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Preventing mites , sorry lots of questions

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Hi, sorry to bring this up again but I'm really confused !mallethead
Should i be preventing mites as a cautionary measure and even worms. I read that some of you do. How do you administer this ? I thought i would need to go to a vets ?
Also i know there are different mites that live on the skin and some under the skin. So is seperate treatment required for both of these.
Should i be preventing fungal infections , is this poss ?
Last question , can humans be affected by any of these things ?
Sorry ive read so much about these things today, its like information overload. A very CONFUSED and PANICKED PIGGYPERSON !:{
Emma x
 
Hello neighbour,

Your not the only one who was confused about all this! I was too before i joined this forum.

You can treat for mites using the xeno 450 spot on which is mainly used on adult pigs but you can get a mini version for smaller pigs, just check their weights before you buy to see which one you need. You can get it off vetuk website and its much cheaper than the vets. This will treat mites on the surface and below so it states on the box and what the vet told me. But if the mites is severe see a cavy savvy vet to be sure it is mites.

A good site for fungal treatment is gorgeous guineas which have lots of good facts and products to use. But if it is servere fungal infection then i would recommend seeing a good cavy savvy vet.

As with worming some people do on here and use panacur 2.5% oral sheep wormer which is given once every three months. Ive just done my first treatment on my piggys, but i chose to do it as mine get alot of grass and dandelions from outdoors and thought i should worm mine just in-case they ate any eggs that i couldnt see. You can also use a herbal wormer which is on the gorgeous guineas site and the info on there is really good. It does state on the box of the xeno 450 that it treats intestinal worms too.

You can also purchase the cattle ivomec for treatment of mites and this is given orally and once every three months like the panacur for worming, i have just used this on mine, but found the best before date was 6 months so i can only do two treatments, which is very expensive at £25 a bottle, so in the future i will use the xeno 450 if i need too and have done before.

As far as i know the only thing you could catch from a piggy is ringworm.

Hope the information is ok but I'm sure someone who is much more knowledgeable then me can give further guidance, I'm just going on my own experiences with my pigs.

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Hi! Welcome to the forum!

Don't panic! While skin diseases are pretty common (especially mites), they do not need to be prevented and can be treated easily if you treat quickly.

Some people prefer to worm their piggies from time to time if they have piggies with regular, year long access to the lawn. (Get treatment from your vet.)

Mites (any variety) are usually treated with ivermectin or a form of it. I do not treat it preventively, but only when I see my piggies suddenly scratching themselves vigorously. Sadly, mite eggs can survive dormant in the skin for months and can make a return when the piggy is stressed.
Finding irregular bald spots and scales, especially on the back end is a good indicator. If you treat as soon as you spot evidence of mites (they are too small to be seen), the piggies won't be very stressed. Untreated or misdiagnosed mites, however, can spell disaster or even death! You always need to treat all piggies in contact. The most commercial form is xeno450.

Fungus - the most common and infective form is ringworm, which is one of the few things that can be transferred to humans - starts out mostly on the head, around nose, eyes and ears. Suspected fungus can be best treated with special fungal baths and creams. Ringworm is most common with shop piggies or piggies coming into rescue (where they are treated for it and not rehomed until they are given a clean bill of health!). Fungus can't be prevented.

If I suspect skin disease, I always go to the vets.
this website is also to be recommended: http://www.gorgeousguineas.com
 
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Well done Wiebke for the symptoms i totally forgot them in my post i was too concentrated on the treatment, silly me! :)
 
Thankyou both so much for great advice. Have taken on board and I'm calmer now! lol :))
Thankyou x>>
Emma
 
Btw, you do not need to worry as the mites that grows on the piggy are special kinds of mites which is totally different from other species so it wont infect humans...
 
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