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Fungal infection on my pig's inner thighs/belly?

NightingaleTear

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I have been watching two spots on my pig, Sundae, for the past 3-4 months. they are located on his inner thighs almost on his belly, and they're symmetrical to each other. They almost look like nipples, but he is a male, not a female, and he hasn't had them there before, so i was able to rule that out. The next closest thing that they look like are moles almost, with a bald circle around each one. Recently at a doctors visit for myself i discovered i had gotten ringworm, and that got me thinking, 'could the spots on my pig be ringworm?', if not maybe another type of fungal infection? I know i should probably take him to the vet to get him checked out, but i dont have any money to be able to take him to the vet, is there any way i can identify it at home to be able to get and give him the treatment myself, or ?... Please help!
(I've enclosed pictures of the spots to help show what they look like to maybe identify them better...[camera quality could be better i know >~<])20180822_154400.webp20180822_154311.webp
 
Male guinea pigs do have nipples and they are located towards the thighs. I am fairly certain that this is what you are seeing.
 
Alright, thank you, i wasn't certain because they only started showing up the 3 months prior to his 1st birthday [last week], that does help calm my nerves, thank you so much from me and sundae!
 
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