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[Leo_the_lion_74]

Ok hi hello guys i have a female and a male with bald spots but their irritated and flaky on my last post is the females spot on her booty my boar has a bad flaky irritated spot on his nose. I'm afraid i have no money for vets and I believe my female is pregnant ahhh help please

 

[Betsy]

If your boar is not neutered there is every chance that your sow is pregnant and you really need to see a vet about the flaky skin which could be anything from mites to fungal.

 

[fanniephina]

I'm uncertain where you are but a vet may not be as expensive as you think and your little ones will suffer for anything that can be fungal. If you do catch these early enough, the treatment is very simple and usually only the cost of an antibiotic. I really understand about it being tight with funds but this won't get better without help and will only be miserable for the babies. My normal local vet charges around $50 and the treatments are usually only another 15 or $16. Is it possible to call around and just see if there is someone that would be inexpensive enough to see and treat them?

 

[VickiA]

If you have an intact (un fixed) Male you need to keep him separate from any females otherwise pregnancy is the natural result. Best to separate them now, as if your sow is pregnant she will have a season and can become pregnant again within hours of giving birth. This means that if you aren’t there to witness the birth and remove the boar you run the risk that your sow will have back to back pregnancies which is extremely dangerous for her and runs the greater risk of problems in the babies too.

As for hair loss, itching flaking skin you really must take them to a vet to get proper diagnosis and treatment. If the treatment you have been using at home hasn’t cured your sows hair loss and the boar now has it too, then it is spreading from piggy to piggy and you need to take them to a vet to get this sorted for them

 

[Christina54]

Hi
it may be ringworm which is a fungal infection and is easily treated if caught early. But it can be spread to people and dogs. However if you male isn’t neutered it could be pregnancy. Hope it all gets sorted out.

 

[David Piggie Lover]

pls do what's best for the piggies. They are important and need your help.
A understand parent and vet will get you and your piggies better.
Keep calm and seek help. asap

 

[Wiebke]

Ok hi hello guys i have a female and a male with bald spots but their irritated and flaky on my last post is the females spot on her booty my boar has a bad flaky irritated spot on his nose. I'm afraid i have no money for vets and I believe my female is pregnant ahhh help please

Hi!

You are likely dealing with ringworm, which can appear on other parts of the body once the thousands of invisible spores spread around and infect other piggies or other spots on the body as they are picked up from the bedding or from interacting. The incubation period between infection and actual outbreak is 10-14 days for ringworm.
However, without seeing what you are dealing with, we cannot diagnose and our guesses are as good as yours.

There is also the possibility that the second spot can be mange mites. A pregnant sow's immune system is under major pressure and she is much less able to fend off opportunists like fungal infections or skin parasites.

Please do not treat on spec without exactly knowing what you are up against, and do NOT treat with cheap, low dosed and ineffective shop products, which do not cure and ultimately only prolong the suffering. In the extreme, that can kill.
What you REALLY need is a proper diagnosis, proper treatment and vet grade disinfection.

Ringworm is the most aggressive and transmittable form of a fungal infection whose spores can stay live for up to 18 months and easily infect humans and other pets as well.
Mange mites that burrow their eggs in the increasingly inflamed and painful skin can kill (a slow and truly
agonising death) if left un- or undertreated.
Neither will disappear on their own and things are going to get only worse if left untreated or undertreated. Getting on top of them properly will only get more expensive the further advanced an outbreak is.
Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures
Guinea Lynx :: Fungus
Guinea Lynx :: Mange Mites

Please split your two piggies asap!
And start saving up for vet treatment on a weekly basis NOW. The right to be free of pain and discomfort is one the basic animal rights. What do you do if your girl is running into birthing complications?