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What is this above Penny's nose?

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A little bit ago I noticed this on Penny's nose. It looks like a different color, kind of greenish. I looked in previous photos of her and she didn't have this. What could it be?
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@emlen23 Maybe she's sneezed and rubbed it on her face. Or it could be lettuce as suggested above!

Keep an eye on her to see if she has any discharge from her nose

How's she doing in herself? All normal? Happy and bright?
 
Jaycey said:
@emlen23 Maybe she's sneezed and rubbed it on her face. Or it could be lettuce as suggested above!

Keep an eye on her to see if she has any discharge from her nose

How's she doing in herself? All normal? Happy and bright?
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She is still acting like her usual self. She's eating, drinking, and active! :) I'm assuming she sneezed and rubbed it above her nose.
 
Mine often try out different fur colours - red pepper, strawberry, spinach etc.
Hope it turns out just to be a sneeze
 
VickiA said:
I’m the idiot who took a teddy pig to the vets with what I thought was a scab on her nose and found out that it was pellet residue, so I’m not best placed to answer... but I think I’d wait to see how it progresses.
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can i ask what it looked like or what color it was?
 
emlen23 said:
can i ask what it looked like or what color it was?
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It was a crusty textured blob, brown in colour. Turned out she must have had a damp snout and then hoovered up the pellet remnants /dust from her bowl. Her rough teddy fur often gathered water/juice droplets. I was convinced she had an injury or a burst something or other. It was set like concrete. Even the vet took several minutes to identify what it was. I Felt such a fool.
 
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