Wolf teeth removal make filly less mouthy?

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I do hope so! Not my best idea but I put my finger in her gummy bit and was met with a very sharp scratchy tooth which resulted in a bloody finger! Good job she didn't chomp down on it, it was more a graze. She's eating fine but could her wolf teeth be causing her pain?
 
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I do hope so! Not my best idea but I put my finger in her gummy bit and was met with a very sharp scratchy tooth which resulted in a bloody finger! Good job she didn't chomp down on it, it was more a graze. She's eating fine but could her wolf teeth be causing her pain?
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Get it checked out by a vet or EDT.

Lloyd.
 
Oh I'm defo not bitting until they are removed, I was just curious to know if she will be less nibbley when they are out as I'm constantly correcting her for nibbling on me, she tries to chew everything inc lead rope whilst leading. Got edt coming in the summer to remove them but think I need to get them checked now incase they are causing pain as they feel v sharp!? Edt checked her 6 months ago and found them but said they'll be ok until summer to pull em, I just thought they wouldn't cause issues as I'm not planning to bit but will get them out after she turns 2 as I want to do more with her then and let her feel a bit in.
 
I wouldn't get them removed until you just before start to bit her. Quite lot of horses will shed them themselves and if that is the case with yours you'll have spent money unnecessarily.
 
In relation to the EDT "Pulling " them this is not something I would recomend. Any extraction should be in my opinion be done by a vet , ideally taking a xray before hand to detemain the length of the tooth , then the procedure followed by another xray to ensure no residue of the tooth remains.

You could remove a tooth and it appears what you have in your hand is the whole and complete tooth only to discover that you have infact only broken the tooth and are now going to leave the base of the tooth to become infected.

Any vet worth his salt would be able to carry out this procedure using xrays and not charge you any more than £100 so really not much more than EDT with the peace of mind.

There is every chance that your wee horse is just mouthy as there is any number of teeth coming into wear / caps being shed etc etc so with out consultaion you cannot be sure that wolf teeth are the exclussive reason.

Routine work for EDT's but extractions I would leave for the vets.
 
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