One of our young males (a touch under 6months) has black flecks round his grease spot... Pic below... Is he just grubby?
He seems ok otherwise...
He seems ok otherwise...
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Black flecks round grease spot?
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prettypigs
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Yes, it's just grease from the grease gland; my Bailey is a really greasy pig and always like that only worse! You could try cleaning the area with swarfega, just rub it on dry, then rinse off and shampoo as normal.
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Yeah, just grease from the gland. You can see it more sometimes in the paler or white piggies. As said, use a bit of swarfega to get it off, or if not sometimes a bit of washing up liquid works, but its not as good.
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Cheers guys and phew! I was worried it was some kind of parasite or something... Thankgoodness for that!
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