Chester has some crusty stuff...

[guinea_girl]

My Chester has this thick crust on one of his front paws....looks nasty and a small patch of the same crust right under his nose...any ideas on what would have caused that? I never had one with the kind of crust before...

BTW, Lenny has shrunken down in the size of his belly and runs around all the time now. He is doing well.

 

[kellyandpiggies]

Like a scab? Could be a fungal infection.

Great that Lenny is on the mend

 

[guinea_girl]

Yes, a scab would be a better word for it...I am working for a while longer today. Maybe I can get a pic of it later. It does looks like scabs though. What would cause a fungal infection? :-\

 

[Glynis]

I've had something similar with Duke he got the scab / crusty nose and it looked a bit pink and he kept on rubbing his nose with his front paws continually. It must be itchy and annoying so they do this thinking it's helping all it's really doing is aggrivating the problem and it quite often transfers from nose to foot or foot to nose, double whammy >
I used a fungal cream very very sparingly on the tip of a cotton bud / cue tip (everyone calls them something diff hope you understand what i mean) and i carefully wipe this on the nose area don't get any into the eyes tho. You could ring the vets and ask their advice as it may not be what Duke had, it would be better to get him seen to. Once you find out it will clear up i'm sure

Oh that's brilliant news about little Lenny :smitten: :smitten:

 

[daftscotslass]

Does it look anything like this?

http://www.guinealynx.com/cheilitis.html

Information on treating is also on that page.

 

[guinea_girl]

Thanks for the advice. It must be what it is because it looks like the photo ONLY up under that guinea's nose. It doesn't look like that dark stuff next to that piggies lips. When I looked at it yesterday, it looked like it was almost gone. I will wait another day or at the end of today and if it is still there, I will try the ointment sparingly. Thanks for the tips.