Saké's Tooth

We had a bit of a surprise when Dave was cleaning the bento box the other night - a tooth. It was long but not horrifyingly so. Since Sushi just had her teeth trimmed last week, we knew it couldn't belong to her. It took a bit of effort to get a look at Saké's mouth, but sure enough, she had broken off one of her bottom teeth.

The break is clean, and since rats do not have feeling in their teeth (except once you approach the blood supply), I don't think it bothered her too much. It hasn't slowed her eating down at all. We have plenty of wood blocks and other things for them to chew on in their cage, so I assume that may have played a role. Now she has one long bottom incisor and one short. Hopefully that won't give her any problems.

Adorable Saké