We are off to the vets with Fiver tonight for a teeth check as he has suddenly stopped eating any hay or readigrass, when normally he goes mad for it.
I spoke to the emergancy vet on the phone who was happy for me to give him metacam last night until we could get an appointment later today as he was still eating some stuff.
Now, whilst I was frantically trying to tempt him with any food he would eat my husband asked a very valid question I which I think I knew the answer to but not 100% sure.
He wanted to know why if his mouth was hurting he ate some carrot which is quite a hard vegetable.
Am I right in thinking they do not use the same motion to eat other foodstuff as the do hay, so possibly if he had a mild spur it would only irritate him when eating hay? Or am I just talking nonsense?
I spoke to the emergancy vet on the phone who was happy for me to give him metacam last night until we could get an appointment later today as he was still eating some stuff.
Now, whilst I was frantically trying to tempt him with any food he would eat my husband asked a very valid question I which I think I knew the answer to but not 100% sure.
He wanted to know why if his mouth was hurting he ate some carrot which is quite a hard vegetable.
Am I right in thinking they do not use the same motion to eat other foodstuff as the do hay, so possibly if he had a mild spur it would only irritate him when eating hay? Or am I just talking nonsense?