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Post by pinigig on Mar 4, 2009 20:55:45 GMT
Molly was screaming when i was stroking her yesterday and she's got some sores on her rump. I've checked everyone else and none of them have anything remotely resembling what she has. i tried to take some pictures but both of our cameras don't pick them up!
One of them is just red, no oozing but very sore. there were a couple of other areas where they had scabbed over. I've not noticed her scratching her back or anything like that so all I can think is that they are sores. I have bathed her skin tonight in sterile water with tea tree oil. that's the best thing that i can think of to do without knowing what it is and I don't want toput ivermectin on open sores as it will most likely hurt her a LOT.
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Post by luvcats22 on Mar 5, 2009 6:37:52 GMT
ivermectin doesnt need to be put on the sores, if you use a spot on treatment such as beaphar, then you just part the hair at the base of the neck and apply it there, it sounds like she needs to be treated for mites (as will all the other piggies) and some soothing cream for the sores will help.
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Post by Dawn - Admin on Mar 5, 2009 9:37:11 GMT
Yes I agree with luvacts she needs to be treated with ivermec. You can get beaphar spot on from any good petshop. Pets at home sells it for about £4 per box. Just treat according to her weight give one treatment then 10 days later another dose and again 10 days later just to make sure it has worked and she should be fine  |
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Post by pinigig on Mar 5, 2009 9:56:56 GMT
Thanks. Shall I treat everyone? x
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Post by Dawn - Admin on Mar 5, 2009 10:12:16 GMT
Yes you could do as a precaution it wont hurt some people do it regular as a preventive anyway once every 6 months |
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Post by genie on Mar 5, 2009 10:13:19 GMT
Yes, it's always best to treat the whole herd :-) It's very contagious so if one has the others will as well. It's also a good idea to scrub the cage and toys down with pet safe disinfectant as well or, if you have it, some anti mite cage spray. Johnson's do a disinfectant and a cage spray that you can get in Pets at Home but I think there are also cheaper options.
EDIT - If any of your pigs are pregnant, you might want to check the pack before treating them just to make sure it's safe.
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Post by celia on Mar 9, 2009 3:22:44 GMT
It does sound like a mite problem so treating with the ivomec will sort it out , if you still have the problem after that then its possible it could be fungal
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Post by pinigig on Mar 9, 2009 16:02:50 GMT
I have treated them all with spot on and they've stopped itching so i'll treat them in 10 days (from saturday) and hopefully that's the end of it x
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