I got Toasty about a week ago from a pet store. (after some research, I now know that's not a very good idea) She's still young considering how small she is compared to an adult sized guinea pig.
Just a couple days ago she got a very dry patch above her left eye and also got a bald spot on top of her head. I hadn't noticed it much until it progressed rather quickly. I looked back at a picture I had taken a day or two before that and could see the patch starting. Her eye has become a tad swollen and seems lower than the other one. After lots of research online it says that it could be the start of Ringworm. She has basically been living under my chin the past week so I assumed I would have had it by now if that was the case. She also has had crustys in her eyes since I got her but as a new guinea pig owner I figured this was just like any normal eye crusty and not a big deal.
I took her to the vet a couple days ago and had a skin scraping done to check for a bacterial infection. They didn't find mites and said it doesn't look like she has lice either. I wasn't able to pay for them to check if it was a fungal infection since it was $160 for them to grow the fungus in the lab and not have a complete answer for another two weeks. They prescribed her with Terramycin ointment that I have to put in BOTH her eyes twice a day for one week. She has been diagnosed with an eye infection.. As the patch was only above the left eye I only want to put the ointment in that one eye since the other has crustys but seems just fine.
I'm hoping someone has some type of answer or a possible prediction of what it could be or even experienced the same thing I am. I absolutely hate putting this ointment in her eye and I just want her to get better soon! Since the skin scraping, the area is completely bald and she is pretty much missing hair above her eye all the way to the top of her head. It also appears that she's irritated by it and is scratching since I noticed a couple spots where it looks like it was bleeding.
I've been told to give her an anti fungal shampoo bath by other guinea pig owners and to treat with Ivermectin. Any thoughts?
Just a couple days ago she got a very dry patch above her left eye and also got a bald spot on top of her head. I hadn't noticed it much until it progressed rather quickly. I looked back at a picture I had taken a day or two before that and could see the patch starting. Her eye has become a tad swollen and seems lower than the other one. After lots of research online it says that it could be the start of Ringworm. She has basically been living under my chin the past week so I assumed I would have had it by now if that was the case. She also has had crustys in her eyes since I got her but as a new guinea pig owner I figured this was just like any normal eye crusty and not a big deal.
I took her to the vet a couple days ago and had a skin scraping done to check for a bacterial infection. They didn't find mites and said it doesn't look like she has lice either. I wasn't able to pay for them to check if it was a fungal infection since it was $160 for them to grow the fungus in the lab and not have a complete answer for another two weeks. They prescribed her with Terramycin ointment that I have to put in BOTH her eyes twice a day for one week. She has been diagnosed with an eye infection.. As the patch was only above the left eye I only want to put the ointment in that one eye since the other has crustys but seems just fine.
I'm hoping someone has some type of answer or a possible prediction of what it could be or even experienced the same thing I am. I absolutely hate putting this ointment in her eye and I just want her to get better soon! Since the skin scraping, the area is completely bald and she is pretty much missing hair above her eye all the way to the top of her head. It also appears that she's irritated by it and is scratching since I noticed a couple spots where it looks like it was bleeding.
I've been told to give her an anti fungal shampoo bath by other guinea pig owners and to treat with Ivermectin. Any thoughts?