Injury Mysterious multiple red wounds on back.

[Nikiguineapig]

Hi. So I thought this was a bite wound on my new baby guinea pig. (I got him last week. With his twin brother). But he has these wounds all over him! I counted at least 4. All on his back. He isn’t acting strange. He is eating and acting himself.
From your experience is this a bite mark or fungal infection? His brother does not have it. I am not sure the soonest possibility I can take him to a vet, so I just want to know if I have to be concerned that it’s a bite mark or not

 

[bpatters]

Looks more like bite marks to me. But they don't look fresh.

Was he housed with more pigs than just his brother before you got him? And in how large a space?

How old is he?

 

[Nikiguineapig]

Looks more like bite marks to me. But they don't look fresh.

Was he housed with more pigs than just his brother before you got him? And in how large a space?

How old is he?

No, as far as I know he has only been with his brother. He is 2 months old, and his space is a 2x3 ( I know it is small, I will expand once they get older. I just don't have the room as of right now to expand.)

 

[bpatters]

The space just isn't large enough, and you're likely to have continuing problems until you get it enlarged.

 

[tcole1019]

Looks like bite marks... even his brother can bite him if the cage is too small and the other is trying to assert dominance. Mine are doing the same thing... I even had to separate them because one of mine is a bully. If you don't have room for a bigger cage, build it up and make more levels. It's really easy to do. Mine is a 5x2 with a 2x2 left but you can make multiple levels and it won't take up too much floor space.

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