SusieW
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi!
Sorry to ask yet another question.
I've had guinea pigs for quite a lot of years now, but last year adopted two adult alpacas and at the start of this year adopted a Lunkarya but this is my first experience of these types of guinea pigs.
They are fantastic in every way and are lovely and friendly, and are so chilled out and I think they are brilliant but I've noticed they seem to have really dry feet.
They had their weekly weigh in today and I noticed the Lunkarya (almost 1 year old) has really dry feet again. It's not really the soles of his feet, more the top sides of his feet and they are quite flaky. They don't bother him in the slightest and I have Gorgeous Guineas foot cream (might have changed its name but think it's the same product) for them but I was just wondering if anyone has any experience in dry feet/skin in alpacas or Lunkaryas? I thought Teddy guinea pigs are known for dry skin although I've never had one so may be wrong on that. All my other guinea pigs have totally normal feet. They are all on fleece which gets swept daily and washed weekly (and they have puppy pads and hay in the hayloft) and the alpaca and Lunkarya are a bonded pair (were a trio until the other alpaca died last month
) and in a 4x5 c&c with a 1x4 hayloft. I don't think it's a husbandry issue as I have never had a feet issue before getting these guys, and they definitely don't look sore or in pain, just dry and flaky on top. I'm not too sure it's a health issue as they aren't ill, but was unsure where this fits.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Merlin the alpaca and Orinoco the Lunk say thank you for reading about their feet!
Sorry to ask yet another question.
I've had guinea pigs for quite a lot of years now, but last year adopted two adult alpacas and at the start of this year adopted a Lunkarya but this is my first experience of these types of guinea pigs.
They are fantastic in every way and are lovely and friendly, and are so chilled out and I think they are brilliant but I've noticed they seem to have really dry feet.
They had their weekly weigh in today and I noticed the Lunkarya (almost 1 year old) has really dry feet again. It's not really the soles of his feet, more the top sides of his feet and they are quite flaky. They don't bother him in the slightest and I have Gorgeous Guineas foot cream (might have changed its name but think it's the same product) for them but I was just wondering if anyone has any experience in dry feet/skin in alpacas or Lunkaryas? I thought Teddy guinea pigs are known for dry skin although I've never had one so may be wrong on that. All my other guinea pigs have totally normal feet. They are all on fleece which gets swept daily and washed weekly (and they have puppy pads and hay in the hayloft) and the alpaca and Lunkarya are a bonded pair (were a trio until the other alpaca died last month
) and in a 4x5 c&c with a 1x4 hayloft. I don't think it's a husbandry issue as I have never had a feet issue before getting these guys, and they definitely don't look sore or in pain, just dry and flaky on top. I'm not too sure it's a health issue as they aren't ill, but was unsure where this fits.Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Merlin the alpaca and Orinoco the Lunk say thank you for reading about their feet!
