bald patch

Hello all, Before I start, piggie has a vet appointment already but I’m just after some advice, and a general idea of what to expect… Izzie is 2 years old. We took her to the vet a couple of weeks ago due to a bald spot on her back, and on her side. She’s also gradually lost weight over the...

my 4 year old piggie has bald spots on all of her legs, i haven’t noticed it until today, what could it be, it’s making me panic, my mum won’t let me call the vet saying that she is acting fine.💔 i’m so scared

I'm at my witts end, I thought Kevin had turned a corner and was getting better. I have no clue what is going on with him and our vets advised against testing as the anesthesia would more than likely kill him being so weak. I noticed a balding patch on his leg when he was having his veggies...

Hi all! Recently noticed that my older piggy (about 8) has very suddenly lost hair around her head and back. I took her to the vet where she was checked, given a treatment for mites and we also sent off a sample to test for ringworm (no result yet due to Christmas but the vet said it didn’t look...

Hi everyone. I’m worried about my Guinea pig (Han solo) age 2.5. I noticed earlier this week he was starting to develop a bald spot on the top of his head. It is about half an inch long and skinny. He is always sitting under his ramp and I think it may be the cause because he is having no other...

hi theres a bald spot on one of my guinea pigs and I'm really worried about it. hes been drinking, eating and everything. no sign of illness or stuff like that. he just has this small bald spot that I'm worried about. but my mom doesn't view guinea pigs as a pet worthy of a vet at all. what should...

Hi there I rehomed 2 baby sows yesterday afternoon. 8.5 weeks. When I collected the lady said that they were born with cradle cap. She had given to Pets At Home for advice (sigh) and they advised to treat with coconut oil 3 times a day. She said it had cleared considerably since then. I have...

a few weeks ago my guinea pig had a little crusty part on his nose so i wiped it off and now i noticed he has a tiny little spot without hair on his nose and i’m worried. i don’t know what the crusty thing was that i wiped off but i do know that i did it really gently so it wouldn’t get...

Hello, I was feeding my Guinea pig just earlier today and realized there was a bald spot under his chin. I’m not sure when this started since I just found it out today, but does anyone know what it is and how I can help treat it?

Last night when I went to hold all my boars (I have four) Floyd had a strange scabby patch on his back with missing hair. I haven’t noticed it before now and I hold them all often. I got him and his cage mate pretty recently from a private owner, and while they will sometimes chase each other...

Hi everyone. Today I found out that my half a year old piggie has serious bald spots on three of its legs. He does quite a lot of self cleaning but he didnt have these spots before and the bald spots just suddenly appeared this week. Some parts of the bald area looks brown and we are not sure if...

Hello again you helpful bunch! Hope you’re all doing well. I rescued two females (sisters, approx 4 years old) last week and one in particular is itching quite a bit and has a patch of torn hair/a bald patch on her back. The itching seems more frequent now. I have an appointment on Monday...

Hey all, I was doing today a health check on my piggies and noticed on Pufu a bald spot on his front paws. I know that that's he is constantly chewing on the hair on his front paws whenever he is unhappy with us handling him. It might be that he has such a patch also on his other front paw, but...

Hi, so about less than a week ago my girlfriend and I noticed a bald line spot on my guinea pig Biscuits’ back. It doesn’t look like it has any irritation but it is still worrisome. I checked online about bald spots on backs and all I could find was that she could have mites? However, her cage...

My guinea pig Frida has been scratching a lot lately and she had a small bald spot on her back. I was sure that she had mites but It seems to be getting better especially every time I bathe her and I’m not sure if it’s mites anymore. Also her bald spot seems to be going away although she...

I’ve noticed my 5 year old boar has got a bald spot on his bum. We’ve previously had problems with lice so I immediately thought he had got them again or maybe had mites so he’s been through a treatment of ivermectin and I’ve washed him with georgeous guineas lice shampoo but it’s still there...

My year old guinea Simon had some issues not too long ago. We assumed it was initially a bite from the other pig but it continued after we separated them. The vet did tests for mites and came out negative. We spent a lot of money on tests and they could not tell us what was wrong. They said it...

I found this on his underside. He doesn’t seem to be in pain but it’s the first time I’ve seen this. I have no idea what this is or what I should do. Please help out a worried owner!

Our Fudge has a bald patch under his bottom lip. I noticed it the other day as he was drinking water. I’ve touched the area and he doesn’t squeak or show any signs of pain. It literally looks like a bald patch, no dry skin or scabs or anything like that. Here’s a photo but I couldn’t get a good...

Hello, my piggy pepper has recently developed a bald patch with raised red bumps on her lower back : We are calling first thing tomorrow morning to book her in. Just wondering if anyone has any advice on what this could be. She is not scratching it and doesn't seem agitated when I touch it. I...