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My piggt got a fungus infection and he's losing his hair too. He scratched so badly that he's getting bruises there. And he also has crust around his eyes. Pls give me some suggestions so that I can help him thanks.

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Kind of dendruff around his eyes and neck area. Due to lot of scratching he has redness in that area

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It's not that bad as shown in that pic

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How do you know it's fungus and not mites?

And not as bad as which picture? [MENTION=11509]lissie[/MENTION] gave you two.
 

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In 1st pic it showing big patch on piggies face and saying it start wid face so my piggy not have that patch on my piggies face
ND in the 2nd one that piggy fur and condition is really bad as compared to my piggy .
My piggy lost chunk of his hair only in the neck area and has driness around that which kinda look like dendruff ....may be that's mite he is suffering from couz he scratch a lot and has white thing come out whenever he scratches.

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I'll send u pic ...Ivermect is not available in my country so do u have any alternative medicine which I can use??

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These r the pics

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Ivermectin is available all over the world, although sometimes it goes by a different name. What country are you in?
 

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India

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Ringworm can create this?? Couz he's bald patch around his eyes

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No, it's not ringworm around his eyes, although it probably is a fungus -- they often start around the eyes. As far as I know, in the US, the only way you can get an antifungal that's safe for the eyes is with a prescription from a vet. But some drugs are available without prescription in other countries, like Revolution in Australia. If possible, you need to see a vet to get treatment for that.

Here's a link with the names and availability of ivermectin in India: (broken link removed). You can treat the mites yourself.

I'd suggest you do your research more thoroughly instead of just assuming that something isn't available there. Most drugs are available in most countries, although they can go by different names. And ivermectin is particularly common in developing countries because it's so effective against all sorts of parasites.
 

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Yeah I just found one and bought it just now online.

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ND when I click that link which u gave me about mites, there was link to buy ivermectin on Amazon when I clicked that there was written that this is not available in your country that's y I told u it's not available. After that I did my research

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I'll buy antifungal cream to clear his eye fungus which I saw in a video where piggy owner use athlete anti fungus creams around piggy eyes so I'll do the same to stop itchness

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I'll buy antifungal cream to clear his eye fungus which I saw in a video where piggy owner use athlete anti fungus creams around piggy eyes so I'll do the same to stop itchness

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When you see a message like that from Amazon, it only means that they don't sell it in your country, not that it isn't available there.
 
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