Ellbell
Junior Guinea Pig
My 2 girls were outside on the grass today and have come back inside scratching like mad. What could this be?
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Scratching Guinea Pigs
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Can you see anything on their skin? It could be the onset of mange mites, which are invisible. Please give them a good look. Otherwise they may have come up again some biting insects? I am not familiar with Australian fauna.
http://www.guinealynx.info/mites.html
http://www.guinealynx.info/mites.html
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►As the seasons change, we here in the US are going into plant dormancy while you are going into plant revival. I would suspect a reaction to the growing grass or to grass pollen or any other pollen that has settled where the piggies played. I gave Salvatore a bath and fortunately that took care of his itching, which is why I would suspect that.
►Seriously consider the possibility of mites as suggested by Wiebke; they are probably beginning to breed too and if they are like ticks or mosquitoes the females will need a blood meal to lay their eggs.
►Seriously consider the possibility of mites as suggested by Wiebke; they are probably beginning to breed too and if they are like ticks or mosquitoes the females will need a blood meal to lay their eggs.
Ellbell
Junior Guinea Pig
I got the drops you put on their backs from the vets and they said if there was anything there, that should fix it. 
ill keep a close eye on their skin just incase.
ill keep a close eye on their skin just incase.- Status