What IS this thing???

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So I went to feed the ferrets and noticed Miko didn't want to eat. I watched for a min and she was pawing at her mouth. So i picked her up and gave her a little scruff to look at her mouth. She had a little foam which worried me. So I pried her mouth open and there was this white thing in the back of her mouth in her jaw. I thought it was a piece of chicken or something. I manipulated it a bit and it popped out. I have NO idea what it is. I looked at the back of her mouth and noticed two tiny little dots that look like teeth coming in, one on each side. the one was right in the spot where this thing I got out her mouth was. I'm thinking it's a baby tooth, cause while it's hard like bone it doesn't feel like bone, it feels like a tooth. But she's like 8-9 months old. Is that normal to loose the last baby teeth that old? At any rate once it was out she happily went to eating. Here are a couple of pics. Sorry it's not as clear, my camera isn't all that great with close ups.

[shilohismygirl]

Woah! It looks like one of those tiny back teeth. Let's see what Heather and Sherry have to say; I wouldn't quite know, but it looks like a tooth!

[Sherry]

I've not seen the teeth when our fuzz lost them, but that one certainly looks like a tiny back tooth. I don't know if 8-9 months old is too old for back teeth to be coming in or not

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That's so awesome! I want one!

Anyway, I found this information. Not sure about it's accuracy, but seems pretty valid.


Ferrets have 30 baby and 34 adult teeth. All baby teeth should be in by 3 months and lost by 9 months of age.

www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=140&S=5

[Sherry]

Thanks Jackie That sounds like it then!

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UH! If it's a baby tooth I would totally keep it! Now i can't remember where I put it though!

[miamiferret2]

I have found a few baby ferret teeth over the years. i have a few at home. if i can find them i'll take a pic and post it here. so cute!!
that one looks like one of the back teeth.

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that's cool!!! my first instinct was that it was a peice of bone that got caught... I've had it happen to Sophie Ann a couple times, but then again maybe it was a tooth?!?!? I have no idea how old she is and I avoid her mouth at all costs!

[Heather]

It does indeed look like a baby molar, perhaps Joan or Marie could offer some assist to this. I've only had one furbaby and that was Napoleon. It certainly looks similar to a back molar that he had pulled about a year ago (this one is much smaller). I would have thought that they would have all been out by now, but...that doesn't stop it from one that perhaps the adult molar came up beside instead of underneath....and it finally giving way . I know that this happens with dogs, why not ferrets
ciao

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You know Sherry if you want you can add these pics to the aging your ferret by teeth thread. Or I can if you want. Just so people can see a baby tooth.