4 of my guinea pigs started losing hair last week. See the pic? I don't know if it's fungal or mites because I don't see any pics on any guinea pig sites that look like that.
Big bald patch of hair missing in ONE day. That's day 2. Her skin is pink now but when I pull her hair some still falls out. I was applying canesten ( 3x daily for 2 days) but the vet said it was too big to control with canesten. He prescribed povidone iodine to spray on the area 2x daily. I did that for about 3 days, but then, another vet said this wouldn't work. He suspected that it's mites. So, a few days ago, I weighed them and applied 0.03cc-0.04cc to each of them topically. I've bathed them twice (3 days apart) with nizoral. The skin is less spotty now but some of them have lost more hair. One is almost completely bald now. I'm not sure what I did that has helped. It seems to be getting better since the skin is now pink , but is it the ivomec, the nizoral, the canesten, or the betadine? Help, please.
P.S: I've called like 5 vets and they seem like they don't really know much about guinea pigs, won't answer the phone, or are really far away. I live in the country, so it's a problem to go to a vet. I've also visited various guinea pigs sites and read through the info so please don't send other website links. In Jamaica.
Big bald patch of hair missing in ONE day. That's day 2. Her skin is pink now but when I pull her hair some still falls out. I was applying canesten ( 3x daily for 2 days) but the vet said it was too big to control with canesten. He prescribed povidone iodine to spray on the area 2x daily. I did that for about 3 days, but then, another vet said this wouldn't work. He suspected that it's mites. So, a few days ago, I weighed them and applied 0.03cc-0.04cc to each of them topically. I've bathed them twice (3 days apart) with nizoral. The skin is less spotty now but some of them have lost more hair. One is almost completely bald now. I'm not sure what I did that has helped. It seems to be getting better since the skin is now pink , but is it the ivomec, the nizoral, the canesten, or the betadine? Help, please.
P.S: I've called like 5 vets and they seem like they don't really know much about guinea pigs, won't answer the phone, or are really far away. I live in the country, so it's a problem to go to a vet. I've also visited various guinea pigs sites and read through the info so please don't send other website links. In Jamaica.