Something has sticked to guinea pig's neck

[Roky]

Hello everyone,
I've noticed some weird objects sticked to my guinea pig's neck. It was hard to capture it, since the guinea pig moves a lot, so I'm sorry for the photo's quality. Generally, I could easly peel it off, but I'm afraid it could cause pain to the guinea pig, since he kind of moves back when I try to do it. The "thing" beneath looks like fur, but the thing on above looks more like some herpes, but I'm not sure, these are just my speculations. Anyway, it looks like the things are just sticked to fur, not to the skin.
Should I go to the vet with it, or it's not dangerous and I can deal with it myself?

 

[Wiebke]

Hello everyone,
I've noticed some weird objects sticked to my guinea pig's neck. It was hard to capture it, since the guinea pig moves a lot, so I'm sorry for the photo's quality. Generally, I could easly peel it off, but I'm afraid it could cause pain to the guinea pig, since he kind of moves back when I try to do it. The "thing" beneath looks like fur, but the thing on above looks more like some herpes, but I'm not sure, these are just my speculations. Anyway, it looks like the things are just sticked to fur, not to the skin.
Should I go to the vet with it, or it's not dangerous and I can deal with it myself?

Please see a vet as soon as you can; it may be ticks!

 

[Roky]

Please see a vet as soon as you can; it may be ticks!

I've just checked my guinea pig again it this mysterious object disappeard, though it seems that there is still something on the neck. But I don't think it's ticks, I mean it was too big, as for me at least. Anyway, I'm going to vet with my guinea pigs just to have it checked.

 

[VickiA]

Always best to get these things checked out by a professional. Let us know how you get on,

 

[PigglePuggle]

Sounds very much like ticks unfortunately! A tick that has been feeding might be 1-2cm across and will be round and quite hard. Dont try remove them yourself- if the ticks body is pulled off and the mouthparts are left stuck in the skin it can get very infected. Vet trip is definitely the best plan, but mow any grass the piggies play on in case there are more...

 

[Wiebke]

I've just checked my guinea pig again it this mysterious object disappeard, though it seems that there is still something on the neck. But I don't think it's ticks, I mean it was too big, as for me at least. Anyway, I'm going to vet with my guinea pigs just to have it checked.

That sounds typical for ticks - they grow quite large when they are full of blood, much larger than you'd expect!
Please do not try to remove them yourself and see a vet promptly. Do not put your piggies outside for the time being.

 

[Merab]

Let us know how you get on at the vets.
Hope it’s easily dealt with

 

[Claire W]

As already advised, it sounds like ticks please let us know how you get on at the vets