I've recently lost one of my beloved piggy named Butter (had 2), not sure was it due to sudden change of temperature as it had only been a month since I moved him out from the kitchen (a bit far away from stove of course) that he used to grow and live for about a year since he joined the family. He did had serious fungal infection where his back is totally exposed, and had ringworms that extend over his nose, eyes and ears. Took him to the vet and we did gave some oral medicine and cream (not sure what or which given and I seriously regret not knowing), it did not get better maybe due to indoor humidity/temperature.
Due to the country I live in, there's only rainy day or hot summer outside. Now that we already lost butter after he lost most of his hair and being left outside the house in the cage and caught a cold... Suspect it is a heart attack due to being too cold and not able to rest properly + lot of hair and stress from itchiness. Another piggie named Oreo (Butter's cage mate) shown the same symptoms that had severe hair lost, itchiness and dried skins. We took Oreo to another VET and checked, he did not had mites but fungal infection. He is however in a quite serious situation which his entire back is exposed without hair. We did gave him medical bath (twice a week) spray bath (once everyday), oral medication including vitamins and the cream to apply on the affected skin area (vet said should not be digested by guinea pig so I'm very worried whether he would be affected by ingested some of those accidentally) and after a week or so he does not seems to get better. I did clean the cage every 2 days, and disinfect if I could. We did move him back to our kitchen on another smaller cage and he seems to eat a bit more and relaxed but I need advice as how can I take care of my piggy better to get him cured.
Due to the country I live in, there's only rainy day or hot summer outside. Now that we already lost butter after he lost most of his hair and being left outside the house in the cage and caught a cold... Suspect it is a heart attack due to being too cold and not able to rest properly + lot of hair and stress from itchiness. Another piggie named Oreo (Butter's cage mate) shown the same symptoms that had severe hair lost, itchiness and dried skins. We took Oreo to another VET and checked, he did not had mites but fungal infection. He is however in a quite serious situation which his entire back is exposed without hair. We did gave him medical bath (twice a week) spray bath (once everyday), oral medication including vitamins and the cream to apply on the affected skin area (vet said should not be digested by guinea pig so I'm very worried whether he would be affected by ingested some of those accidentally) and after a week or so he does not seems to get better. I did clean the cage every 2 days, and disinfect if I could. We did move him back to our kitchen on another smaller cage and he seems to eat a bit more and relaxed but I need advice as how can I take care of my piggy better to get him cured.
