I've heard that cows lose their baby teeth at around age two. Do they lose them all within a short period of time, or spaced out like humans? How long until an adult tooth replaces the one that fell out? Still learning. Thanks.
Cows and losing teeth
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kenny thomas
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They loose 2 teeth each year until they are 6 starting with the front 2. And the adult tooth pushed out the baby tooth I think. Not real sure on that though.
Putangitangi
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It's as individual as all the other things they do. Some will be left with a gap for a few weeks and sometimes the first teeth come up really off-line, but eventually straighten up. There's also at least one deciduous molar - I'd have to check, but that's sometime around 2-ish as well, I think.
I always find it amazing that those baby teeth look so huge in a new-born calf and so tiny by the time they start losing them when they grow up.
I always find it amazing that those baby teeth look so huge in a new-born calf and so tiny by the time they start losing them when they grow up.
