I recently noticed Luna has 4 double teeth! (her fangs both top and bottom) it looks like her adult teeth have nearly come through but her baby teeth are still right behind them.
Could this mean she is still teething? - Her ears are still not upright either.
Will these teeth need removing or will they likely fall out in time? (Shes showing no distress etc)
I then had a look at Pixies teeth - her adult fangs are fine at the bottom but her top fangs appear to be baby teeth (Shes over 1 yr now) doest this mean she wont develop adult teeth on the top?
I have the EXACT same problem with Chanel except its not a few teeth, on her top jaw she literally has retained all her teeth and has 2 rows like a shark mouth and she is almost 8months now
Ill try to post a pic soon
From what I have heard, I need to have them surgically removed, but I don't know if I can bear to put her through anesthesia and a surgery or whether I should just brush her teeth more avidly
I need some advice too!
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LeStat has an almost full set of double teeth as well.
It sometimes means that food gets stuck in them but he's managing fine so I'm not prepared to put him under and aneasthetic just for them to be taken out. If he ever needs and aneasthetic for anything else I'll have them removed at that time!
Our Maltese is 8 months old and has the two rows of teeth like shark teeth. She is having them removed Friday because my new vet says it is not good for the long term formation of the permanent teeth to leave the baby teeth and the food issue. The previous vet who spayed her at 6 months was supposed to pull her baby teeth at that time, but he told us if he had she would not have had enough teeth left for chewing. There was a complication he said because she was so tiny and basically he made the last snip of the stitch on the wrong side and the vessel fell back into her bleeding. He had to cut her open further to find it, pull it up and restitch. I think with all that time he did not want her under anesthesia longer to pull teeth. Fine by me not to leave her underany longer than she had already been, but now she has to be put under again.
Chanel had doubles as well, I pulled them myself.
I DON'T recommend anyone pulls their dog's teeth themselves though, especially
if they don't know what they are doing. However, you can give your puppy tons
of chews to help loosen the teeth, things like raw hide, bully sticks, rubber toys,
etc. If the pup still has baby teeth at 8 months or so, call your vet to get them
pulled.
I noticed Sissy has 2 teeth in one spot too but it doesn't seem to be a problem for her.
If you do notice discomfort, you can help her by giving her ice cubes or you can
wet a clean sock tie it in a knot, then put it in the freezer, give that to her to
chew on once frozen. Also frozen veggies are great. These things will relieve the
gum swelling and help deal with pain.
Double Teeth
Steph, Pixie & Luna xxx
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