https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/21073/degu-dental-dz Hi, How do degus do without incisors? The case is a 7 month old. Skull rads show that both maxillary and mandibular incisors are overgrowing into the cheek teeth. The mandibular incisors have also punctured the hard palate and caused an infectionen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/127358?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:30:30 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:2d3c6793-0815-41c1-858b-64c077b6d98bHMC<p>I thought it&#39;d be fine but I like using this forum for silly little questions- I find it reassuring! I have a rabbit myself with no incisors and I figure that the degu probably does not use its incisors much at the moment anyway.</p> <p>Also, I&#39;ve been looking at the crude fibre contents of different degu foods and it appears that Supreme&#39;s version is only 10% CF. Unless that&#39;s a typo on their website, I&#39;d expect better of them!&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/127354?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:10:51 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:016c777b-5d07-4ed8-9b48-89af0462bdccMartin Atkinson<p>Rodents only really need their incisors for gnawing unlike rabbits which need them to groom their faecal pellets, so in theory it should be fine.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>