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Mites, Lice Whatever They Are I Just Want Them Gone.

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There are no home remedies. They have to be treated by a vet. First the vet needs to diagnose which type they are. Mange mites need a course of injections for insistance.
 
Mange mites can only be treated by a well dosed ivermectin product, and you need to repeat the treatment at least twice at the recommended interval to make sure that you kill all emerging eggs to prevent a reoccurrance. If left or undertreated by a too low dosed pet shop product, it can kill - and it is a very slow, painful and excruciating death. There are no shortcuts in this case; mites have to be taken seriously.

This here is a link to a US based medical website which will give you tips on how to best treat mites. Before that you need to make sure what you are dealing with. Mange mites you cannot see. If you can see skin parasites you are either dealing with either running lice or static lice/fur mites. The visible parasites you treat as lice.
http://www.guinealynx.info/parasites.html
http://www.guinealynx.info/mites.html
http://gorgeousguineas.com/photogallery.html
 
Could you please tell us what the symptoms of your piggies are?

I know that US vet care is a lot more expensive than UK vet care (although more and more clinics are trying to catch up in terms of pricing here). Finding piggy savvy vets can also be quite difficult.
 
Well my one pig has scabs on his body and pretty bad hair loss I'm going to a vet for him.
My other pig has these little bugs on her are they lice? She also has a open wound on her mouth
My other pig just has really bad dandruff but he's always had skin problems so I'm not so sure what that is?
 
Best have them all checked out in this case! Also mention the possibility of a fungal (not ringworm) problem to your vet.

The mouth sore could be cheilitis, which can be either fungal or more rarely bacterial. You also need to have the mouth checked for thrush (fungal).
http://www.guinealynx.info/cheilitis.html
 
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