PinkyandNaz
New Born Pup
Hello! I have two male guinea pigs, both are Skinny pigs! Nas (black) and Pinky (pink and black)
A couple of months ago, I noticed a red-soreish bump on Nas's back. He was nonstop itching, and looked as if he was staring into space a lot. He would eat, but would be too distracted by the itching. As dark as Nas is, I was able to notice patches of what looks like dryer skin, but they were paler, and more white- out of the ordinary looking. Keep in mind, not opaque white, but against black it looked like dry skin, or a lighter gray peach fuzz.
I took them both to the vet, thinking it was the kind of mites that live in skin
The vet did a skin scrape, and gave them both a round of Revolution.
I gave them medicine for 5 days, and two weeks later Nas was positive for Ringworm-- Pinky was negative. this medicine was:
They gave me more medicine to give them everyday for 7 days, then off for 7 days, then on again another 7 days. - This medicine was: Intrafungol
Its been a total of 3 weeks since the vet visit. his red bump cleared within a week, and they both overall seemed way less itchy. Pinky is still going strong- I guess he is a tank.
Nas, although his red bumped cleared--I believe the number of lighter skin patches on his shoulder blades are growing. After the first week on this medicine, they were less itchy, but now, two weeks later-- they're still itching to what I believe is a little more than unusual-- definitely not as bad at they were before.
Does anyone else know about the dryer skin, lighter patches possibly from scratching? or just any of this at all?
A couple of months ago, I noticed a red-soreish bump on Nas's back. He was nonstop itching, and looked as if he was staring into space a lot. He would eat, but would be too distracted by the itching. As dark as Nas is, I was able to notice patches of what looks like dryer skin, but they were paler, and more white- out of the ordinary looking. Keep in mind, not opaque white, but against black it looked like dry skin, or a lighter gray peach fuzz.
I took them both to the vet, thinking it was the kind of mites that live in skin
The vet did a skin scrape, and gave them both a round of Revolution.
I gave them medicine for 5 days, and two weeks later Nas was positive for Ringworm-- Pinky was negative. this medicine was:
They gave me more medicine to give them everyday for 7 days, then off for 7 days, then on again another 7 days. - This medicine was: Intrafungol
Its been a total of 3 weeks since the vet visit. his red bump cleared within a week, and they both overall seemed way less itchy. Pinky is still going strong- I guess he is a tank.
Nas, although his red bumped cleared--I believe the number of lighter skin patches on his shoulder blades are growing. After the first week on this medicine, they were less itchy, but now, two weeks later-- they're still itching to what I believe is a little more than unusual-- definitely not as bad at they were before.
Does anyone else know about the dryer skin, lighter patches possibly from scratching? or just any of this at all?