Ok I'm new to this forum so bare with me!
I've had Guinea pigs for the last 6 years, usually rescue ones, and over that time had a few problems here and there but nothing I cant deal with. Oddly enough though I've never had any of my piggies have lice or mites.
At the moment I have 4 Male piggies all live in separate homes as they do not like each other!
Last year I became really ill and had to have a piggy sitter take them for nearly 6 months. I have had them back since December.
Today I noticed one of my pigs has tiny pale brown flecks near his ears moving around so I'm guessing lice or mites? I've sent for some treatment and am going to do them all and obviously disinfect their cages with a pet friendly spray.
Here's what I don't get .. all my piggies live separate and don't share cages, they didnt share at my piggy sitters so how did they get it?
There seems to be a debate to if they can get it from hay and bedding. I have been buying their hay from the same place for many years now and never had a problem. I did however recently switch to sawdust bedding as my usual bedding gets delivered in a huge bag and is running late.
When I got my pigs back home in December I bathed and groomed them all and saw nothing then.
Where did they come from???!
Mella xx
(Mummy of Oreo, Ginger, Fluffy and Snowball piggies)
I've had Guinea pigs for the last 6 years, usually rescue ones, and over that time had a few problems here and there but nothing I cant deal with. Oddly enough though I've never had any of my piggies have lice or mites.
At the moment I have 4 Male piggies all live in separate homes as they do not like each other!
Last year I became really ill and had to have a piggy sitter take them for nearly 6 months. I have had them back since December.
Today I noticed one of my pigs has tiny pale brown flecks near his ears moving around so I'm guessing lice or mites? I've sent for some treatment and am going to do them all and obviously disinfect their cages with a pet friendly spray.
Here's what I don't get .. all my piggies live separate and don't share cages, they didnt share at my piggy sitters so how did they get it?
There seems to be a debate to if they can get it from hay and bedding. I have been buying their hay from the same place for many years now and never had a problem. I did however recently switch to sawdust bedding as my usual bedding gets delivered in a huge bag and is running late.
When I got my pigs back home in December I bathed and groomed them all and saw nothing then.
Where did they come from???!
Mella xx
(Mummy of Oreo, Ginger, Fluffy and Snowball piggies)