i bred this little boy so obviously after the decision to see how he coped as dealing with a reasonably bad undershot jaw i would obviously keep him. (mum is retired from breeding.. he was her last foal, dad was gelded the year he was born.. and he is a gelding.. so i do hope i've acted like the responsible breeder there)
Locket is now 3yr old, certainly not stunted growth at around 34-35" (mum was 34", dad 33") and he is very stocky as well.
So we were doing really well until he started teething... then problems struck.. due to the way he grazes he had angled his baby teeth so as his adult teeth started to grow in, they didn't disolve/eat away the baby tooth root (i will now confuse myself with the correct terms! lol) and didn't push the baby teeth out and instead tried to go around the baby teeth and ended up coming in facing horizontally, instead of virtically! Vets/specialist edt involved who x-ray'd his jaw to check he was removing the right teeth and what was going on.. removed two baby teeth and hoped adult teeth would now straight.. one did but one grew in twisted at a funny angle. Last week i noticed another adult tooth coming in, facing horizontally again so vet coming out this week who will remove baby tooth and possiblity of wiring the adult tooth to another tooth to try and get it to come in straight.. although still not sure if they will do that, she was going to discuss that option with another vet/teeth specialist.
So.. on the high chance this adult tooth might come in twisted as well.. he's going to not over have a undershot jaw but 2 twisted front teeth on the bottom jaw... his corner teeth on the bottom are totally worn away where the top teeth sit on them as well.. these are still baby teeth but they have said very high chance he'll do the same to the adult teeth.
I do worry about him and how he'll cope as time goes on... he is a blessing to me (a friend lost her disabled little girl to a accident and locket was born on the morning of her funeral, so was name in her memory as he is special as well).
So far he's doing ok.. he struggles a little with his weight towards winter but we just keep a close eye and adjust his feed as needed. He is given extra grass and hay and get a feed called fast fibre which you soak into a mash which he loves and it works well to fill him up. He see's vet/teeth specialist on a regular basis so we make sure his teeth are rasped as often as they need it.
Got some photos
At about 1 month old - Vet did try plating his bottom teeth so to lift the top teeth so they could slid and see if top jaw would grow down to meet.. didn't work.. but it was worth a try!
These were taken about May of this year.
And these ones was taken last week to send to my vet - Noticed the adult tooth starting to come through..
Has anyone any experience or advice??
Locket is now 3yr old, certainly not stunted growth at around 34-35" (mum was 34", dad 33") and he is very stocky as well.
So we were doing really well until he started teething... then problems struck.. due to the way he grazes he had angled his baby teeth so as his adult teeth started to grow in, they didn't disolve/eat away the baby tooth root (i will now confuse myself with the correct terms! lol) and didn't push the baby teeth out and instead tried to go around the baby teeth and ended up coming in facing horizontally, instead of virtically! Vets/specialist edt involved who x-ray'd his jaw to check he was removing the right teeth and what was going on.. removed two baby teeth and hoped adult teeth would now straight.. one did but one grew in twisted at a funny angle. Last week i noticed another adult tooth coming in, facing horizontally again so vet coming out this week who will remove baby tooth and possiblity of wiring the adult tooth to another tooth to try and get it to come in straight.. although still not sure if they will do that, she was going to discuss that option with another vet/teeth specialist.
So.. on the high chance this adult tooth might come in twisted as well.. he's going to not over have a undershot jaw but 2 twisted front teeth on the bottom jaw... his corner teeth on the bottom are totally worn away where the top teeth sit on them as well.. these are still baby teeth but they have said very high chance he'll do the same to the adult teeth.
I do worry about him and how he'll cope as time goes on... he is a blessing to me (a friend lost her disabled little girl to a accident and locket was born on the morning of her funeral, so was name in her memory as he is special as well).
So far he's doing ok.. he struggles a little with his weight towards winter but we just keep a close eye and adjust his feed as needed. He is given extra grass and hay and get a feed called fast fibre which you soak into a mash which he loves and it works well to fill him up. He see's vet/teeth specialist on a regular basis so we make sure his teeth are rasped as often as they need it.
Got some photos
At about 1 month old - Vet did try plating his bottom teeth so to lift the top teeth so they could slid and see if top jaw would grow down to meet.. didn't work.. but it was worth a try!
These were taken about May of this year.
And these ones was taken last week to send to my vet - Noticed the adult tooth starting to come through..
Has anyone any experience or advice??
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