Re: [AlpacaTalk] trimming incisors and fighting teeth
We used dog nail trimmers to cut fighting teeth one year. And this way
and it did indeed crack the tooth, although we didn't know it at the
time. Later, we found a big mass of bone and gum tissue growing
together... very unsightly, and I do imagine it must have been
extremely painful for the boy. I will state outright that trimming
fighting teeth with dog nail trimmers is a very bad bad idea.
To trim incisors, you do not wrap the wire around the teeth but just
place it on the inside of the teeth, then pull toward you with a sawing
motion. It's really not as hard as some are making it sound. I was
terrified to do it the first time, but now it's my preferred method of
tooth trimming, and I've used a Highcroft/Toothamat
before. The wire is quiet, very fast, and you can stop if you see a
problem, like the cutting line not right. Simply realign your angle of
action. No problem. With the Toothamatic deals, you can't see
anything. You turn the thing on, push, and it's done. If there was an
improper alignment (like cutting too much) too bad, it's already done
and the major damage is done. And they cost over $100! The OB wire
from Valleyvet is only $11.49 for 11 yards! And make no mistake, using
the toothamatic doesn't require any less human help than the wire
does. I know, we've used both.
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Using the dremel to trim fighting teeth is also not a big deal, but it
does require that the animal be restrained by either humans or a
chute, and even when we do use the chute, we still need the same number
of humans. The chute only prevents them from running away. With the
most difficult males, we do resort to drugs prescribed by our vet.
Some of the others we can get by with nothing or maybe some Rescue
Remedy or Sedalia (homeopathic remedies) to make them more agreeable.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
West Wind Alpacas
Eugene, OR
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
Home of Avatar's West Wind Scirocco, El Bello's Padré, Pluro grandson
Sienna Illusion, and true black full Bolivian Cosby of Chelsea Farms!
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