320 THE VETERINARY SCIENCE. 



TROUBLES OF THE TEETH. 



Sometimes, when the sheep is a year or two old, there will 

 be a cap of one of the grinders, while shedding- the teeth, stick 

 on the new tooth and not fall off; this causes the animal difficulty 

 in eating. 



Sympioms. — The sheep does not do well ; would like to eat; 

 takes food into its mouth and chews it, but throws it out again 

 and goes off, and although it seems to be failing and does not 

 eat, still it does not seem sick. It will sometimes be noticed to 

 be working its tongue around its mouth. 



Treatment. — Catch the animal and examine the mouth, and if 

 it is a cap you can tell it, for it will be higher up than the other 

 teeth in the row. Remove the cap with a pincers and the animal 

 will soon be all right. 



PIECES OF WOOD OR ANY SUBSTANCE LODGED IN THE TEETH. 



In eating, the sheep gets hold of a piece of stick or some 

 other substance and it gets caught between the teeth or around 

 the lips or gums, and it cannot work it out with its tongue. 



SymptOins. — The animal is not eating and keeps its tongue 

 working around in its mouth as if trying to work something out. 



Treatment. — Examine the mouth, and if you find anything 

 caught in it, remove it, either with your fingers or a pincers. 



OLD SHEEP LOSING THEIR TEETH. 



Sometimes an old ewe that has lost some of her teeth 

 gets with lamb; you want to keep her over another year, and 

 she only has two or three front teeth, which interfeie greatly with 

 her eating, and she runs down and gets so poor that you think 

 she will not pull through. 



Treatment. — Catch the ewe and pull out the remaining front 

 teeth and let her gum it, and as soon as the gums heal up she 

 will do well and be able to eat, and will be good for a year or so. 

 The reason why the sheep did not do well was because all the food 

 she could get to eat was merely what she could catch with the few 

 stubs of teeth that remained in her mouth, and when they are pulled 

 out she can take the food in all right with her gums and chew it 

 with her back teeth, which a re generally all right at this age. 



CHOKING IN SHEEP, 

 This is not nearly so common in sheep as it is in cattle, but 

 ■ometimes it occurs when they are fed on sliced roots. 



