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Injury Black spot on her skin

Gasai Fabricio

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Since 4 days ago one of my sows had the fur of the right side of her face all puffed up, and i thought it was some dominance thing with the others. Today i picked her and saw this black area there, and i don't know if it's a skin problem, or if she got hurt, somehow. She's eating normally.

Best photo i could take alone:
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i will take her to the exotics vet, but he can only see her in 5 days.
 

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I'm sorry, but I can't tell a thing about that picture. Is that her eye we're looking at, and the black spot beneath it? Or something else?
 

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@bpatters sorry, it was quite a feat to take that photo alone with this fidgety piggie :D but it's the black thing to the right of her eye, where the fur is opened close to her hand.
 

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I'd try gently cleaning it with a sterile saline solution, or artificial tears, and see whether there's an injury there.
 
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