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Noticed brown flecks on end of fur, not moving. Ideas on what this could be?
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Brown flecks on fur!
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hi-
my third pig was a rescue from animal control. when the chief officer telephoned me [she's an acquaintance and knows i love pigs], i was only going to help with transporting the pig, initially, to a vet who is about 90 minutes away, and is a guinea pig rescuer of ten years.
i decided to keep him because after quarantine was over, they all got on famously. well- a few weeks later, i noticed very DARK brown flecks in the fur of the tortie and white; they were located in abundance on his rump area. the recent rescue, perhaps a carrier of mites, and my other pig were not showing any dead skin flakes. i've read that mites are really common in pigs, can actually be present for a long time without any problems, then a trigger- stress, environmental change, something- can turn asymptomatic to symptomatic.
the vet said mites, and they were all three treated. it sort of freaked me out at first- never having dealt with said issue. the main thing was to simply treat them for mites, and it was fairly simple.
good luck to you.
my third pig was a rescue from animal control. when the chief officer telephoned me [she's an acquaintance and knows i love pigs], i was only going to help with transporting the pig, initially, to a vet who is about 90 minutes away, and is a guinea pig rescuer of ten years.
i decided to keep him because after quarantine was over, they all got on famously. well- a few weeks later, i noticed very DARK brown flecks in the fur of the tortie and white; they were located in abundance on his rump area. the recent rescue, perhaps a carrier of mites, and my other pig were not showing any dead skin flakes. i've read that mites are really common in pigs, can actually be present for a long time without any problems, then a trigger- stress, environmental change, something- can turn asymptomatic to symptomatic.
the vet said mites, and they were all three treated. it sort of freaked me out at first- never having dealt with said issue. the main thing was to simply treat them for mites, and it was fairly simple.
good luck to you.
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Suzygpr
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Have you treated the piggie for mites at all? If not a simple spot on treatment Xeno 450 if adult, Xeno 50 if young. You will need to repeat the treatment, every 10 days for a month I think, to be rid of the little visitors. Alternatively you can shampoo with an insecticidal shampoo for small animals - I use Johnsons. Again repeat treatments are needed to kill all the hatched mites each week for a month. Both are available from large pet shops - or a good small one.
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So they are mites even though mites cannot be seen? Droppings or something? I was reading up also about flea droppings, which kinda of fit the description...
Shellza
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Could they be lice rather than mites? You can see lice, or they could be eggs. The Xeno 50 or 450 will get rid of lice too. I would suggest treating with this and see 
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