Fluffy17
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi guys,
So today i was cuddling with my guinea pig and as i look closely to her fur i noticed lice!
It’s so weird to me because even right after we got her (3 months ago), (yes we got here from a pet store, we weren’t familiar with adoptions but we’re looking into getting our next female by adopting.)
i always checked for lice but never found anything! Where do they come from? Is it maybe that i didn’t check throughly (?) i don’t have any other animals nor she’s been in contact with other piggies for the last 3 months…
My question is also do i have to throw out her wooden hideys that i just bought? She used them for only 2 times and for an hour or so (i preferred giving her a footstool.) or do lice die after a few days without a host near the wood?
Alsooo i was about to switch to fleece from shavings as i just bought them but maybe should i wait until she’s cured from lice? (Bc I'm afraid i won’t get rid of the lice from fleece properly with the washing machine)
First thing in the morning I'm ringing a vet
also because ivermectin isn’t easy to find here in Italy so i really don’t know what to do
So today i was cuddling with my guinea pig and as i look closely to her fur i noticed lice!
It’s so weird to me because even right after we got her (3 months ago), (yes we got here from a pet store, we weren’t familiar with adoptions but we’re looking into getting our next female by adopting.)
i always checked for lice but never found anything! Where do they come from? Is it maybe that i didn’t check throughly (?) i don’t have any other animals nor she’s been in contact with other piggies for the last 3 months…
My question is also do i have to throw out her wooden hideys that i just bought? She used them for only 2 times and for an hour or so (i preferred giving her a footstool.) or do lice die after a few days without a host near the wood?
Alsooo i was about to switch to fleece from shavings as i just bought them but maybe should i wait until she’s cured from lice? (Bc I'm afraid i won’t get rid of the lice from fleece properly with the washing machine)
First thing in the morning I'm ringing a vet
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