Picked up our long awaited baby guinea pig today to complete our herd. The lady I bought her from pointed out an red mark on her skin and said she it hadn't been there the nght before and she wondered if she'd been nipped by a cage mate.
I took her home and the guinea pigs have spent the day hanging out in a neutral space and are getting on ok so now all in together.
However, I've been looking into treating the injury and now concerned that it could actually be a fungal infection or ringworm. I'm going to take her to the vets tomorrow but in the meantime, wondering if anyone has any ideas? The red mark is raised and hard. She's doesn't seem that bothered by it but flinched when I touched it. Not sure whether to quarantine her now or not.
I took her home and the guinea pigs have spent the day hanging out in a neutral space and are getting on ok so now all in together.
However, I've been looking into treating the injury and now concerned that it could actually be a fungal infection or ringworm. I'm going to take her to the vets tomorrow but in the meantime, wondering if anyone has any ideas? The red mark is raised and hard. She's doesn't seem that bothered by it but flinched when I touched it. Not sure whether to quarantine her now or not.