Is this Bumblefoot?
- Sef
- I dissent.
Sorry that you're dealing with so many things all at once. "When it rains, it pours."
I would think that, technically, the bacteria can spread from one part of the body to another but I would generally expect to see this if the original infection wasn't treated or isn't responding to antibiotics. I haven't heard of bumbleboot being contagious, as in infecting more than one guinea pig, but it seems odd that the other pig is now exhibiting signs. You mentioned switching to fleece. What bedding were they on previously?
I would think that, technically, the bacteria can spread from one part of the body to another but I would generally expect to see this if the original infection wasn't treated or isn't responding to antibiotics. I haven't heard of bumbleboot being contagious, as in infecting more than one guinea pig, but it seems odd that the other pig is now exhibiting signs. You mentioned switching to fleece. What bedding were they on previously?
I have to agree. If it's spreading to another pig, I'd look at their bedding and anything else in their habitat which they have in common that is causing this and eliminate it. Without reading back, do they share a cage (two of my boars do and the other two don't)? Of course that would make it easier.I haven't heard of bumbleboot being contagious, as in infecting more than one guinea pig, but it seems odd that the other pig is now exhibiting signs.
They did share a cage but they have been in cages that are side by side since December, well before the first signs on either of them. They were on pine bedding but have since been switched to fleece (which I am not loving but I will persist).
The vet saw Halloween and agreed his foot looked like bumblefoot and to treat it as such, it wasn't until after our appointment we noticed a spot on Spooky's foot. It is really small on Spooky's foot.
I will try to get pictures of them both.
The vet saw Halloween and agreed his foot looked like bumblefoot and to treat it as such, it wasn't until after our appointment we noticed a spot on Spooky's foot. It is really small on Spooky's foot.
I will try to get pictures of them both.