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Hey all

We have just noticed this on fudge's back, they are not fighting so its not that,

does anyone know what it is and what we should do with it

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Any help will be great, thanks

Stu
 
It could be mites.

My freddie's mite was like that.

Put your piggy to the vets and let them have a look
 
Hiya

Beni had these when we first got him. His were bite marks and they looked like that.

We took him to the vets and the vet gave us some baytril to give to Beni if the bite wounds got infected, thank goodness they didn't, i got some soothe gel from Gorgeous Guineas and this worked great as they were really sore.

As Michele said it could be mites so i would take Fudge to the vets to be on the safe side.

I hope it clears up soon
 
Looks like a sore caused by sratching and biting at itchy skin. Can you check him over for lice? There are loads about at the moment with the change of weather etc. I'd get your hands on some Lice shampoo from Gorgeous Guineas and bath all your pigs as the first step. Treat the sore with some aloe vera gel and it should heal really quickly.
 
Like the othes said it seems like it was caused by a mite. Jin got a few scabs like that when he was biting and scratching.
 
its right in the middle of his back so i cant see how he has been scatching there. he also had a bit behind his ear.. i personally thought that it looked as if it had been "eaten away" or something.. there is like white bits around it i dont know whether he just has like bad skin or something..

i'm not entirely sure what mites look like.

they did have lice when we got them from the pet shop and we gave them a course of bathing to get rid of them and that seemed to do the trick.
 
Jin had similar with white bit round it. Sounds like he's had an attack of mites - sometimes you can't tell they are that small. Bathing him and putting some cream on should sort it.
 
purplegem1985 said:
its right in the middle of his back so i cant see how he has been scatching there. he also had a bit behind his ear.. i personally thought that it looked as if it had been "eaten away" or something.. there is like white bits around it i dont know whether he just has like bad skin or something..

i'm not entirely sure what mites look like.

they did have lice when we got them from the pet shop and we gave them a course of bathing to get rid of them and that seemed to do the trick.
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Freddies was int he middle of her back too when she had mites.
 
In the middle of the back is typical for bite/scratch wounds after lice or mites.

You can't really see mites - they live under the skin but you may notice some black scurf on the skin.

There are loads of mites and lice about at the moment because of the change of weather.

Please start treatment with Gorgeous Guineas or a trip to the vet asap as it will only get worse on its own.
 
gemma has gone to the vet with him this morning, she is waiting in line and has been wee'd on twice.

we are hoping that we just get some cream that we cna put on fudge's back to make it all better.

should know more soon.
 
yeah, mummy looks after them, i am at college, so i cant do anything.

just hope that he is ok,

we have only just cleaned their hutches as well, so would we have to do them again? we always disenfect the hutch. Barney doesnt seem to have anything and its just them two in the hutch
 
Would be best to clean out and dettol the hutch again if you can to optimise the chances of getting rid of the nasties straight away.
 
well, i dont get home tonight till about half 8 - 9 so I'm sure gem will do something

just had a phone call, they gave him an injection and he has to go back in a week for another one. not too expensive either which was really good. The vet said that it might be mites.

Gemma was at home getting changed out of her wee covered top.

apparently everyone in the vet was saying how cute he was as he was sat on gemma's chest as all our piggies do, must be the boobs that do it for them.

and he squeeled when the vet injected him.

poor little fudge
 
aww poor love. Jin was the only piggy who wasn't bothered by injections! He took it like a strong man! ;D
 
yeah fudge is a girly, he is a real mommys boy, hehe

but he is soo cute. :D

I'm gonna give him lost of fuss tonight, hopefully taz wont get jealous
 
Well i've taken him to the vets and he's had an injection this morning the poor little man.

He managed to wee on my twice so i had to get changed.. thanks for that fudge.

i was a bit concerned this morning about him because he had some more marks and i thought it was a bit of a co incidence for or if barney had bitten him for it to be in the same place.

anyhoo he's got to go back in a week for another injection

i asked if Barney needed to be treated too and he said no.. is this right?
 
should be ok. You might have to check barney a bit more in case he gets mites too.

Some vets treat two even if the other has no obvious signs
 
If one piggy has mites you will need to treat both i'm afraid. How often do you disinfect your hutch?
 
we do it with spray everytime we clean them out.

should i get barney done as well then.. maybe he will just need like one injection..

i'll take him down just to be on the safe side

injection is £3.50 a shot..

dont know if thats good or not.
 
yeah thats good it's £4-50 here! It might be that he doesn't have them, and so the vet wont give it him. Worth a check anyway
 
i just feel like a neglectful owner.. i should have noticed it sooner.

i did notice something on thursday behind his ear like a little scabby thing and only noticed his back last night
 
just got home and looked through fudge's fur and he has lice and i looked through barney's fur and he has also mites so i've bathed them both and put antiseptic cream on fudges sore bits

going to get them both stabbed when i take fudge
 
purplegem1985 said:
i just feel like a neglectful owner.. i should have noticed it sooner.

i did notice something on thursday behind his ear like a little scabby thing and only noticed his back last night
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You havent neglected them. Just one of those things. At least you have caught it now. I felt the same as you. My piggies cleared up after the first shot buthtey had to go for the others.
 
Like Michele says, you haven't neglected them. It's just the way it goes! At least you spotted it eventually annd are now getting it treated
 
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