Bald Ear

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i got my guinea pig with a bald ear is it normal for a piggy to have a bald ear?
p.s. i see hes growing hair on it
 
It’s just that Jet has the most gorgeous velvety snuggly piggy ears ever (which for some reason today smell of mint) and Binky who also has black ears has tramp ears with long weird fluffy hairs but not many! But they match the other ear so I presume they are ok.

I’m surprised the thought came to my head as I’m sat in a car waiting for my daughter to return from her riding with quite a gin hangover.
 
It would be really helpful to have a pic becaus although piggies generally have very little hair on their ears the fact that it's different to the other suggest she that something else is going on - could be a fungal infection.
 
It would be really helpful too if we could have a pic of both ears for comparison please.
 
The base of piggy ears are normally bald. Please post photos of both ears so we can advise
 
walnutandpeanut said:
i got my guinea pig with a bald ear is it normal for a piggy to have a bald ear?
p.s. i see hes growing hair on it
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I will be interested to see the answers to this as one of my piggies ( Orville ) also has a totally bald ear , pink , totally fur less and you can see his veins etc and I was thinking of asking the same question
 
FlyerTrev said:
I will be interested to see the answers to this as one of my piggies ( Orville ) also has a totally bald ear , pink , totally fur less and you can see his veins etc and I was thinking of asking the same question
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Post a photo :) we'll take a look
 
Has it always been that way?
 
the 2nd image I didn't mean to put so plz ignore th 2nd image.
NOTE:this is for bald ear pic
 
Katiedid said:
I take it the tares in their ears aren't crusty?
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No not at all , I think the had a rough start in life ....I was informed that they had been rescued from a place where people move around a bit ( in caravans ) , where they hadn't been cared for properly over crowded and in some cases euthanized .

They are happy boys now though....... in there new surroundings :wel: . I wasn't home last night but will take some pics of both of Orville's ears this evening and post them on here , not wanting to steal any limelight from walnutandpeanut who I would like to thank for starting this thread .
 
FlyerTrev said:
No not at all , I think the had a rough start in life ....I was informed that they had been rescued from a place where people move around a bit ( in caravans ) , where they hadn't been cared for properly over crowded and in some cases euthanized .

They are happy boys now though....... in there new surroundings :wel: . I wasn't home last night but will take some pics of both of Orville's ears this evening and post them on here , not wanting to steal any limelight from walnutandpeanut who I would like to thank for starting this thread .
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I suspect like walnut and peanut Orville's ears are just down to the different colouration. Darker ears always look more fluffy - even if they aren't. If the cuts are old and don't look crusty aren't itching then I wouldn't worry. My old piggy (in my avatar) had terribly ragged ears, one of my babies has a ragged ear too. Make sure there are no new cuts as that could either be some sort of infection or fighting.
 
@walnutandpeanut All fine in my opinion there, nothing to worry about, hope it puts your mind at rest :)

@FlyerTrev We had rescue piggies with ear tears before, unfortunately you never know what the piggies have gone through before you get them, tears would often be down to fights etc... I would agree with @Katiedid above in her comments, but please pop a photo up and we'll have a look
 
sport_billy said:
@FlyerTrev We had rescue piggies with ear tears before, unfortunately you never know what the piggies have gone through before you get them, tears would often be down to fights etc... I would agree with @Katiedid above in her comments, but please pop a photo up and we'll have a look
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anything for a cute guinea pig eat pic....:tu:
 
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