Eye, Sebaceous Cyst & Fungal issues all at once :(

[GPTV]

Hi!

You treat any acutely affected piggies with itrafungol.
Give all piggies in the group a bath with malaseb to prevent the non-affected ones coming down with ringworm and deep clean the cage.

Then you do the same once the acute stage of ringworm is over to make sure that no spores sitting in any coat are carried across and you can start with a totally clean spore-free environment and piggies again. You can leave them all together it if it is easier for you.

With itrafungol and prompt treatment, the acute stage is usually over after 7-10 days. You may want to give itrafungol 2-3 days longer to be on the safe side. Acute ringworm is over when there are no longer any new crusts forming on the affected patch. Itrafungol usually stops the further spread of ringworm within 2-3 days.
It can be used continuously in guinea pigs or - if your vet feels safer with the cat interval use - 1 week on, 1 week off and if necessary another week on. Dosage is 0.05 ml per 100g of body weight. It has been in use for guinea pigs for nearly a decade now and has been found to be well tolerated and safe to use, as well as much more effective and less stressful for both owners and piggies.

But you should be over it within 1-2 weeks and then another 2 weeks of observation (or quarantine). Here are our detailed care tips again.
I have managed to keep my own last outbreak to a single patch on a single piggy in a room with 30 piggies, so I know that the tips work!
Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures

PS: Malaseb or other fungal dips (left to dry on the coat) or shampoos (rinsed off after 15 minutes) are usually given every 3 days. Unless you are dealing with a severe outbreak or piggies with underlying problems and a compromised immune system, 3-4 applications overall should be doing the trick.

All the best! I hope that the rest of the problems can also be easily sorted!

The ringworm queen! You're amazing! Thank you xx

 

[Wiebke]

The ringworm queen! You're amazing! Thank you xx

All the best! It is normal to be extra jittery when you are confronted with the same or a similar situation. Hopefully, it is just one little patch; there is often less hair on an eye lid.

 

[eileen]

its the humid weather that can cause fungal infections to increase.my vet wanted to charge £105 for oral intrafungol !i used animed direct.i hope you get to the bottom of this !

 

[GPTV]

All the best! It is normal to be extra jittery when you are confronted with the same or a similar situation. Hopefully, it is just one little patch; there is often less hair on an eye lid.

its the humid weather that can cause fungal infections to increase.my vet wanted to charge £105 for oral intrafungol !i used animed direct.i hope you get to the bottom of this !

On petdrugsonline looks like there's 20p difference (at least I have a plan B if its out of stock )
I wondered how they could have picked up another bout of fungal, Ive been F10 'ing the hutch every proper clean out & its been drying out really well in this warm weather.

Its rather disheartening when I've been being so careful & it's back so soon!

Here's Squiggles eye, the others all decided facing the opposite side direction & running off was the order of the day!

 

[Wiebke]

On petdrugsonline looks like there's 20p difference (at least I have a plan B if its out of stock )
I wondered how they could have picked up another bout of fungal, Ive been F10 'ing the hutch every proper clean out & its been drying out really well in this warm weather.

Its rather disheartening when I've been being so careful & it's back so soon!

Here's Squiggles eye, the others all decided facing the opposite side direction & running off was the order of the day!

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It may not necessarily be ringworm, which is simply the most aggressive and contagious form of a fungal skin infection, but there are quite a lot of milder forms which flourish in warm and humid weather. That said, all it takes is just one invisible spore that is picked up somewhere or sitting somewhere in a coat and the whole caboodle starts again.

I have been there myself with my then 16 piggies and feel for you!