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taken on a guinea pig need some helth advice

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I have just taken on my friends guinea pig as her parriot can not be around hay .

the thing is he has black wet patches on both sides of his mouth and the bit just under his nose has scabie dry skin on it .

i have never seen this before any idea what this could be ?
 
can you post some pictures as it could be a number of things? x

ie teeth, fungal, eating acidity foods, the bit on the nose could be fungal nose stripe x
 
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thats fungal you need to get some daktarin oral cream from the chemist and apply it 3 times a day around the mouth and a dab on the nose (sores) for around 3 wks, maybe also worth giving 0.5mls of it orally too 2-3 times a day for 3 wks x
 
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its not prescription meds and can be brought from any chemist its used for thrush in the mouth just make sure you say oral thrush its in an orange tube you can also get it in a (white tube but this one is only prescription) x
 
the lady i got him from one of her parrots have just died from a fungle infection in the lungs thats why i have got him i wonder if it got anything to do with each other
 
That to me looks like Ceilitis, which is either a bacterial infection or can sometimes be a yeast infection. Antibiotics is needed if it is bacterial. On mobile so I can't link.

If you go to Guinea Lynx and then click Medical Index its under 'C'.
 
If this is any help

he had fruit and veg allday lots of apple he was on guinea pig muesli and no nuggits at all .

on the wodden house he was in has mold on it .

going to give him a bath later and scrub his cage
 
Bless him, he is a gorgeous colour!

I'm not great at infections whether it be fungal or bacterial but I'm sure I read that too much apple can irritate a piggys mouth so this might not be helping a bad situation? x
 
Just gave his cage a good scrub and its now drying in the garden in the sun think it might be best if i keep him away from the other pig put him in a diffrent room.

i think he was given far to much apple and it has got really sore
 
I'm going thursday afternoon just want to make him comfie untill then he seem fine but he has got to be uncomfie
 
i keep looking he is so beautiful :(. Will the person you took him off help with cost at all? How can anyone not want this little man? :)
 
She is having a really bad time at the mo she dident want to give him up but had no chioce .

dont want to tell her that he has to go to the vets as she is it will only make her feel worse when he is better i will tell her.
 
awww thats defo fungal! when one of my mums girls had fungla around her mouth i used babies thrush cream! i used a pea sized amount rubed it in then what was left gave it orally, luckily she loved the taste teehee
 
Have been to the vets and all that is wrong is sore lips due to to much apple .

so I'm very glad he is already 50%better from a day without apple :)
 
if it wasnt on the nose and just around the lips them i would say its just down to the fruit, but because its on the nose too, i would use the cream i mentioned it it gets any worse or doesnt improve x
 
also worth keeping a close eye on his poops incase he has internal fungal too, this why the 0.5ml or daktarin 3 times a day will help as this will treat internal infection too.

i do try to use baytril as a last resort as it can mess with their gut, so i would give Daktarin gel a go first, worked a treat in guineas that came into my rescue with this x
 
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