Tooth split?

[Babychai]

Hello, i noticed the top teeth of my squirrel splitting. this happened once 2 weeks back but only to one side. Few days later it somehow merged back into one piece ??? Then today i saw both split, i’m very perplexed by this and wonder if i had done something wrong or it is part of a natural process?

First Time:
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Second Time (Today):
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As you can see it splits into a front piece(smaller) and back piece. the front one is fixed in place but the back piece is shaky but does not fall off.

My squirrel is still a baby about seven weeks old.

[Babychai]

update: i just fed her a small piece of apple AND HER TWO BACK TOOTH PIECES ARE GONE omg. the previous time it split into 3 parts the middle piece fell out after i shook it leaving two parts only which magically glued back together by itself. This time i shook it beforehand just now but it didn’t fall out but after eating her apple they both fell out.
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[Trooper]

Hi Babychai; welcome to the forum. I have had some experience with teeth issues with my Trooper and might be able to help somehow, noting that the most experienced rehabers have not responded to your post yet.

I got that the issue is with the upper two incisors. What I was not able to ascertain precisely from your description and the photos is:
1-The teeth appearing splitting, are or were they split lengthwise along the top to bottom direction of the teeth, almost as if she had four narrow, skinny incisors?
2-Or were they cut cross-side left to right as if someone saw them off and became shorter?
3-Noe that they've "fallen out" as you said in second post, do the top incisor look shorter and level with her upper gum line?

One thing to be aware of with eastern gray squirrels is that 'any kind" of trauma (shock, fall, knock, bump) to the upper or lower incisors (also known as elondont) can cause a condition known as odontoma in a period of months up to one or two years after the trauma. If you have access and funds to see a veterinary and take "dental X-rays" of your baby's mouth (dental X-rays is preferred to the X-ray machine that is used to take full-body radiographs because it provides up to 3 times better resolution) and use the scans you get as a 'baseline" for the future.

I do not want to alarm you, but the chances of getting odontoma from the damage you described, if caused by shock trauma is better than 85% and having the baseline radiographs will help in the future to differentiate if an odontoma is growing at the base of her upper incisor teeth. The attached paper will give you a better understanding of what I am talking about.

If you have any questions, shoot me a reply or Private Message.

Good luck,

Trooper's dad

[Babychai]

hello, thank you for your response !! 2 and 3 apply to her, it’s split from left to right so it’s 2 rows instead of 2 columns! yes the remaining incisors are short only slight protruding out of her gum line. Bribing her to the vet is unlikely as it’s illegal to keep her in my state, also her breed is a plantain squirrel, diet seems to be pretty different from american squirrels and also much smaller in size.