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weird black mark on nose...

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maisie has a black mark on her nose... it is like you get when you have touched newspaper and the print rubs off on you... i don't know if it is lumpy though, or the nose just looks different because of the black mark..

any ideas? :{
 
i've just had another look... it isn't a lump... and she hasn't got any anywhere else... she disn't mind me touching it... it looks like a little bit of hair loss maybe and the skin underneath is dark...

i've taken some pics... i will upload them in a min...
 
right... here we go...

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any ideas? the thing is... it wasn't there 15 mins before i saw it! :{

could it be newspaper print? ches could have nipped her? do piggies bruise?

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after i just checked them over... i put them in their run and she was popcorning round... i changed the cage bedding and obv the newspaper was wet... i touched it and had a print on my finger exactly the same colour maisie has on her nose...
 
yep! it should just be a newspaper print. gilbert had one of those the first few days i had him. don't worry about it !
 
biscandmatt said:
after i just checked them over... i put them in their run and she was popcorning round... i changed the cage bedding and obv the newspaper was wet... i touched it and had a print on my finger exactly the same colour maisie has on her nose...
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Have you tried to rub the black patch off? Maybe it was a newspaper print after all. :))
 
yes, i rubbed it but it didn't seem much different... i didn't want to start wiping her with a damp cloth or anything... she was already looking at me like i had lost the plot! rolleyes:))

i panicked then that it was fungal! :{ but it isn't flakey and there are no other patches like that on her...

... ches has two little grey patches like that on his body... last time he did it was mites... but could maisie have nipped him, and ches nipped her? because she has been in his face today and i saw him warn her away from the food bowl... maybe he nipped her?

i don't know! :{
 
That's good, I was beginning to think it may have been her mascara.
 
weird black mark is now a faded grey mark... must have been newspaper! rolleyes
 
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