help please

[kaanda]

Ok so I had a friend look after my guinea pigs when I was taken into hospital. Ok so there cage was a mess and they really needed a wash. When i was washing them i noticed one of them had black flecks over there fur I check it against toilet paper and there was no change. So the next day I was brushing her and noticed all these flakey brown parts in her hair. What could it be? I have dog but she is totally flea free. I bathe my guinea's in gorgeous guinea pig shampoo for long hair, I have changed there bedding and the other one is fine. Any ideas

 

[kaanda]

Forgot to say there kept in doors and have there own room away from my dog

 

[Lil-Ninnibig]

Sounds like mites. Get both pigs to a vet for a checkup as if there housed together the other will eventually show signs of mites x

 

[PAMELAKT]

Could be hay mites, did your friend use different hay for them?

 

[kaanda]

Thanks for the info, I did leave her the same hay they always get. There booked into the vets for tommorow, vet didn't think it was a good idea to transport in the really bad weather today. Hopefully I can get them both sorted.

 

[kaanda]

Thanks everyone for the advice they have hay mites and one has a little skin infection from them. Just a quick warning they asked me if I had given them wilkinsons hay which I had apparently they have had a lot of cases of hay mites recently and most of them had been using Wilkinsons hay. So maybe stay clear.

 

[PAMELAKT]

Oh no! I always stick to the same hay from pets at home, dandilion & herbage something or other. It's not the cheapest but it's good quality I think & my little men love it x

Good luck with the mites, I currently have a mite situation as my new boar came to me with them, very annoying!