Do you have any idea what this is?

[jmacka93]

I gave Luna a bath today because I noticed she had these dark coloured spots in her fur (and she smelt like wee because Luna likes to lie underneath the thing Penny likes to wee on. She's such a numpty).
After her bath when she was mostly dry, I noticed that it didn't go away. I have done that test to see if it is flea dirt and I have concluded that it isn't. It is only in the one area in her fur (there is a bit where it is really short on her back end an that is where it is.

This picture isn't the clearest but it is the best I could get. Any ideas what it might be?

 

[Toffeewoffee]

Dust from the hay? x

 

[jmacka93]

Dust from the hay? x

I thought that it could be from this, but wouldn't it have come out when she had a bath? and it is only in that one spot.
Also, why is part of her fur on her back end shorter than the rest?

 

[melody]

could she have been nibbling it? my one had a flea bite and where she's been nibbling, the furs shorter. also lots of midges / insects about, could it have been a bite? the dark bit maybe bits of dried skin?

 

[Poppy'sMum]

It could be hay/static mites they don't actually "run" like normal lice.

To be certain, use a little sellotape & tape it over the black specks then pull gently away & pop it under a microscope if you have one, if not use a magnifying glass. Any critters waving will be static mites

 

[Mummylind]

Hi

A couple of my girls had this problem and I identified it as static/hay mites. Quite harmless but a nuisance. I bought Lice 'n' Easy from Gorgeous Guineas which did the trick. My white girl, Moomin, was super white when she had been bathed, as if she had been on a hot wash ! It certainly did the trick, worth a try, Gorgeous Guinea products are really good.

 

[Poppy'sMum]

Hi

A couple of my girls had this problem and I identified it as static/hay mites. Quite harmless but a nuisance. I bought Lice 'n' Easy from Gorgeous Guineas which did the trick. My white girl, Moomin, was super white when she had been bathed, as if she had been on a hot wash ! It certainly did the trick, worth a try, Gorgeous Guinea products are really good.

This is the fortunate thing about having a white piggy even though they get dirty quicker lol Sadly my 3 now all have grey/brown/black bums lol!