New rescue: Underweight Boar
I gave him a soft wipe with a warm washrag. Nothing really changed but he didn't squeal in pain either. I may have some vaseline I can put a tiny bit of on there tonight.
The only house resident with opposible thumbs fell asleep on the couch for 2 hours and so didn't make it to the drug store tonight but will be there bright and early tomorrow. I'll use the opportunity to treat myself to some coffee from the heavenly local place. Yum.
The only concern I have with a Spot name is that my 20 year old cockatiel's name is Spot. I don't know if that'd be weird to name them the same thing or not, although Semi-Spot is hilarious.
The only house resident with opposible thumbs fell asleep on the couch for 2 hours and so didn't make it to the drug store tonight but will be there bright and early tomorrow. I'll use the opportunity to treat myself to some coffee from the heavenly local place. Yum.
The only concern I have with a Spot name is that my 20 year old cockatiel's name is Spot. I don't know if that'd be weird to name them the same thing or not, although Semi-Spot is hilarious.
Definitely looks fungal to me which is extremely common in the poor rescue guys which come in on nasty bedding. And of course the mites are incidental because a lot of times they are not using the kiln dried bedding to begin with (if they are using wood shavings) so the bugs come in on it and voila! bugs on poor piggy!
So Ivermectin a very good idea, the clotrimazole a good idea and wait on the bath like you said. After you bathe him, wait a few hours to put the cream on him cause it can burn once you get all that extra scrufy stuff off and get a bit red and then they bug at it a bit. I found that out once and ended up bathing the pig again to get the cream off. I felt so miserable because I had no idea!
You are also lucky he took to hay right away! Some of my fosters take a week or more to decide that it is edible and delicious!
He is adorable and 750ish is not bad; could be better but he seems to have a healthy appetite so don't worry yet.
Good luck and love on the adorable little guinea pig for us!
So Ivermectin a very good idea, the clotrimazole a good idea and wait on the bath like you said. After you bathe him, wait a few hours to put the cream on him cause it can burn once you get all that extra scrufy stuff off and get a bit red and then they bug at it a bit. I found that out once and ended up bathing the pig again to get the cream off. I felt so miserable because I had no idea!
You are also lucky he took to hay right away! Some of my fosters take a week or more to decide that it is edible and delicious!
He is adorable and 750ish is not bad; could be better but he seems to have a healthy appetite so don't worry yet.
Good luck and love on the adorable little guinea pig for us!
- dgarriques
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You could call him "Semi" for short. Ph a bird named Spot how cute, sometime we need to see a picture of Bird Spot.
This is my "husband" Spot. I was 5 or 6 years old when we got him and I was the one who picked the name. Not only does he have spots, he leaves them too.
I think I'm definately in for a combination of treatments but if I'm lucky, everything is external. The ivermectin, monistat, and diaper cream all sound very safe and benign to me.
I think I'm definately in for a combination of treatments but if I'm lucky, everything is external. The ivermectin, monistat, and diaper cream all sound very safe and benign to me.