Drezella
Adult Guinea Pig
Hi, I'm worrying again lol, I need some advice ...
I've noticed a couple of slight changes in my boar Rohan's behaviour. The day before yesterday during cuddle time with my mum, my mum said that Rohan tried to nip her. He also tried this with me yesterday when I was holding him. I'm not sure whether this is related to the twitching (which I'll get to in a minute) or not, or whether it's just his way of saying I don't want to be picked up mum/ ive had enough now mum. He has also started rumbling occasionally when being held and grinding his teeth when being stroked.
Anyway this evening (Sunday) during cuddle time I noticed that Rohan kept twitching his head after I had stroked him. He seemed fairly relaxed when I was holding him apart from the twitching, and he is eating, drinking and going to the loo as normal. He twitched his head about 8 times before he stopped. Then once I put him back in the cage he did it again several times, he also jumped up in the air a bit as though popcorning and twitched, then he turned around and tried to itch himself with his teeth. He has also been scratching a bit more than usual as well but not excessively.
The boys went for a vets check up about 1-2 weeks ago, and they were checked for fleas/mites/parasits etc and he vet said that they didn't have any and were in good health. Do you think that he could have caught any fleas/ mites since from the hay? Or do you think it could be something else? I've never seen him do this before to this extent, he and Paddy both normally have the odd scratch whilst in the cage but I'm not sure why Rohan was twitching whilst being held/when put back in the cage.
I have bought some Beaphar flea and mite treatment drops for rabbits/guinea pigs/ ferrets and rats. It tells you what dosage per weight to give. Do you think it's worth putting a pipettes full of that on Rohan to see if it's fleas?
Thanks in advance
I've noticed a couple of slight changes in my boar Rohan's behaviour. The day before yesterday during cuddle time with my mum, my mum said that Rohan tried to nip her. He also tried this with me yesterday when I was holding him. I'm not sure whether this is related to the twitching (which I'll get to in a minute) or not, or whether it's just his way of saying I don't want to be picked up mum/ ive had enough now mum. He has also started rumbling occasionally when being held and grinding his teeth when being stroked.
Anyway this evening (Sunday) during cuddle time I noticed that Rohan kept twitching his head after I had stroked him. He seemed fairly relaxed when I was holding him apart from the twitching, and he is eating, drinking and going to the loo as normal. He twitched his head about 8 times before he stopped. Then once I put him back in the cage he did it again several times, he also jumped up in the air a bit as though popcorning and twitched, then he turned around and tried to itch himself with his teeth. He has also been scratching a bit more than usual as well but not excessively.
The boys went for a vets check up about 1-2 weeks ago, and they were checked for fleas/mites/parasits etc and he vet said that they didn't have any and were in good health. Do you think that he could have caught any fleas/ mites since from the hay? Or do you think it could be something else? I've never seen him do this before to this extent, he and Paddy both normally have the odd scratch whilst in the cage but I'm not sure why Rohan was twitching whilst being held/when put back in the cage.
I have bought some Beaphar flea and mite treatment drops for rabbits/guinea pigs/ ferrets and rats. It tells you what dosage per weight to give. Do you think it's worth putting a pipettes full of that on Rohan to see if it's fleas?
Thanks in advance
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