Dry skin

[Rebecca01]

Hi
I have four long haired girlies one of which is struggling with a little patch of dry skin.
It is where her hair parts and the patch is noticeable when looking at her rump now. Not great amounts of hair loss but hair does come out quite easily with dead skin attached to it. It hasn’t gotten bigger over the past week or so, and she hasn’t been itching any more than usual. I haven’t noticed anything similar on the others either although I plan on checking al four closely in their big groom tomorrow. They were treated for mites the other month as all four were very itchy, however this dry skin hasn’t shifted. I’m thinking of bathing them all in horgeous guineas shampoo- would you recommend the lice n easy IN CASE there is a little case of hay mites and then one of the lotions to moisturise?
Obviously I have been monitoring to make sure it hasn’t got any worse. I don’t want to buy ivermectin and treat with this if it probably isn’t mites.

 

[Wiebke]

Hi
I have four long haired girlies one of which is struggling with a little patch of dry skin.
It is where her hair parts and the patch is noticeable when looking at her rump now. Not great amounts of hair loss but hair does come out quite easily with dead skin attached to it. It hasn’t gotten bigger over the past week or so, and she hasn’t been itching any more than usual. I haven’t noticed anything similar on the others either although I plan on checking al four closely in their big groom tomorrow. They were treated for mites the other month as all four were very itchy, however this dry skin hasn’t shifted. I’m thinking of bathing them all in horgeous guineas shampoo- would you recommend the lice n easy IN CASE there is a little case of hay mites and then one of the lotions to moisturise?
Obviously I have been monitoring to make sure it hasn’t got any worse. I don’t want to buy ivermectin and treat with this if it probably isn’t mites.

Hi

What product did you use against the mites and how often? A single application or low dosed 'preventative' pet shop products may not be enough. Were they seen by a vet for a diagnosis?
New Guinea Pigs Health Problems: URI - Ringworm - Skin Parasites

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[Rebecca01]

Hi

What product did you use against the mites and how often? A single application or low dosed 'preventative' pet shop products may not be enough. Were they seen by a vet for a diagnosis?
New Guinea Pigs Health Problems: URI - Ringworm - Skin Parasites

Could you please add a picture of the balding are in relation to the body. We recommend to upload any pictures via the Attach Files button by your post when you write since our forum is not part of social media and not all formats are supported at all times.

Hi
Did not see a vet but they were all itching at the time and one had the ‘v of hair loss. I used ivermectin drops and they each had three treatments. The itching then relieved and hair grew back for the piggy that was worst.

This is her sister and it isn’t a hair loss V just a small patch of dryness with quite a lot of flaky skin . It hasn’t gotten any better or worse over the last couple of weeks. None of the others have any hair loss and none of them are itching any more so than usual. I have attached pictures.

 

[Piggies&buns]

Low dosed pet shop products are not recommended. We only ever recommend seeing a vet and getting a proper strength treatment dosed for their weight.
Pet shop products may suppress but won’t necessarily cure and thus the mites can come back.

 

[Rebecca01]

Low dosed pet shop products are not recommended. We only ever recommend seeing a vet and getting a proper strength treatment dosed for their weight.
Pet shop products may suppress but won’t necessarily cure and thus the mites can come back.

Hi
It was the naqua ones and they had to have one drop per 500g?
Anyway I’m not sure this is mites they don’t seem irritated and it hansnt gotten worse it’s just that little circle of dryness and flakiness