Hi there. I'm new to the forum but would like to ask your expert opinion about one of our piggies. Going back 6 weeks, my son noticed that Pumpkin had what he thought was poo stuck to his mouth... I looked and it was a brown coldsore-ish scab, so off he went to the vets for visit 1. Prescribed metacam and baytril back after a week. Week 2 a little change but told to keep up with same meds one more week. Week 3 same again and if still not better will investigate fungal. Week 4 taken off metacam and baytril and put onto intrafongal (nearly died at price!) Week 5, seems to be improving, keep up another week. We're now going into week 6 and looking at him tonight it seems to be getting quite scabby again! He's back at the vet Mon morning and was wondering if anyone could advise what they think so I can go armed with some knowledge. He's already had acidic fruit etc taken out of his diet. His brother has no signs of any problem. He has never stopped eating! He's still happy and active. By Monday I'll have spent over £350 trying to get this sorted for him - it's one thing if it helps, but in not sure it is! Any advice would be gratefully received!
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Cheilitis?
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Our experienced guys will be along very soon to help. Sorry to hear your having problems. I experienced something similar with one of mine. Initially thought it was Cheilitis but didn’t clear up with scab removing and treatment (on vet advice). Went to a more piggy savvy vet and it was thrush (so scab removing was exacerbating the problem). It took 2 rounds of Itrafungol but then cleared up. We definitely removed any acidic foods too. Our vet said tomatoes are particularly acidic (luckily my boys don’t like them anyway).
Hope you can get answers for your little one
Hope you can get answers for your little one
I am very sorry. Have you also removed any tomatoes; they are technically a fruit. Any other scratches or abrasions on the lips can also allow bugs to get into the lips through the tiny cracks. Some piggies seem to be a lot more sensitive than others.
Extra vitamin B and C may help strengthen the immune system.
Unfortunately there is in some cases a pox virus that can get into the lips of UK piggies. In this case neither antibiotic or fungal will work.
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