Eriathwen
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Just looking for opinions really, because it looks fungal to me. But just in case I'm being overly cautious, I figured some other eyes wouldnt hurt!
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Fungal or?
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Could be the start of it...keep an eye on it xx
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Yeap me too 
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Hopefully it’s just some dry skin but I agree to keep an eye on it
Eriathwen
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Thanks guys! I'm hoping being a curly coated piggy it's just dry skin, it seems to be more obvious in the picture, I've had her out to have a good look but I can't really find anything. I did her first nail trim today too, so could also be little scabs from catching herself scratching, she still had the very sharp, thin baby nails.
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Is she a teddy? I know that teddies are prone to flakey skin
Eriathwen
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She's either a teddy or a rex, she has curly whiskers so ive been leaning more towards rex but I have no idea to be honest..I might have the straight/curly whisker thing the wrong way around. 
my 2 teddies from my old herd definitely had dry skin issues, and very productive ears that needed lots of cleaning. Bramble also gets dry skin fairly often!
my 2 teddies from my old herd definitely had dry skin issues, and very productive ears that needed lots of cleaning. Bramble also gets dry skin fairly often!
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Maybe she’s a cross between a teddy and a Rex which could be a reason for the dry skin?She's either a teddy or a rex, she has curly whiskers so ive been leaning more towards rex but I have no idea to be honest..I might have the straight/curly whisker thing the wrong way around.
Eriathwen
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So I have another picture of her and you can see a little bit by her eye also, ive looked with a torch, ive looked in natural lighting and I cannot see these spots at all outside of photos...I'm starting to wonder if its some sort of weird camera trick and thats just the colour of her skin? I've noticed each spot has a whisker coming out of it so I may have just been worried over nothing 
