Dom R
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all,
Coco, whom is about 7 weeks old, is my new, rescued piggy that I got just over a week ago, and other than a couple of things, he's doing great.
So firstly he had a bit of diarrhoea, which the vet gave him some antibiotics and he's all cleared up. But now I've noticed a couple of things.
The first one, which is that he's squinting one eye, and I only noticed this today (I check all my pigs daily, so it is fresh). My guess, and my hope is that he accidentally got poked by hay, I have wiped it to make sure there's no really small pieces of debris in there. Secondly, I did find a small lump/scab on the surface of his skin (I can feel it slightly underneath, but I'm not sure whether or not that's just because it's scabbing. I've applied some coconut oil on there, just to help with the healing.
I'm not sure what has caused these two things, as he had fresh mite treatment applied to him when I got him. Would it be worth using my last spare spot on treatment just to make sure it isn't that. Is it also worth trimming a bit of his fur on the area, to see if there's something that I didn't see before, he has white, thick fur so it is quite difficult to see anything other than scamming.
He's currently on Baytril, and today is his final day, and I'm just worrying about what it could possibly be (If neither of them clear up then I'll have to take him to the vets again, I just wanted some ideas and information on what to look out for. He's still eating, drinking and urinating fine, and his poops are back to normal too, so I'm not extremely worried.
Coco, whom is about 7 weeks old, is my new, rescued piggy that I got just over a week ago, and other than a couple of things, he's doing great.
So firstly he had a bit of diarrhoea, which the vet gave him some antibiotics and he's all cleared up. But now I've noticed a couple of things.
The first one, which is that he's squinting one eye, and I only noticed this today (I check all my pigs daily, so it is fresh). My guess, and my hope is that he accidentally got poked by hay, I have wiped it to make sure there's no really small pieces of debris in there. Secondly, I did find a small lump/scab on the surface of his skin (I can feel it slightly underneath, but I'm not sure whether or not that's just because it's scabbing. I've applied some coconut oil on there, just to help with the healing.
I'm not sure what has caused these two things, as he had fresh mite treatment applied to him when I got him. Would it be worth using my last spare spot on treatment just to make sure it isn't that. Is it also worth trimming a bit of his fur on the area, to see if there's something that I didn't see before, he has white, thick fur so it is quite difficult to see anything other than scamming.
He's currently on Baytril, and today is his final day, and I'm just worrying about what it could possibly be (If neither of them clear up then I'll have to take him to the vets again, I just wanted some ideas and information on what to look out for. He's still eating, drinking and urinating fine, and his poops are back to normal too, so I'm not extremely worried.
