Sensitive Skin

[Deb H]

My lovely cream long hair has such sensitive skin from her shoulders down that she won't let you touch her. Although we trim her in the summer I want to let her fur grow out a bit to keep her warm. Under her beautiful top coat she is a mass of rosettes and whirls... I sometimes think, like girls with long hair, that she suffers from "heavy hair days"! Any ideas for something that may help. She tolerates a bath but squeals like blue murder when you brush her or trim her hair.

 

[Laura-CCC4]

Welcome to the forum, Deb.

Has she ever been treated for mites with Ivermectin, or been bathed in an anti-fungal shampoo? Ruling out an actual skin condition is the first step.

I have a similar pig here, a 1 year old Aby sow who has had constantly sensitive skin since three weeks old. I eventually determined that she seems to "carry" a fungal infection which flares up once in a while (presenting symptoms on top of her sensitive skin). I also have an eight month old male long-hair who screams blue murder when you try to brush and trim him; his skin is fine, he's just stroppy!

 

[Deb H]

I have checked Caramel over loads of time. No ticks, lice, cuts.. just sensitive. She's a happy little soul again now, I bit the bullet and trimmed her hair a little shorter. She's been trotting and chirruping around the living room floor for the past half an hour tho!

 

[charlotte_alice]

Gorgeous Guineas do lovely soothing shampoos for pigs with sensitive skin, sometimes you just have to bear with the noise and squealing as it will benefit them alot.