Re: [AlpacaTalk] RE: Teeth trimming
Yes, our prior vet was wrong in removing his teeth. She did it so quickly
we didn't even have a chance to ask questions or object. Needless to say, I
will NEVER use her again.
I fought AOBA for months on this teeth issue and finally got them to add the
rule that missing teeth are NOT to be marked down. If anyone ever has that
problem with a judge at a show, ask for the rules DURING the class and tell
that judge they are wrong if they mark you down at all for missing teeth.
They CAN still judge the bite, even if both teeth are gone. We were horrified
and AOBA finally admitted the judge was wrong. I will never show under that
judge again and now I check every show to make sure the judges are properly
trained and qualified or I won't show. I mean, what if someone paid all that
money to enter a show and their young males knocked out some teeth in the
trailer on the way there? Or you don't notice until you get there that a tooth
has fallen out? It happens all the time.
SUSAN OLSON
Alpaca Loco
Riverside, CA
In a message dated 1/28/2009 7:28:10 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
alpacatalk@westwind
For the future, as I'm Susan now knows all too well, it is only under
very rare occasions that it is necessary to remove teeth. Those would
be for real medical reasons, never for cosmetic reasons. Tooth broken
at the root and no chance for growing back, root abcess when other
courses of treatment have failed...
Just because an animal has broken a tooth and it looks "bad" is no
reason to remove teeth! Even if an animal I take into the show ring
has both baby and adult teeth present, I will never have the baby
teeth removed, just because I'm showing him/her. We did that once,
the male did take blue at a level 4 show, but now his adult teeth
didn't have that retainer effect from the baby teeth, so it looks
like be has a bad bite. Well, his bite isn't perfect, they do extend
past the dental pad and they don't wear properly.
So my advice is to forget that show, if your boy has wonky teeth at
the time. I'm sure Susan agrees! Of course, we shouldn't have had to
learn these things the hard way. And why are vets to eager to pull
teeth willy-nilly?
Heather
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