Carrots

[Lazyyyyy]

Hi I’m new to having a guinea pig and I recently saw my guinea pigs nose begin to have crust after reading through a lot of sites I saw that one reason could be the intake of vitamin c and for a maybe a week now I’ve been feeding my baby carrots and I just found out that’s really bad and could be the reason his nose crust began I feel really bad but if I were to stop his intake in carrots right now would his nose improve ?

 

[Siikibam]

The best thing to do is to get your piggy to a vet for a check. It's always advised if you don't get them from a reputable rescue. Carrots and vitamin c won't cause crusting on the nose. I'll post a link below for US vets.

Does your piggy have a friend? They're very social and need companionship of their own kind.

Guinea Lynx :: GL's Vet List

 

[VickiA]

Hello and welcome.
I agree completely with getting a vet check. From your description we can’t really give much indication of what might be wrong. A crust might be the start of a fungal infection or possibly the start of cheilitis or even a scab from an injury perhaps. Or even (as I found out once at the vets) something that has simply got stuck to the nose (pellet dust in my case!). A vet will be able to diagnose and give you the correct treatment for whatever is wrong

 

[Merab]

Welcome to the forum.
Hope you can get to the bottom of what is causing the crustiness.
Do keep us posted

 

[Lazyyyyy]

This a a photo of my baby

 

[weepweeps]

I’d definitely get that looked at by a vet. Hope it gets sorted soon.

 

[sport_billy]

I would imagine fungal infection possibly, please get him looked at and treated ASAP before it spreads further

 

[sport_billy]

Vet Locator

 

[VickiA]

I agree that looks like it could be fungal. Please can you take the piggy to a vet for diagnosis and treatment.

Please do take precautions as it is transmissible to humans. Here is a link to our useful guide Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures

 

[PigglePuggle]

Oh dear yes that does look rather like ringworm to me, best take piggy to the vet and follow the guide that @VickiA has linked in. Carrots are a bit too calorie rich to feed too often but this wont have harmed piggy in the short term, plenty time to look over the diet guides in future and get a healthier veg balance. Best of luck with the vet! Ringworm can be quite persistant and tricky to get rid of but great you have spotted it and can get some proper vet treatment.