fur loss

Hi, one of our male elder guinea pigs named Owlie (6.5-7yo) was brought in to an exotic NYC vet 2 weeks ago for an outbreak of lice (it seemed to blow up out of nowhere), and some right hind leg mobility issues. He was given a general check up, and provided treated w/ Revolution. An ear swab was...

My Bercy (3.5) has been having little blood spots turn up in his urine (?) for about two months. No wounds or anything on his feet. He saw a vet who prescribed antibiotics, to no avail. The tricky part is that when we did X Rays to check for any sort of stones, they came back completely normal...

My 4 year old boar Mochi scratches his face with his hind paw, and I think that's how he lost this small patch of fur near his eye. Any tips? Should I apply some ointment? And how should I prevent this in the future?

My guinea pig is 2, he has a bald spot under his chin. As you can see the front of his face including his nose, eye area, and ears are all healthy. His cagemate doesn't have the bald spot. I also saw that it might have to due with wet food getting under his chin but honestly I don't know. The...

Hi I’m looking for some advice for my 3yr old guinea pig. I’ve had Puff for 3 years, her companion (age5) has very recently passed away. I’m fully aware that guinea pigs are not to be kept alone however I refuse to continue through the vicious cycle of “older one dies, get a new one”. I have a...

I recently got Guinea pigs about 2 weeks ago. One seems perfectly healthy and the other seemed healthy for the most part when we first got her. We noticed one of her ears had no fur but her other ear did. Her ear was super red but it’s calmed down a lot since we’ve had her (one of her ears still...

Hello, I have been a happy guinea pig mom for a little over a month. I have two 7 months old boars, healthy and active who are in their dominance establisment phase and quarrel a little from time to time but no actual fighting as far as I observed. Here is the picture Today I noticed that one...

Hi my name is jade and I'm looking for someone to help me with an issue I dont have the money to bring my gunie pig to the vet and I'm worried because I'm not sure what's happening to him or what's going on my gunie pig keeps losing clumps of hair under his chin and idk what's causing it it's...

I was checking my two piggies health and one of my girls appears to have lost some fur loss around her ear (she has always had small bald patches behind her ears but now it's a bit bigger) She also has dark brown patches on the skin around her ears. I've never seen this in my piggies and I'm...