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fungal or mange mites?and idiot mother!!!

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I'm really hacked off as i type this! My mum has 3 guinea pigs. I usually check on them when i go down and bath if needed. Lately ive said to her she needs to learn to do it herself I'm sick to death of using my stuff on hers! i have 6 of my own to deal with! a while ago they were all ridled with creepys which i sorted. then one of her girls had a fungl mouth infection.which again i sorted. none of which she picked up on. I went down on friday and told her they need bathing they have poo in there fur around there bums THEY WILL GET FLYSTRIKE!! "i will" So ive been back today, still not been done. Her boy was running about the living room and i noticed him scratching alot i mentioned it and she said "i checked them 3 days ago" so i picked him up and had a look. He has rally bad dandruff she said "oh dandruff is ok" er no it's not! ahe was in visible distress while i was moochin in his fur around his middle. I couldnt see any cuts but his hair was coming away easily. I'm thinking it's fungal? Ive told her to go the vets (which is literally a few doors away from hers) and get them all dosed on xeno "i will on wed" but i doubt she will. Ive checked the girls and they seem fine apart from overgrown nails. Ive bathed them all in 4oil from gorgeuos guineas. am i right in thinking this will do nowt for him if it is fungal? I figured at least it might make his skin feel a bit better. It was all i had to hand to use on him and everywer is shut! All there nails have been done to! Ive also cut away the hair matted with poo and give them a good scrub. I'm really angry with her for letting them get like this. I ws trying to show her how to check them over etc and she was flicking through the tv!!! My brother turned the telly off and said why arnt you listening? grrrr I'm sick to death of it!! I'm really tempted to just say to her listen youre not looking after them properly so I'm taking them and get on with it!

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Actually I'd feel inclined to do exactly that - if she won't listen, then just take them. At least you know they'll be properly cared for at yours.
 
She's obviously not interested in them, so if you have the room then I would take them. At least they will get the care and affection they deserve :)
 
Thats what bugs me the most. She DOES give them attention and feeds them well and all that. She just will not check on them for these things shes scared of hurting them. Ive said a million times well these things need to be done!
 
It's so hard, this kind of situation. My mum was the same; my sister moved out and left my mum with them. She worked long hours and would come back in the winter gone 7 and just give them their food.
I told her I wanted some piggys and she reluctantly let me take them. One had bad mites and an open wound she was putting powder on!

Now she see's how happy they are at mine she is so pleased she doesn't have the worry. She can see them whenever she wants without the benefit of the time which I have more of. The only thing now is that when something is wrong I insist on taking them to the vets which I ask her for help with and she'll often try to pursuade me not to go as they only try and say something is wrong to 'get money out of you'!

Makes me so mad!
 
not on is it! She doesn't even work long hours! Shes a supply teacher for an agency so doesn't work everyday. I work more than she does and have double the pigs she has to look after and ine are fine!! If she actually showed some sort of will to help them i wouldn't think twice about helping or offering advice it's just the fact that it's left for me to do. My brother has pointed out the pooy bum to her and she said "it's ok Zara will deal with it" shes evn fell out with her boyf over it. He used to keep pigs, at on point he had 30! He tried explaining to her about the flys and in this heat and then she flew off the handle cos she "doesn't like being told what to do!"!
 
That sounds super frustrating! I can understand her being worried about hurting them, I do all the time, but I'm sure you've shown her many times what she needs to do, and how to do it without hurting them. Aww an awkward situation for you for sure!
But, if you're doing all the hard work for her you should probably just take them, she'd probably appreciate it in the long run xox
 
Oh what an awful situation to be in with your mum. She needs to learn to take responsibility for them but it seems that she wont listen to you.
Perhaps you could sit her down (with the TV off) and tell her about your concerns for the pigs? Say you'll help show her how to cut nails and bath them etc? xx
 
i think if they keep getting skin problems, there's something wrong with how she's caring for them, she must be using infected bedding or not cleaning the hutch properly maybe. poor things, i think you should take them, it's a hard decision to make. i worked with learning disabilities nd one of the residents had 2 jinnywigs. obviously with his learning disability it was up to staff to care for them, which they weren't doing. it got so bad i had to threaten them with the rspca before they did something about it :x they now live with my mum and are the most spoilt little piggies in the world! haha! x
 
PiggiePal said:
Oh what an awful situation to be in with your mum. She needs to learn to take responsibility for them but it seems that she wont listen to you.
Perhaps you could sit her down (with the TV off) and tell her about your concerns for the pigs? Say you'll help show her how to cut nails and bath them etc? xx
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I have several times! Ive even tried scare tactics! ie Do you want maggots eating them alive etc
 
jinnywig said:
i think if they keep getting skin problems, there's something wrong with how she's caring for them, she must be using infected bedding or not cleaning the hutch properly maybe. poor things, i think you should take them, it's a hard decision to make. i worked with learning disabilities nd one of the residents had 2 jinnywigs. obviously with his learning disability it was up to staff to care for them, which they weren't doing. it got so bad i had to threaten them with the rspca before they did something about it :x they now live with my mum and are the most spoilt little piggies in the world! haha! x
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she has them on sawdust with hay over. Ive told her a million times not to use dawdust. when i go down they stink and are damp. Not really badly but you know to me and you that is unacceptable. it's always convienently cleany outy day "tomorrow". i told her to do what i do: go poo picking every other day, turn the hay over and get out any damp bits and give them some fresh hay, in the middle of the week do a more through poo pick then completly strip and clean cages on sat. It take me 30 min tops to do this and she has half the cages i have so it's ot a hard job! She says she does but i know she doesnt. My brother tells me she never does. So not only is she being a crap piggie mum but shes lying to my face. I knew as soon as she got them i would end up with them eventually!
 
Ive even tried just refusing point blank to check them. Ive not checked them for months until today and look what ive found! Even my brother who doesn't know alot about them has said to her his fur is greasy. It's like talking to a brick wall. She says she doesnt like bathing them cos of the noises they make. so i said like well if one of your kids (i dont see her as my mother shes my brothers mother!) had meningitis or somehting ansd was "making noises" would you not take them to the hospital? why should a pig be different? she really does my tree in.
 
well, tried to ring her she's not picking up...or replying to txts..or emails. Ive rang the vets for some advice as david has caught it grrrr and as far as shes aware my ma hasnt been into register. i am not a happy camper.
 
got hold of her. Ive told her to bring him to mine friday so i can sort him out properly. if i have anything to do with it he wont be leaving.
 
I know its harsh but you could threaten to report her to the rspca for neglect and cruelty to animals and let her know she could be fined or imprisoned. I wouldn't suggest going through with it but if that doesn't work then you need to get the pigs out of there. Its ok feeding them well etc but if they are being left to suffer illnesses then she is not caring for them
 
I'm going to! And if that doesnt work i will threaten her with inland rev (un declared income from e bay) ive txt her a list of stuff to get i absolutly refuse to use my stuff that cost me a small fortune. She hasnt been for the xeno btw. I told her david has caught it and herr responce was "oh"
 
jinnywig said:
i think if they keep getting skin problems, there's something wrong with how she's caring for them, she must be using infected bedding or not cleaning the hutch properly maybe. poor things, i think you should take them, it's a hard decision to make. i worked with learning disabilities nd one of the residents had 2 jinnywigs. obviously with his learning disability it was up to staff to care for them, which they weren't doing. it got so bad i had to threaten them with the rspca before they did something about it :x they now live with my mum and are the most spoilt little piggies in the world! haha! x
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I was thinking the same, for them to have poo stuck to them, they must be getting kept in dirty conditions, hope she sorts things out.:o
 
luluhound said:
I was thinking the same, for them to have poo stuck to them, they must be getting kept in dirty conditions, hope she sorts things out.:o
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She gave them celery and it gave thm the squits hence the poo in the fur. But yano that should of been sorted straight away not months later. i had to hack away the fur as there was no way that ws coming out.

Ive just checked all mine again there all clear apart from david so hes been mved away from the others :( Terry keeps looking/weeking for him :(
 
OH MY GOD! I'm seriouslty losing my rag! She said she was gonna get the stuff wed,then thurs, ow its tomorrow. Ive just got this from her:

Hiya, ta for the links, I will bring the newspapers down tomorrow lunch time, I will get the shampoo tomorrow. I'll bring percy down on saturday if thats ok, as we're going over to new brighton tomorrow. Ive order some vet bed for you I'lll get some more when I get more sales, MumX

i am not happy. shes having a laugh. Ive told her she needs to hand them over to me or I'm reporting her...
 
This is really doing my head in! Ive told her if shes a no show I'm cuting her off. Tired of being forever annoyed because of her.
 
Wow, sounds really infuriating!

I hope she sees some sense for the sake of the piggies and your sanity....

I don't proclaim to be the bestest piggy mummy in the world but there is no way I'd see an animal suffer. She's got to see they are better off with you because you'll give them them time even if she thinks she can look after them ok.
 
Hope things get sorted I also have a pain in the bum mother! lolmalletheadmallethead
 
Well she hasnt replied. If shes a no show tomorrow I'm writing he roff for the sake of my sanity. I will never enter that house again!
 
A bit of a late reply but I noticed you saying that your brother said 'why aren't you listening?'. Well, if you don't have room why don't you give them to your brother? Depends on his age though!
 
Hachi475 said:
A bit of a late reply but I noticed you saying that your brother said 'why aren't you listening?'. Well, if you don't have room why don't you give them to your brother? Depends on his age though!
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He's 16 and lives with her. Her boyf used to keep piggies so hopefully he will chime in. I'm literally awake at night thinking about the poor . I'm up till 1am reading up about fungal. People are telling me not to but i have no choice now that mine has it.Ive jsut re checked all the others and all is clear still. I'm going to bath them all in the nyzerol and ive bought some babies oral thrush gel and all the cages are getting scrubbed with chlorhexidine as a precaution. I feel trrible Davids sat on his house looking out waiting for play time and i cant let him out :(
 
So sorry for David.

I'm sure It'll be ok in the end, with your persistence and knowledge you'll work something out.
good luck x
 
Ive checked david today and he's completly clear! His furs gone lovely dead soft and shiny! I'm going to bath him again though just incase! He's out this morning shouting at me like usual told him he has to wait for nomnoms ive not been to tesco yet lol
 
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