elenasimons
New Born Pup
Hello! I recently adopted a 1-and-a-half-month-old guinea pig, she is a beautiful black teddy/texcel mix.
I got her from a farm that put her up for adoption. Once I got her I noticed she had static mites so I took her to the vet and the vet provided oral ivermectin. He said that by the second dosis (7 days apart from the first one) she should be mites free.
But her second dosis was a week ago and she is still full of mites and still has white little mite/lice eggs around her ears and the top of her head. She also has a bald spot on the top of her head where you can clearly see a lot of eggs too (Photos attached) I am not sure if the bald spot is due to the mites or if she is crested piggie. Nothing is going away and I am not sure my vet knows what to do. He is the only exitic vet in my state (I live in South America). Any advice on how to proceed? any information I can show my vet to help him as well?
Since he is the only exotic vet around and he doesn't have a lot of experience with guinea pig we often investigate the issue together or he calls some colleagues to figure it out, but this time it looks like we hit a roadblock.
Note: I notified the farmer who gave her to me so they can be aware and treat their other piggies as well.
Second note: other than the mites and the eggs she seems to be a happy little piggie. She is separated from the other piggies for now due to the mites.
I got her from a farm that put her up for adoption. Once I got her I noticed she had static mites so I took her to the vet and the vet provided oral ivermectin. He said that by the second dosis (7 days apart from the first one) she should be mites free.
But her second dosis was a week ago and she is still full of mites and still has white little mite/lice eggs around her ears and the top of her head. She also has a bald spot on the top of her head where you can clearly see a lot of eggs too (Photos attached) I am not sure if the bald spot is due to the mites or if she is crested piggie. Nothing is going away and I am not sure my vet knows what to do. He is the only exitic vet in my state (I live in South America). Any advice on how to proceed? any information I can show my vet to help him as well?
Since he is the only exotic vet around and he doesn't have a lot of experience with guinea pig we often investigate the issue together or he calls some colleagues to figure it out, but this time it looks like we hit a roadblock.
Note: I notified the farmer who gave her to me so they can be aware and treat their other piggies as well.
Second note: other than the mites and the eggs she seems to be a happy little piggie. She is separated from the other piggies for now due to the mites.