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How long have you had your piggy? Please see a vet for a hands-on examination.
If your piggy is newly bought, then please read this very helpful guide link below which also includes our rights re. reclaiming any vet fees after having been sold an already infected piggy (i.e. damaged ware).
I cannot diagnose just from a comparably fuzzy picture nor can I replace a vet visit but my guess would be more likely a potential ringworm patch starting to form. If it turns out to be ringworm, then absolute hygiene is key in getting on top of the long lived and highly infectious species jumping ringworm spores to avoid a long running saga. Ringworm is not an issue to try and cut corners and do it on the cheap. We have 15 years of ample experience going into the advice in our ringworm guide; we have also ample proof that it does really work.
New Guinea Pig Problems: Sexing & Pregnancy; URI, Ringworm & Parasites; Vet Checks & Customer Rights
Ringworm: Hygiene, Care And Pictures
Please do not home treat on spec just based on what I can only guess; it is much better for your poor piggy and ultimately cheaper for you to treat once currectly with vet grade products and do it properly than having to see a vet with an advanced case and having to shell out for both the substandard stuff and the good quality treatments instead of just having to pay for the vet.
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I just got him so less than a month, I cleaned the cage removed all the old toys and I gave him a small bath and I will get a ring worm cream for Guinea pigs to put on him. Thank you so much for your help
I just got him so less than a month, I cleaned the cage removed all the old toys and I gave him a small bath and I will get a ring worm cream for Guinea pigs to put on him. Thank you so much for your help
PLEASE read our guide link and do NOT cream: Ringworm: Hygiene, Care And Pictures
Creaming does NOT prevent the spread of the long-lived spores and is in fact a fully guaranteed way of turning ringworm into an endless fight that can go on for years with new patches appearing all over the body and you catching it from your piggies as well... likely more than once.
It is of course your choice - but in 15 years we have seen too many 'creamers' coming back on here because they cannot get on top of their ringworm. It is very much outdated, ineffective treatment and false economy trying treat on the cheap with human products. It is sadly still very touted in DIY diagnosis and cheap home cure circles for the detriment of far too many hapless piggies and their unnecessary and prolonged suffering.
Please see a vet for a diagnosis. I am not a vet nor can I diagnose safely from a picture.
I just got him so less than a month, I cleaned the cage removed all the old toys and I gave him a small bath and I will get a ring worm cream for Guinea pigs to put on him. Thank you so much for your help
Bathing and using cream is not the effective way of treating ringworm, particularly without a vet diagnosis. Using the wrong or an ineffective product will prolong and potentially worsen the issue - please do not treat for anything on spec. Please have your piggy seen by a vet for diagnosis and the correct treatment