Chopsticus
Junior Guinea Pig
Let me first thank everyone who take time out of their festive seasons to offer advice, etc.
I am going to see a vet ASAP but please just throw any ideas and suggestions at this, My nearest 2 other vets have the worst reviews and plenty of them. Money-grabbing isn't the worst of the problems. Both places reportedly have no idea what they are doing. I probably will take the bus to the next closest - best by way of having no reviews at all on Google.
Piggysus passed away 28th Dec. Vet said mites.Pictures taken just now, i.e. 2am 31/12
The first picture is Beanie, the rest Dotty.
But this is roughly what Piggysus looked like some time ago, maybe 3 weeks. What I am trying to say is Beanie seems very much a few stops behind on the same track. In particular how there is damage on the face - the more I bath their body, the more damage there is on the face. The only difference is Beanie does not have some very deep scratches. Piggysus probably did those to himself.
In fact, this picture is so bright it looks a bit better than it actually is.
Only yesterday (29/12) Beanie rested by my leg and popcorned non-stop until she fell asleep. Then I slept for 4 hours. Then I woke up and this whole day (30/12) she was preoccupied with itching and scratching. The Bob Martin's hay is one of the problems - just bringing out 2 handfuls left mite bite bumps on my hand and arm. And this is not the first bag that does this either. But I only added the hay at the end of the day, like past midnight. The only thing better is she does not wheek as hard from the problems. However, when Piggysus was still alive, handling them tends to stop to noise making. Today it does little.
Just behind Beanie's legs the skin is bald and wrinkly. I know the bladness is from the damage on skin - but it is normalto be wrinkly? Beanie's wrinkled areas are only very small, but the other piggies I already lost had much bigger wrinkly patches - looked like sick, old dogs. I always forgot to mention this bit before.
You probably think Dotty's pictures show little damage and you would be right. My concern here is that as you can see, there is some damage, and they are new, Very minor, in a few places. A week ago she showed like no damage or illness at all. So considering what happened to the others, I fear she may also have the same.
They both have a tiny bit of heavy breathing - but only occasionally and only when my hand is near, like when holding them or touching them - am I the problem!? I have asthma and eczema.
However, since I started making this post (about an hour ago) they both curled into the same cave bed, which I put under my blanket and they calmed down and rested for an hour - the problem was, earlier today this same treatment had little effect. Beanie is now back out to eat. Not too affected by the hay. Now it has been another 15 or 20 minutes and it's their most comfortable 15 minutes of the day. I don't get it.
I am going to see a vet ASAP but please just throw any ideas and suggestions at this, My nearest 2 other vets have the worst reviews and plenty of them. Money-grabbing isn't the worst of the problems. Both places reportedly have no idea what they are doing. I probably will take the bus to the next closest - best by way of having no reviews at all on Google.
Piggysus passed away 28th Dec. Vet said mites.Pictures taken just now, i.e. 2am 31/12
The first picture is Beanie, the rest Dotty.
But this is roughly what Piggysus looked like some time ago, maybe 3 weeks. What I am trying to say is Beanie seems very much a few stops behind on the same track. In particular how there is damage on the face - the more I bath their body, the more damage there is on the face. The only difference is Beanie does not have some very deep scratches. Piggysus probably did those to himself.
In fact, this picture is so bright it looks a bit better than it actually is.
Only yesterday (29/12) Beanie rested by my leg and popcorned non-stop until she fell asleep. Then I slept for 4 hours. Then I woke up and this whole day (30/12) she was preoccupied with itching and scratching. The Bob Martin's hay is one of the problems - just bringing out 2 handfuls left mite bite bumps on my hand and arm. And this is not the first bag that does this either. But I only added the hay at the end of the day, like past midnight. The only thing better is she does not wheek as hard from the problems. However, when Piggysus was still alive, handling them tends to stop to noise making. Today it does little.
Just behind Beanie's legs the skin is bald and wrinkly. I know the bladness is from the damage on skin - but it is normalto be wrinkly? Beanie's wrinkled areas are only very small, but the other piggies I already lost had much bigger wrinkly patches - looked like sick, old dogs. I always forgot to mention this bit before.
You probably think Dotty's pictures show little damage and you would be right. My concern here is that as you can see, there is some damage, and they are new, Very minor, in a few places. A week ago she showed like no damage or illness at all. So considering what happened to the others, I fear she may also have the same.
They both have a tiny bit of heavy breathing - but only occasionally and only when my hand is near, like when holding them or touching them - am I the problem!? I have asthma and eczema.
However, since I started making this post (about an hour ago) they both curled into the same cave bed, which I put under my blanket and they calmed down and rested for an hour - the problem was, earlier today this same treatment had little effect. Beanie is now back out to eat. Not too affected by the hay. Now it has been another 15 or 20 minutes and it's their most comfortable 15 minutes of the day. I don't get it.
