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Mites or fighting
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i would think mites
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Dont know how I missed this but he has no whiskers.....just stumps. Is that significant ?
What made me think is wasn't mites was the fact that he let me kind of scrape the skin to see if it was dandruffy and he didn't even flinch. I thought mites made their skin painful.
Either way the mites are easy to treat as I have the stuff already so I'll do that now and I guess time will tell on the fighting. They are always having a go at each other but Bumble always stands his ground and I've not see full on fighting.... yet ! It's that bloody Pickles .... he is always the cause of trouble. I've already had to take out his father because he was being a horrible little pig.
What made me think is wasn't mites was the fact that he let me kind of scrape the skin to see if it was dandruffy and he didn't even flinch. I thought mites made their skin painful.
Either way the mites are easy to treat as I have the stuff already so I'll do that now and I guess time will tell on the fighting. They are always having a go at each other but Bumble always stands his ground and I've not see full on fighting.... yet ! It's that bloody Pickles .... he is always the cause of trouble. I've already had to take out his father because he was being a horrible little pig.
Looks like someone has chewed his whiskers off (barbering)?
The rest I agree looks like mites - hope he's better soon
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The rest I agree looks like mites - hope he's better soon
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Our Dylan had a small patch of fur missing, though I have now treated them with mites stuff.
Laura-CCC4
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I do agree that the hair loss looks like that caused by skin issues.
Some piggies do have very short whiskers, and I think rex have short, crinkly whiskers. I always wondered why my Jasmine had such enormous whiskers, and found out when she grew up to be a 3lb chubbster!
Some piggies do have very short whiskers, and I think rex have short, crinkly whiskers. I always wondered why my Jasmine had such enormous whiskers, and found out when she grew up to be a 3lb chubbster!
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