Definitely the piggie looks worrying - with the eyes shut. it's common for piggies from pet shops to have mites and URI but I can't tell what's the cause of this - one of my piggies occasionally does this while he sleeps (sometimes he talks too, which proves that piggies have dreams) but this...

In northeast surburb from Melbourne. Which state do you line in? There is an ANZ discussion here by the way :)

@just8be8free Yeah I do, I sent him to Warranwood (kind of the only professional exotic animal clinic here)...

I took him to vet the weekend after I put up this post and last week. His feet getting a little better now but not much after two weeks of baytril and loxicon. Since last week we started giving him vitamin c every day. Will post how it goes... The wound on the belly is getting better naturally also.

Agree, it's 20 mins from my place, half an hour from city and worse for western suburbs. It is worth the trip though, considering the fact that most of the local vets deal with dogs and cats only and they have been always offering good advice.

Just found last night that there is a wound on the belly of Blaine: with lots of hair loss around it. Does not seem to be a big wound but the hair loss looks scary... No signs of itch or skin dandruff around the wound and he doesn't seem to scratch it. Also there is something wrong with the...

I've been going to Warranwood vet clinic: http://www.warranwoodvet.com.au/ Their head vet specializes in exotic pets (rabbit, GPs, reptiles, etc) and from my experience they know what happens on my piggie. Treated with them for mites, URI, not eating and worked out fine.