itchy guinea pigs

Hi everyone, our lovely 5yo guinea pig has been itching for more than a week. She gets these attacks where she bends and sometimes falls on her back to scratch. It’s terrible to see that she is in distress. We’ve seen the vet twice for this and they gave her antibiotics, a cortisone injection...

Hello, I’m new to the forum so I hope I am posting in the correct place. We’ve recently adopted a guineapig who we were told is 8 months old and had been attacked by a female guineapig in his cage. He has a superficial wound on his back which unfortunately he can reach with his back leg. He also...

Hi I need help! I have 2 guinea pigs and they’re both itching and biting at their fur. I DON’T see any red spots, hair loss, or flakey skin. My pigs are still running around, popcorning, eating drinking and playing. I see no signs of stress just the itching and biting. I'm not sure if it’s mites...

i've had my guinea pig for a few months now and only about a week ago or two she started to itch her self a lot and bite. she has no signs of mites or lice, no hair loss, no appetite loss, no bold patches, not sensitive to touch, nothing. she just itches and scratches a lot like.. 1 time every...

About 4 weeks ago now my two guinea pigs started scratching a lot. They scratched about every 3 minutes and I thought it was kind of weird. I checked their fur and I didn't see anything (lice or fleas) so I thought it was mites. So on my way back from college I bought some Beaphar anti-parasite...