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Here We Go Again...

Lady Kelly

Lady Kelly

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I think we have another bout of ringworm...

Weds night I saw Donald's eye looked a little white underneath and when I got him out he had a thin flaky line across his lower eyelid and a tiny scab in the middle. Cue panic... The OH managed to calm me down and said it looked more like a scratch. The forage cube has been very well demolished so it's not impossible that he stuck his head in and caught it for example. Roll forward to Thursday and the scab is gone and the white bit looked smaller so I thought maybe the OH was right...

Tonight is a different story. I got him out to have a look and there is definitely a spread of the white into a small circle and some hairloss. We only went through this in June and I treated them all with imaverol which did the trick. I still have tons of F10 to keep me going but obviously don't want to bathe them while it's cold out (they are currently in the garage but it's still too nippy for damp hair in there). I'm planning to call the vets first thing and plan to ask for intrafungol to administer orally. I take it I should ideally treat all four of them with intrafungol even though only one is showing any signs so far. I doubt I could squeeze all four in the carrier for one trip and I doubt they will prescribe for piggies they haven't seen before so I don't know how I'm going to manage this.

Luckily I have blocked Monday out in my work diary to make headway into the file audit so I might need to load up with tons of files and work from home to fit in another appointment for two of them on Monday
 
Intrafungol and sporanox both work well orally. But still takes a time. And I have only ever administered it to the affected pig. The others somehow haven’t caught it.
 
VickiA said:
Intrafungol and sporanox both work well orally. But still takes a time. And I have only ever administered it to the affected pig. The others somehow haven’t caught it.
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Maybe I can just take Donald for now then and see how it goes. When daisy caught it I came home from holiday and it had spread to Donald and lily but willow never caught it. Perhaps cos it's a tiny patch (and because I'm not due to be away) it won't spread. I do still have imaverol and if it hadn't got colder this week I could have perhaps managed it with a blow dry if I started early morning but i'm not risking it at the moment
 
Hope the other piggies don't catch it and you get it resolved.
 
Hope you've got it early and it can be treated before it spreads/ gets worse. Sending lots of healing vibes and hugs!
 
The vet I saw wasn't the most experienced with piggies but I don't mind her as she's good with them, eager to learn and will double check if she's not sure. She was reluctant to prescribed itrafungol due to some possible side effects. Instead she recommended a spray which wouldn't leave him completely dry but would be a lot better than using imaverol dip at this time of year. On the plus side if it does spread to any of the others I can use the spray without having to go back to the vets for more prescriptions. They didn't have the spray or itrafungol in stock so it's arriving Monday and she suggested I use the antifungal cream I have and try to apply a tiny bit without getting it in his eye for the next couple of days to keep him more comfortable
 
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