth talk about trimming them as needed.
Back to the OB wire. It takes 30 seconds or so with the wire if it's
less than 10 years old, ;> and it's noise-free. I've heard of people
trimming way too close with the toothamatic and having serious bleeding
from either cutting gums or cutting the teeth too short. I don't know,
it's just not worth the risk. The wire is great, low-tech, quiet, and I
can see exactly what's going on and can stop before some horrible
accident happens. Also, the wire is about $10 and the toothamatic deal
is over $100. And a dremel runs about $40-60.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
West Wind Alpacas
Eugene, OR
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
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