Suzy! sorry to come back and basically beg you for advice, but we seem to have had a relapse in the piggies 
on caramel, pictured above, the hair regrowth which was healthy now comes out very easily, squeeler has lost even more fur but the rest of my boars seem to be slightly better, same with the other sows but still flaky.
the F10 arrived and i've given all the cages a good scrub out and a hefty spray with it at 1:250 as recommended on the bottle and left it to soak into the wood and dry naturally (also on the bottle, but recommended for hard surfaces rather than porous)
If i have enough spare housing at the moment
i've been thinking i could scrub them out completely with bleach, rinse really well with the hose, leave them to dry for at least a day, wash again, then re-spray with F10 to make absolutely sure i'd done all i could for the cages, but is there much point before they start to show improvement again?
i've also swapped to F10 shampoo as a preventative for the rabbits who aren't showing symptoms as they soak up imaverol like a sponge
(the one i know had the problem on his ears is still receiving imaverol dips though as he lives below a piggy)
would it be worth getting another bottle of imaverol to see of it helps on a second round or should i bite the bullet, beg borrow and steal to go see the vet about it? i can't decide, and i'll need to order the imaverol tonight (though even if i didn;t use it, it would be handy to have around in case the dog DOES pick something up)
I know it's harsh on their systems, but Itrafungol has given me excellent results with Clarabel a few years back, unbeknownst to me as well, at the time i was treating her with it she was pregnant, and all three of her pups were born healthy.
but at £34 for a 52ml bottle, which i'd be giving 1ml per day per piggy (10ml per day) would work out really really expensive for a 2 week course, but if guaranteed to work, i don't think i'd mind being completely skint until 2013 but it's even if my vet would prescribe it. (Does anyone near York have any experience with Tower vets? i've only ever had to take one of my pigs to the vet before once, for some eye drops following a hay poke, they were really pushy to remove his eye, but it wasn't bothering him whatsoever, it's sunken and basically not an eye any more these days but he's a happy chunky boar)
my sister has offered to front me the money for it just go get the problem hopefully sorted as soon as possible as my mum is going spare with me taking over her kitchen every day for hours on end to dip the piggies.
I know Battleflats is a good practice nearby for piggies, but i don't drive and taking a fungal piggy all that way on the bus isn't really practical or fair! i hate the bus at the best of times myself, never mind being a piggy in a box on a bus
Mum is also completely ignoring the disease control measures i put in place
one of which was NOT letting the dog out into the back garden until this is sorted and i've given it a good spray with jayes fluid/bleach - she's been getting up and letting him out there first thing on a morning before i've woken up the entire time i've been treating the piggies. now i'm worried he might have picked it up and dragged it all though the house - he goes everywhere too, the sofas & our beds included.
so everything i've done just seems like it has just been pointless.
i wonder how happy she'd be about having to replace all her carpets and furnishings because he "looked sad"! grrrr
she just seems to be completely clueless - complaining as well about me bleaching the kitchen floor nightly as it's not going her grouting any good apparently, but i can't honestly just give it a quick wipe with flash cleaner then leave it for my 9 month old niece to crawl around on
Getting really stressed and disheartened again with it all
so much work!
on caramel, pictured above, the hair regrowth which was healthy now comes out very easily, squeeler has lost even more fur but the rest of my boars seem to be slightly better, same with the other sows but still flaky.
the F10 arrived and i've given all the cages a good scrub out and a hefty spray with it at 1:250 as recommended on the bottle and left it to soak into the wood and dry naturally (also on the bottle, but recommended for hard surfaces rather than porous)
If i have enough spare housing at the moment
i've been thinking i could scrub them out completely with bleach, rinse really well with the hose, leave them to dry for at least a day, wash again, then re-spray with F10 to make absolutely sure i'd done all i could for the cages, but is there much point before they start to show improvement again?
i've also swapped to F10 shampoo as a preventative for the rabbits who aren't showing symptoms as they soak up imaverol like a sponge
(the one i know had the problem on his ears is still receiving imaverol dips though as he lives below a piggy)
would it be worth getting another bottle of imaverol to see of it helps on a second round or should i bite the bullet, beg borrow and steal to go see the vet about it? i can't decide, and i'll need to order the imaverol tonight (though even if i didn;t use it, it would be handy to have around in case the dog DOES pick something up)
I know it's harsh on their systems, but Itrafungol has given me excellent results with Clarabel a few years back, unbeknownst to me as well, at the time i was treating her with it she was pregnant, and all three of her pups were born healthy.
but at £34 for a 52ml bottle, which i'd be giving 1ml per day per piggy (10ml per day) would work out really really expensive for a 2 week course, but if guaranteed to work, i don't think i'd mind being completely skint until 2013 but it's even if my vet would prescribe it. (Does anyone near York have any experience with Tower vets? i've only ever had to take one of my pigs to the vet before once, for some eye drops following a hay poke, they were really pushy to remove his eye, but it wasn't bothering him whatsoever, it's sunken and basically not an eye any more these days but he's a happy chunky boar)
my sister has offered to front me the money for it just go get the problem hopefully sorted as soon as possible as my mum is going spare with me taking over her kitchen every day for hours on end to dip the piggies.
I know Battleflats is a good practice nearby for piggies, but i don't drive and taking a fungal piggy all that way on the bus isn't really practical or fair! i hate the bus at the best of times myself, never mind being a piggy in a box on a bus
Mum is also completely ignoring the disease control measures i put in place
one of which was NOT letting the dog out into the back garden until this is sorted and i've given it a good spray with jayes fluid/bleach - she's been getting up and letting him out there first thing on a morning before i've woken up the entire time i've been treating the piggies. now i'm worried he might have picked it up and dragged it all though the house - he goes everywhere too, the sofas & our beds included.
so everything i've done just seems like it has just been pointless.
i wonder how happy she'd be about having to replace all her carpets and furnishings because he "looked sad"! grrrr
she just seems to be completely clueless - complaining as well about me bleaching the kitchen floor nightly as it's not going her grouting any good apparently, but i can't honestly just give it a quick wipe with flash cleaner then leave it for my 9 month old niece to crawl around on
Getting really stressed and disheartened again with it all
so much work!
