crazyhorse

How often do your horse/s have its teeth done? How much do you usually spend on each session?

Our horses have their teeth cleaned up every year to a vet. The cost for each horse is approximately $110 (5,500 pesos). And we have 2 horses and they took turns to see the vet, March for Takbo and October for Kidlat.

QuarterHorses

The schedule depends on the horse. Some of my horses seem to keep their teeth under control better. Every 1- 2 years (depends on the vet recommendation) we float the horse's teeth. It costs around $250 per horse. It is hard work for the vet and it usually takes two people to get it done.

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UmYes?

I didn't know that horses went to the vet to get their teeth cleaned. I always thought that just people would clean the horses teeth.. But now thanks to equineboard I am learning more and more about horses. I think that this site will become a fully developed community
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UmYes?

StillTyping

But how do they clean / brush their teeth?

MoodyMare

I have never heard of someone actually seriously brushing their horses teeth.
Sorry, but that is the funniest thing i have heard in a while

Mine gets his teeth floated by a vet, but not cleaned.
Mine get cleaned, with floss, but not floated

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Willow

@Moodymare
I just imagine that picture: you are standing there a bit drugged up, the vet holding the drill with that interesting dental instrument into your mouth and getting your teeth done Gosh, all the hooks to get rid off !!

A bit more to the subject: our young ones we check every half a year until they are about 3 yrs of age, the older ones every year. Costs vary depending on time spend: from 80 to 120 euros in this area. If I recall, in MI and TX I spent about $100 per horse, about the same. $250 is quite a bit, where you are from please, QuarterHorses?

MoodyMare

Seriously, are those people cleaning the teeth or floating them????

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QuarterHorses

I live in a small town next to Scottsdale. The prices are higher I am sure in Scottsdale. I have never heard of someone brushing horses teeth. That would be very dangerous for an owner to do. In the wild, a horse will naturally grind down their teeth by eating the range grasses (and dirt). Domesticated horses can't keep the sharp points on their teeth under control. My vet actually uses a saws-all with a special grinding pad if the horse has really bad teeth.

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crazyhorse

If the owner of the horse is a vet then he can clean the teeth of his horse all by himself, maybe with a little help of an assistant.

Anyway, I have not yet heard or even seen on our horses about decaying teeth of horses. Is there such thing as decaying tooth for horses or it is just for humans?

UmYes?

No, horses can have tooth decay too. Stuff that effects humans teeth can also effect horses teeth. For more info visit : http://www.brown-ranch.com/dentistry.html There are disturbing teeth pictures on that page, egh.
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dcrivers

What is floating? My first thought was an image of a horse's false teeth floating in a glass of denture cleaning solution.

And QuarterHorses, are you saying horses teeth grow sharp? And they have to be filed down to keep from getting pointy?

fotog

Is having a vet on "house call" really expensive? Anyone still do this?

SaddleSore

Floating, or rasping, is filing basically. It is where the vet wears down the surface of the tooth in such a way as to remove sharp points, or to even out the mouth if the teeth had been wearing unevenly.