Newbie - food and housing questions

[Elis.jane]

Thanks, that makes sense for mě as well. So if you need to catch them - e.g. for a health check, how do you catch them? You rush them into a box or something like that? I cleaned their cage by rushing them into one part of cage, put there a divider, cleaned it and then the other way around.

I need to examine little Rosset because I think she has a bold spot behind her ear. But she was worried too much. I tried to use carrot as a motivation but that didnt work. I was.told from her owner bold spots are normal from stress of moving between old and new owner. So I let her be and not to stress but I would like to take her to vet just to be sure. But if it is stress then trip to a vet wont help her

 

[Piggies&buns]

Thanks, that makes sense for mě as well. So if you need to catch them - e.g. for a health check, how do you catch them? You rush them into a box or something like that? I cleaned their cage by rushing them into one part of cage, put there a divider, cleaned it and then the other way around.

I need to examine little Rosset because I think she has a bold spot behind her ear. But she was worried too much. I tried to use carrot as a motivation but that didnt work. I was.told from her owner bold spots are normal from stress of moving between old and new owner. So I let her be and not to stress but I would like to take her to vet just to be sure. But if it is stress then trip to a vet wont help her

Yes herd them into a carrier or box and then pick them up from there.

All piggies have a symmetrical bald spot behind each ear. That is nothing to worry about.

Any other bald spot anywhere else is not normal and always needs a vet check. The old owner had told you wrong - Bald spots from stress are not normal and even if it was a bald spot due to stress they still must see a vet regardless of whether that causes more stress. Bald spots are more commonly caused by parasites or fungal infection so must never be left unchecked and untreated

 

[Roselina]

I use a fleece pocket to gently encourage my wriggly piggy in - he has F10 applied to his back feet ( since Oct) but is still wriggly and terrified - I gently talk /whisper to him so that he realises I’m not going to eat him - predators don’t talk !

 

[Merab]

Moses and Miriam have been with me since September and still don’t like people.
They are getting less terrified and will take a lettuce leaf from my hand now.
I use a fleece tunnel to lift them out when it’s health check time, talking to them all the time.
They don’t like the health check but we have progressed from trying to escape to tolerating it for a few minutes.
Patience is the key

 

[Elis.jane]

So news. I was at the vet with Little Rosset and her bold spot. I took all three to check since it was likely they all have it. So... New owner bold spot it normal. She has it behind both ears I just didnt see it. It was getting bigger because she was getting bigger. Never mind, I am like overprotective Mother with first Child. But! Cinder had a parasite she had to have it all the time and we bought her with that. So all three had special treatment, I desinfected their cage and hopefully they will be ok. She had big bites on her already and I didnt see it through her fur. Cinder is the most terified so I didnt také her much not to scare her. I will be clever next time. Ale I think I will try to discuss this with the women who sold her to me because she was twice the price then the other two. And again, she was not from pet store so we dont get parasites.. Never mind. Few more photos (cage was clean yesterday! )