Shania
Junior Guinea Pig
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Nose scab... Help pleaseee
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Siikibam
Senior Guinea Pig
It could be the start of something fungal or nothing, but I’m afraid we can’t really tell you. Keep an eye on it and take to the vet if it gets worse. I know your vets don’t know much about it, but we also can’t advise you otherwise - we’re not qualified vets and can’t diagnose through photos.
Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures
Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures
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Please take the time to read our very detailed ringworm guide if you notice the problem getting worse. We can only guess without having direct access to your piggy; not that we are qualified to replace a vet.
If you have a new piggy, then you can reclaim any vet treatment from the pet shop.
You can find more informationon your customer rights in this link here: New guinea pigs: Sexing, vet checks&customer rights, URI, ringworm and parasites
PS: Can you please keep any updates/questions on the same subject to a single thread which makes it much easier for us to support you best instead of having to ask you the same background questions etc. all the time. The more information is being kept together, the better and more personalised the answers and the more ongoing support you will get.
Shania
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello. They are not new piggies. Ive had them for about 3 months. Uo till now its neither getting worse not better. I'm going to contact the vets and ask about it and go there. But they are not expert at guinea pigs. There are only cat and dog vets here. And we are currently in winter, so if I'm given a shampoo, should i bath them or not. Because its 16°c and idk if they can catch cold easily. Becaude the one who has the nose scab occasionally sneezes. The other doesnt have anything on the nose, but i noticed it getting flacky white skin which caused the hairs to glue together and is losing hair in this area.
Please take the time to read our very detailed ringworm guide if you notice the problem getting worse. We can only guess without having direct access to your piggy; not that we are qualified to replace a vet.
If you have a new piggy, then you can reclaim any vet treatment from the pet shop.
You can find more informationon your customer rights in this link here: New guinea pigs: Sexing, vet checks&customer rights, URI, ringworm and parasites
PS: Can you please keep any updates/questions on the same subject to a single thread which makes it much easier for us to support you best instead of having to ask you the same background questions etc. all the time. The more information is being kept together, the better and more personalised the answers and the more ongoing support you will get.
Siikibam
Senior Guinea Pig
16c is still okay for them. You just have to try and dry them as much as possible with a towel. I don’t know how ringworm is treated (luckily not encountered it yet) but the vet will be best placed to tell you how to treat. However, they shouldn’t get water near their face or nose.
It won’t cure the problem. Only diagnosis and medication will solve a medical issue
Only bathe a guinea pig if they are very dirty.
17 degrees is fine. As long as you ensure the room is warm and you dry them with a towel afterwards, then the temperature is fine.
Bathing (including cleaning grease glands)
have you been able to speak to the vet about the nose scab yet?
Are you piggies now eating hay every day?
Have you for the scales yet to be able to weigh them to ensure they are eating enough hay?
Shania
Junior Guinea Pig
Hii yess. I did. They are telling me they dont have any cream or shampoo. They dont know what it is. And because of the coronavirus, they cannot import any guinea pig productsss
This really is such a difficult situation for you. Without a vet you are going to keep coming up against medical issues which you can’t effectively treat. Did you contact any rescue centres as we advised previously to ask which vets they had or how they are getting hold of medical products?
Are you weighing them weekly now with kitchen scales?
Shania
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi yes. They are not losing weight.
Yes i contacted everyone. But as i said, guinea pigs are unusual pets here and no escue centre has anything for them. Can i apply coconut oil, because i read that it helps with skin problem?
Make sure they have access to lots of hay every day, it is their main food source. Weigh them weekly so ensure they gain weight each week.
No you can’t just apply coconut oil. If they have a fungal infection, then coconut oil will do nothing except potentially make it worse
Shania
Junior Guinea Pig
Is there anyyy home treatment i can do rn?
No. You can’t home treat, we never advise on home treatments because you don’t know what is wrong, home treatments are at best ineffective and at worst dangerous
Then there are skin problems going on potentially with both of them. You need to have access to a vet to be able to get them the treatment they need.
Shania
Junior Guinea Pig
Ook thank youu..
Yes they can eat grass
do you mean picking the grass yourself and then feeding it to them fresh? Or picking grass and leaving it to dry in the sun to become hay. If your going to give them fresh grass and their tummies aren’t used to it, then you need to introduce it to them slowly in order to not cause tummy upsets.
You will have to pick incredibly large quantities of grass and turn it into hay by drying it in the sun. You will need several kilos per week to be able feed them enough. They need hay/grass available to them all day every day. A few handfuls here and there isn’t enough.
Shania
Junior Guinea Pig
Do these look okay? Because i wont get hay for quite some time because of the virus rn
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Is that fresh grass that you’ve just picked? If so then yes they can eat it, but you can’t leave it in plastic bags as it’ll ferment, rot and make them poorly. If it is fresh grass you’ve just picked, then it needs to be laid out in the sun to dry
Shania
Junior Guinea Pig
It has been in the bag for few days now. How can i store it?
Is it grass that you picked yourself?
If it is and it has been sat in a plastic bag with no air circulating, then it may have started to go bad. It needed to be properly dried by laying in layers in the sun to dry out.
You really need to have a good supply of hay for them as they need it in large quantities every day
Shania
Junior Guinea Pig
It wasnt rea
Hi it did have air i think. Because i left the plastic bag open in the sun
To turn fresh grass into hay if needs to be in a laid out in a layer flat on the ground in the sum. Keeping it in a plastic bag will mean it wont dry, particularly at the bottom, and will instead ferment which will cause illness.
Siikibam
Senior Guinea Pig
That bag would sadly not last more than a few days. What about the hay your mum bought previously?
And did you manage to buy scales? If so, how much do your piggies weigh? Howhas their weight been?
And did you manage to buy scales? If so, how much do your piggies weigh? Howhas their weight been?
Shania
Junior Guinea Pig
hi rn they are 588 and 612 grams. They are not losing any weight. The hay i bought is almost over and no pet store has any because there is no airplane coming in and out of the country. Even if there are few planes, none bring hay...