27/06/2025
Poor Spud got more than he bargained for when his routine dental turned into an extraction!
Despite his badly fractured, infected cheek tooth (which would have been very uncomfortable and annoying), Spud appeared to be eating normally and looking well (a common prey species ‘cover up’ to avoid looking weak!). A slight stinky smell when you got close was the only giveaway that something was amiss.
This tooth was fractured right down the middle (front to back) due to holes in the tooth that he was born with. These have been slowly rotting (infundibular caries) until it weakened the tooth enough to fracture. Spud has more of these holes in his other teeth so we aim to restore / fill these at a later date to prevent more fractures 🙌
