PiggySmitten
Adult Guinea Pig
This is mainly about ringworm but haven't posted in health and illness thread because I'm looking only for sympathy so didn't want to get in the way of a thread that needs advice.
Mid February one of our group of 4 had scratched her eyeball. I asked the vet whether he thought there was also a fungal infection starting round it (I did and so did people on here) but he said no. When we went back a few days later, I convinced him and we got itrafungol for her.
A few days later I had to go back with another one of the 4 - nasty patch of fungal on her back.
I'd separated these two from the other two by that time. Been cleaning with F10 and dipping with imaverol but yesterday brought another vet trip with another one of the 4 - fungal around her eye just like the first. So now I'm dipping different piggies and cleaning out cages virtually every day
Then to top off my woes today, I was due to pick up some Aubiose for our other 2 pairs of piggies who are not affected (yet) and although I'd ordered it two weeks ago and agreed with them I would pick it up today, they've sold it to someone else because they forgot to label it for me. So I've had to buy emergency care fresh at twice the price
Mid February one of our group of 4 had scratched her eyeball. I asked the vet whether he thought there was also a fungal infection starting round it (I did and so did people on here) but he said no. When we went back a few days later, I convinced him and we got itrafungol for her.
A few days later I had to go back with another one of the 4 - nasty patch of fungal on her back.
I'd separated these two from the other two by that time. Been cleaning with F10 and dipping with imaverol but yesterday brought another vet trip with another one of the 4 - fungal around her eye just like the first. So now I'm dipping different piggies and cleaning out cages virtually every day
Then to top off my woes today, I was due to pick up some Aubiose for our other 2 pairs of piggies who are not affected (yet) and although I'd ordered it two weeks ago and agreed with them I would pick it up today, they've sold it to someone else because they forgot to label it for me. So I've had to buy emergency care fresh at twice the price