Princess, my blind little piggy has lice!

[Goldie]

I have suspected since Friday when I picked her up that she may have lice as I noticed a few bits on the fur on her back and she was scratching alot. But today when looking very closely, I saw one crawling around in her fur! :o Obviously her sister has them also. I am so glad that they are in a separate hutch to my other piggies and that I have a different brush to clean them out to my other piggies!

If a little 6 week old baby can be crawling with lice, then how many can the parents be harbouring and suffering from?! >

It just goes to show that you need to quarantine your new piggies away from your existing pets until you are sure that they are free from pests or diseases.

 

[starla]

Exactly (about the quarentining thing) its so easy to just introduce them because you can't wait for them to meet, but what a pain when they all get ill Poor little princess, hope she gets sorted soon

 

[Glynis]

Poor little things :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
I'm glad they're with you now :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:

 

[Goldie]

I went to the vet today for some treatment for her lice and was prescribed Seleen shampoo. I have used this many years ago and it is good for hay mites too.
At £8.00 it is expensive but I wanted to be sure that I wasn't using something on Princess and her sister that didn't have too many chemicals in it for her age as I want to eliminate the lice as soon as possible. For her and also I didn't want it spreading to my other 7 piggies.