General White crust in ear ! Advice !

Iamfry · May 17, 2019

I’ve had my guinea pig fry since July last year. Today I was feeling his ears while playing with him and felt a scab like feeling. When I checked it was white crust on the inside of his ear more towards the outer inside of his ear. I don’t know if you can tell but it also appears to have like a tiny little hole where the scab is. What can this be ? Do I need to take him to the vet as soon as possible ??!

bpatters · May 17, 2019

I'd try applying an antifungal cream to it twice a day for a while. Lotrimin is good, and is available from any pharmacy. But wash your hands carefully after handling him -- fungus is contagious. See https://www.guinealynx.info/fungus.html for information on how to deal with it.

Is the area around the hole swollen at all? Or hot, or does it have pus? If not, I'd just watch, and see a vet if there are any changes.

Is he housed with another pig?

Iamfry · May 17, 2019

bpatters said:
I'd try applying an antifungal cream to it twice a day for a while. Lotrimin is good, and is available from any pharmacy. But wash your hands carefully after handling him -- fungus is contagious. See https://www.guinealynx.info/fungus.html for information on how to deal with it.

Is the area around the hole swollen at all? Or hot, or does it have pus? If not, I'd just watch, and see a vet if there are any changes.

Is he housed with another pig?

No it’s not hot nor has puss. It’s not swollen at all either. It’s kind of like a scab. He’s our only guinea pig and he’s our first too. So we don’t know what exactly what’s happening to his ear

bpatters · May 17, 2019

I'm not sure about the hole, but if there's no infection, I wouldn't worry too much about it. The anti-fungal medicine should take care of the white stuff.

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