Today's Vet Visit

[aimzer]

We moved house just over a week ago and yesterday I noticed both my girls (5 and 6) had dry/crustiness so the skin around their nipples. Maple has just recently had dental work around a month ago and is thankfully back to her usual self but at that time the vet said he could feel small ovarian cysts but that wasn't a priority at the time.

I also noticed Daisy has slight hair loss around the bottom of one eye. I was worried they would both have ovarian cysts due to the crusty nipples and had prepared myself for this.

However, the vet said he certainly could not feel anything on daisy's ovaries (neither could the other vet she seen when I brought her along to Maples appt last month). He is not concerned about Maples cysts at present as they are not big enough and she is showing no behavioural changes.

He did not think the hairloss round daisy's eye looked particularly like ringworm. Anyway, he has given me a course of xeno spot on to treat both piggies for possible mites. He says the stress of the move could have brought it on. Although he could not see actually any mites.

I have just given them their first lot of spot on and they are happily munchin some grass I have got them from the garden. I hope the xeno solves the dry skin issue and we can put this issue to bed!

 

[Elwickcavies]

I would have thought that hair loss on the face and dry would be more likely fungal than mites. If the spot on doesn't seem to be working, get the vet to consider a fungal treatment. because it is near the eye, I would be inclined to use a cream rather than my usual fungal treatment of choice - Imaverol dip. Another issue is that if it is mange mites that burrow into the skin, a spot on treatment won't work and injections would be required. See how it goes, and pop back to the vet if necessary.

 

[aimzer]

I would have thought that hair loss on the face and dry would be more likely fungal than mites. If the spot on doesn't seem to be working, get the vet to consider a fungal treatment. because it is near the eye, I would be inclined to use a cream rather than my usual fungal treatment of choice - Imaverol dip. Another issue is that if it is mange mites that burrow into the skin, a spot on treatment won't work and injections would be required. See how it goes, and pop back to the vet if necessary.

OK thanks for the advice. He did say the spot on is the first line of treatment. If it doesn't help then he will test for fungal. How long does a fungal infection take to manifest? Her eye has been the same for a week now. No scabs and no hair loss anywhere else.

 

[aimzer]

Hi again.
I have just given my girls the 2nd dose of xeno spot on. Their nipples are still crusty. They are not hormonal and they are not itching excessively.
Should I be putting something on their nipples to remove the little crusty bits? I read something about Vaseline, is this safe?
The vet was certain that he could not feel any ovarian cysts on Daisy so it's odd that they both have crusty nipples :/ could they just have dry skin maybe?
Also, daisy's hairloss round her eye looks a bit better so pretty sure it's not ringworm as no other symptoms and I assume it would be getting worse of it was.