Specialist Please can I have some advice urgently - advances mange mites/ringworm(?)

[Ranlo]

There's some excellent advice on here & it looks like he's being treated for mites & fungal.

At the beginning of the year my girls had firstly fungal & when I thought I'd just about got shot of that, then they got mites (due to a lowered immune system with the fungal stress I think).

But Tiggy had a nasty, large (approx. 2x 50p pieces next to each other), cracked, partly raw patch on her back, the vet suggested Sudocream & this helped but it didn't seem to soak in very well & she would jump when I applied it

I did get some F10 antiseptic, barrier cream for her, which seemed to suit her better than the Sudocream. It was soothing & absorbed quicker too. Only a thin smearing was needed. Ask the vet if it's ok to use with her other current treatments.

F10 Products Germicidal Barrier Ointment

I was using Maleseb for the girls & I think it dried out their skin quite a bit, which didn't help in that respect.

With ringworm & mites the symptoms usually get worse before they get better, it's just a shame you're poor piggy has a double whammy of them

Make sure you ask the vet to prescribe the maximum safe dose of painkillers & split evenly into 2 during the day (eg, 8am & 8pm) to keep a constant supply of painkillers going through his system.
If your guineas in pain this could affect his appetite and cause other problems

Good luck finding a decent cavy savvy vet & keep us updated.
Big hug for you too as it's all very stressful seeing them like this
Xx

It’s very upsetting. Thank you so much for your advice

 

[Bill & Ted]

Don’t loose heart, I’m sure you will get him back to top health soon x

 

[sport_billy]

How are they doing?

 

[Rivervixen]

That looks so sore sending healing vibes xx