Horse Teeth?

She is two and a half years old and one of her front teeth is cracked in half and almost completly split through the middle.I've read that they "shed" teeth How old are they when they do so, is this part of the process or could it have been a kick from another one of the horses? And could it affect the way she eats?


The cracked tooth does not seem to hurt her when she eats now, but could it later?

Horse Teeth?
This would be a permenant tooth, and what you described does happen more often than you think. I have a 10 year old Arab gelding who has a cracked front tooth, and my good friend has a 16 year old TB with the same thing, and both are just fine. Next time that your Vet comes out to give shots, mention it him/her and see what he/she thinks about it. If it's not sore, not absessed and doesn't affect the way that she eats, then don't worry about it.
Reply:This would be her permanent tooth. A vet should look at it. Even though you think that it is not a problem now a vet can prevent it from becoming one later. If it becomes a problem later it will be a LOT more expensive then. Also animals are good at hiding illness or injury until it gets really bad.
Reply:This has never happend to any of my 3 horses. I would not take any chances. Go to your vet and check it out asap.
Reply:Horses start loosing their baby teeth around that age and it can look pretty bad when it's happening. Believe me, it's nothing to worry about. I've bred and raised horses for the past 30 years, trust me on this.
Reply:Call the vet becasue it may stop her eating because it could be painful
Reply:i would call the vet out.. because i dont' know that much about teeth sorry i can' t help more
Reply:if shes eating OK for now i wouldn't ring the vet, they'll charge you a bomb just to tell you shes OK, you could always ring the vet ask advice..?
Reply:there her permanent teeth and the vet would probably float your horses teeth.


but i would talk to your local vet about it before you do anything.
Reply:Horses' permanent teeth grow throughout their lives. My mare belted herself in the mouth once when she pulled back while tied and fell over backward when the rope snapped. She knocked off about an inch of one of her top front teeth. It took about 6 or 7 years to grow out, but she never had any problems grazing or eating grain, and did not appear to be in any pain. Follow the advice of one of the other answers; have the vet have a look at it during the next routine checkup.