Ring Worm

[XxZadie1993xX]

I’m pretty new here, so hopefully this is right! Here it goes…

We are due to pick our guinea’s up on Thursday next week, the breeder has not told us that they both now have ringworm, she has of course started treatment and believe is doing all the right things - she’s given them an anti fungal bath today, she has started treatment using Daktarin Oral Gel & Cream - I believe this is the right course of action?

Here’s where I need a little bit of advice, will we still be able to bring them home on Thursday or is it best to wait a little longer? Will we need to continue treatment and if we were to pick them up Thursday are we able to safely handle them - 9 days after treatment?

I hope this makes sense! I will appreciate any help or advice given! Thank you

 

[Free Ranger]

Hi and welcome! Ringworm is treatable but pretty challenging and can be passed to people sometimes, so I'll leave it to the experts to answer your specifics but can you just tell us whether you already have any piggies at home or whether these will be your first? That might make a difference to what they advise.

 

[Piggies&buns]

Welcome.

Has the breeder taken them to the vet for treatment or just home treating them?

Ringworm is highly infectious, requires the correct treatment right from the beginning including rigorous hygiene practices of the cage and all equipment. Creaming is not effective as there will be spores much wider than the areas which can be seen.

The guide below explains how to deal with ringworm effectively straight away.

Ringworm: Hygiene, Care And Pictures

 

[Wiebke]

Hi!

This is a very old-fashioned wa

I’m pretty new here, so hopefully this is right! Here it goes…

We are due to pick our guinea’s up on Thursday next week, the breeder has not told us that they both now have ringworm, she has of course started treatment and believe is doing all the right things - she’s given them an anti fungal bath today, she has started treatment using Daktarin Oral Gel & Cream - I believe this is the right course of action?

Here’s where I need a little bit of advice, will we still be able to bring them home on Thursday or is it best to wait a little longer? Will we need to continue treatment and if we were to pick them up Thursday are we able to safely handle them - 9 days after treatment?

I hope this makes sense! I will appreciate any help or advice given! Thank you

Hi and welcome

This is a rather old-fashioned way of treating ringworm; especially the creaming. Babies may not be able to have the much more efficient (but also expensive) oral treatment yet, though although I think the mother (rescued highly pregnant from a true hellhole) and her rescue born baby daughter whose adoption was postponed for several because of a ringworm outbreak both had oral itrafungol.

Here is our very detailed ringworm guide which should answer pretty much all of your questions so you can prepare and know what to do and what to look out. Hygiene is key. We have in 15 years pretty much stumbled across all possible ways of transmission and how to address them.
The guide also contains pictures as to how an outbreak runs. You will hopefully find it very helpful. If you follow it, it has repeatedly shown that it does really work: Ringworm: Hygiene, Care And Pictures

 

[XxZadie1993xX]

Hi and welcome! Ringworm is treatable but pretty challenging and can be passed to people sometimes, so I'll leave it to the experts to answer your specifics but can you just tell us whether you already have any piggies at home or whether these will be your first? That might make a difference to what they advise.

No, these will be the only piggies!

 

[XxZadie1993xX]

Welcome.

Has the breeder taken them to the vet for treatment or just home treating them?

Ringworm is highly infectious, requires the correct treatment right from the beginning including rigorous hygiene practices of the cage and all equipment. Creaming is not effective as there will be spores much wider than the areas which can be seen.

The guide below explains how to deal with ringworm effectively straight away.

Ringworm: Hygiene, Care And Pictures

Thank you!

I believe she is doing treatment at home… But that may be a question I can put to her, it’s all a bit new to me and to be honest I’m out of my depth!

As they stand they are outdoor Guinea pigs, I’m unsure if she will be doing deep cleaning, as from reading your tag posted earlier (before posting) that is needed!

I pop a few of these questions along to her and see what she says!

Thank you for your help!

 

[XxZadie1993xX]

Hi!

This is a very old-fashioned wa


Hi and welcome

This is a rather old-fashioned way of treating ringworm; especially the creaming. Babies may not be able to have the much more efficient (but also expensive) oral treatment yet, though although I think the mother (rescued highly pregnant from a true hellhole) and her rescue born baby daughter whose adoption was postponed for several because of a ringworm outbreak both had oral itrafungol.

Here is our very detailed ringworm guide which should answer pretty much all of your questions so you can prepare and know what to do and what to look out. Hygiene is key. We have in 15 years pretty much stumbled across all possible ways of transmission and how to address them.
The guide also contains pictures as to how an outbreak runs. You will hopefully find it very helpful. If you follow it, it has repeatedly shown that it does really work: Ringworm: Hygiene, Care And Pictures

Thank you!

Ahh I see!

Thank you for the ringworm tag thing, I did check this out earlier before posting!

We’re really just out of our depth, we’ve done all the research we can but it’s just in the breeders hands at the moment, but we unsure if the steps she is taking will be enough to be able to bring them home!

Thank you for your response!

 

[Wiebke]

Thank you!

Ahh I see!

Thank you for the ringworm tag thing, I did check this out earlier before posting!

We’re really just out of our depth, we’ve done all the research we can but it’s just in the breeders hands at the moment, but we unsure if the steps she is taking will be enough to be able to bring them home!

Thank you for your response!

At least it is a breeder who is honest about ringworm and is not just putting it away under the heading 'dry skin', which in breeders can cover a multitude of sins.

One of the reasons why I personally prefer to travel and adopt from a good welfare standard rescue. Manon and her little daughter Maelona were fully recovered when they finally came here in last October, so no ringworm issues here.

My last outbreak in 2017 was in with 30 piggies in the piggy room but I did manage to keep it to the one infected piggy and infection patch (who was a vet surrender for really bad wrongly treated ringworm). Barri is still here with me after 4 years of no further ringworm.

 

[XxZadie1993xX]

I have attached pictures of the ringworm!

Thank you!

 

[XxZadie1993xX]

Sorry the first picture didn’t quite show one of their patches! Thanks again!

 

[furryfriends (TEAS)]

The best way to treat ringworm, is to use the oral medication, Itrafungol. This is safe to use with very young piggies and works incredibly quickly. It is a prescription only drug, so will need to be prescribed by a vet.

 

[furryfriends (TEAS)]

Sorry the first picture didn’t quite show one of their patches! Thanks again!

The breeder should be getting appropriate treatment and shouldn't be selling guinea pigs with ringworm.

 

[Wiebke]

Sorry the first picture didn’t quite show one of their patches! Thanks again!

The picture would have still set off red alarm lights flashing for any more experienced owners - but for sale breeders mostly sell to first time, one-off owners and not to repeat customers.

I am very sorry for the pickle you have been landed in. However, you can still withdraw from the sale if you wish to rather not face potentially having to deal with ringworm yourself.

PS: Here is our recommended guinea pig vets list: Recommended Guinea Pig Vets

 

[Free Ranger]

At least if you are still taking on these lovely piggies they will have an attentive and caring owner to see to their needs

 

[Swissgreys]

Those poor piggies.
It is wonderful you are considering taking them on, but shame on the breeder who is selling animals with an infection that can be passed to people and other pets.
Given they have this infection as babies I would personally be very worried about the conditions they are coming from, and be very careful to disinfect the carrier once home.
Also avoid brining in bedding or other items (apart from the piggies) from the breeder.
This like this are sop upsetting to me and I still find it hard to believe that there are absolutely no welfare standards for so called 'breeders' in the UK
I hope the piggies will have a long and healthy life with you.

 

[Rubysue]

Honestly I wouldn't take them on, I would look for another breeder. We purchased two piggies 17 days ago and I was told after I paid and took them to "watch for possible ringworm because it is common" I thought that was a odd comment so I asked if they had it and was told no. So I quarantined them away from my other pigs and on day 15 up pops a spot on the skinny pigs back that I am pretty sure is ringworm,. I am treating it but if I knew ahead of time I wouldn't have bought them.

 

[Piggies&buns]

If you decide not to bring home these particular piggies, then we would encourage you to rehome piggies from a rescue centre rather than getting them from a breeder or pet shop.
You can be assured that rescue piggies are completely healthy and correctly sexed. In the case of sows, you can also be sure that they aren’t already pregnant (sadly we see people getting sows from breeders and pet shops only to find that they weren’t separated from boars appropriately and suddenly they’re dealing with pregnant sows). They will also be properly bonded and already have a stable relationship (thereby removing the risk of them falling out down the line).

 

[weepweeps]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I got a very young piggy from a breeder before I joined the forum and realised there are better ways to find piggies. He soon developed red patches by his eye. Took him to the vets who said it didn’t look like ringworm but a bacterial infection. We tried three different types of cream. But nearly every day a new patch would appear. I took Pippin to the vets three times in two weeks and then he unfortunately died. . The vets were still not sure what was wrong. I’m still so upset about this as I felt it was my fault. He was only about 3 months old. Think long and hard about taking them on. But on a positive note if you do take them you know you will be taking them out of their awful current situation. Whatever you decide the forum will be here to help.