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Hi
I have a rescue girl that I’ve had a month, today I have noticed a scan on her upper back, any ideas?
 

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SamK said:
Hi
I have a rescue girl that I’ve had a month, today I have noticed a scan on her upper back, any ideas?
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Hi and welcome

Please have her checked for a potential fungal skin infection (ringworm) or mange mites, especially if the affected area of hair loss gets larger.
The stress of the move/settling in can trigger a new outbreak as it takes just one ringworm spore sitting in the coat or skin or one mange mite egg in skin (and most piggies have some dormant ones that cannot be killed off by ivermectin while incapsulated).

It looks a bit too small for a burst sebaceous cyst to me; my bet would be on ringworm but we cannot diagnose ourselves just from a picture; nor are we qualified to. If it turns out to be, please contact the rescue you have adopted from. You can find detailed ringworm care and hygiene tips via the link below.

You can find more information on ringworm and mites in this guide here: What to check and look out for in new guinea pigs (vet checks, sexing, parasites&illness)
 
That could be ringworm or mange mites, you should get her to a vet in the next couple of days as these things can be very serious, and sadly quite common in fairly new piggies! If she came from an approved rescue you should contact them too, in case any other piggies are affected, and they might help with vet costs- if she is a random rescue from the free ads or someone who couldnt look after her, unfortunately this is just something that happens, but it still needs investigating then treating by a vet... we had a piggy with ringworm and it looked rather like that only bigger! Hope you can get her to the vet before it gets worse!
 
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