Help needed...piggie with bloody scabs

[snowflakey]

That is a really cute picture. Poor little guy!

[Evangeline]

Carol, go to your last post. Look at that picture, then look at your avatar. I see a sign.

[snowflakey]

OMG, it *is* a sign!

[HollyT]

wow. I didn't even notice that.

[GP Lover]

Carol, go to your last post. Look at that picture, then look at your avatar. I see a sign.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...I saw it immediately. He and Sophie make a cute couple... BUT I CAN'T AFFORD to keep him. Really, I can't.

I have three cages now in my apartment and it is too much work for me. Sophie probably has another bladder stone and I don't even have the money to pay for that or the cap I need on my tooth that just lost a filling O:(.

[Lynx]

Oh... he looks SO sweat. I imagine it is hard to resist.

[GP Lover]

Lynx, I can meet you half way...how about it. He's neutered. O:)

[HollyT]

Yea Lynx, are you ever going to adopt again or is your mean husband threatening divorce?

[Lynx]

Can't do it right now. Nice to know he's neutered though.

[GP Lover]

Okay, I was able to check his scabs and they are beginning to dry. He's still wrapped up and still scratching a lot.

How long before the Ivermectin kicks in? His first shot was Wednesday.

[snowflakey]

With bad cases, it seems like a few weeks before the itching stops. I'm glad to hear the wrap is helping out.

[PauloF]

I had recently treated my herd because one of my boars was really itching and hurting himself. I treated with Ivomec (diluted, oral dose) and he kept scratching for 3 or 4 days after the first dose, sometimes wheeking and bleeding, but his scabs were not as extensive as Jasper's.

By the second dose, a week later, he was not scratching at all. All the scabs were gone within 10 to 15 days.