Hi everyone,
I'm a new pig owner. It started yesterday when I was on a trail walking in a park. Maybe a quarter way through the walk I spotted what I thought was a rabbit. It wasn't, it was a white male guinea pig sitting on the side of the trail partly hidden. Needless to say I spend the next 10 minutes trying to catch it. Which I finally did. And took it home so it would not get eaten or starve to death in the wild.
I've posted on several rescue group asking if anyone have lost a guinea pig but deep down I know someone got tired of him and tossed him out in the park to defend for himself.
Anyway, Now I'm am the proud owner of a new guinea pig maybe (still not have decided if I should turn it to animal rescue). But until then, I'm trying to learn as much as I can on what I need to take care of this fellow and address some of his conditions.
Here is his conditions:
1. He has hair missing and it's coming off a lot. Part of hair loss it probably might fault. Try to grap onto his hair a couple of times and it just came off his body. Still, he is losing a lot. Someone suggest he may have mange. I do have ivermectin for my dog but not sure about treating him with it.
2. He has this weird looking spot on his butt. Maybe clog grease glad. Going to try to clean it with Dawn Dish Washing soap. Will that work?
3. Some of his nail are curdled in. I have a small nail trimmer I use for my dogs which I think will work but any suggestion for trimming nails? I don't want to freak him out too much.
4. He is pretty nasty underneath. He is white on top but he is stained on bottom. Can I wash him with dog shampoo?
Hopefully I will be able to get this little fellow get back in shape even if I don't end up keeping him.
Thanks
I'm a new pig owner. It started yesterday when I was on a trail walking in a park. Maybe a quarter way through the walk I spotted what I thought was a rabbit. It wasn't, it was a white male guinea pig sitting on the side of the trail partly hidden. Needless to say I spend the next 10 minutes trying to catch it. Which I finally did. And took it home so it would not get eaten or starve to death in the wild.
I've posted on several rescue group asking if anyone have lost a guinea pig but deep down I know someone got tired of him and tossed him out in the park to defend for himself.
Anyway, Now I'm am the proud owner of a new guinea pig maybe (still not have decided if I should turn it to animal rescue). But until then, I'm trying to learn as much as I can on what I need to take care of this fellow and address some of his conditions.
Here is his conditions:
1. He has hair missing and it's coming off a lot. Part of hair loss it probably might fault. Try to grap onto his hair a couple of times and it just came off his body. Still, he is losing a lot. Someone suggest he may have mange. I do have ivermectin for my dog but not sure about treating him with it.
2. He has this weird looking spot on his butt. Maybe clog grease glad. Going to try to clean it with Dawn Dish Washing soap. Will that work?
3. Some of his nail are curdled in. I have a small nail trimmer I use for my dogs which I think will work but any suggestion for trimming nails? I don't want to freak him out too much.
4. He is pretty nasty underneath. He is white on top but he is stained on bottom. Can I wash him with dog shampoo?
Hopefully I will be able to get this little fellow get back in shape even if I don't end up keeping him.
Thanks