knot on the neck

[babysquirrel]

A knot has come up on squirrels neck and I feel like her teeth are having problems too. Shes five years old and this is the first problem we've had

[Rhapsody]

Have you ever had to trim her teeth before? looks like the one might need a little trim and it looks like the one beside it has been chipped, has she injured it in any way here recently?

Are you able to take her to a vet to have her teeth trimmed? - if not here is link to a step by step instruction on how to trim a squirrels teeth, you might need a little help with this.

Teeth Trimming:
http://www.mary.cc/squirrels/trimteeth.htm

[Scooterzmom]

These teeth look like a serious issue to me. This poor little fuzzer cannot possibly feed itself properly with teeth in bad shape. This could become life threatening if you don't see to it really quick. :(

Are you sure you don't have one of them piercing downward towards her neck?

[Rhapsody]

Are you sure you don't have one of them piercing downward towards her neck?

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. Has one of the teeth possible cut the neck and cause an infection or abscess to form? - or just pushing thru the skin.
Any One?

[lilidukes]

That bottom tooth needs to be trimmed ASAP. Hold her just like in the picture with the stick in back. Take a pair of nippers an snip the long one off and use a nail file to smooth it off just a couple of swipes until smooth. Only takes a minute to do. Jackie in Tampa has a video on how to do it.

http://www.thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23602&highlight=trimming

[Lulu2010]

One of my rescue rats developed an abscess on her neck that was quite a good size. I took her to the vet and they drained a lot of nasty stuff out of it and put her on antibiotics. In nearly no time, it was gone. I'm not real sure what hers was from. I would see a vet if you have one that can see her.