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Skinny Pig Scratch Treatment

Doragon

Doragon

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Good evening!

My skinny Gus had a bit of a freak accident today - he crammed his way inside his hay bag (thankfully made out of cloth) and ended up with scratches in his back. I’m not sure how long he was in there (I’m away from the house 8am to 5pm most of the time-) but he’s happily eating and drinking. Going to be making the holes for the bag smaller to prevent it happening again!

For now, I’ve popped some sudocream on his back to soothe and of course, keep it clean - I suppose that’s all there is to it unless anything else occurs? I’m not too worried, he’s currently singing for his supper but just wanted to make sure! I’m rather impressed he got in there in the first place. I’ve just watched him go in again while writing this post, so removed the bag just so I’m not constantly anxious that he’s going to get in there and get stuck - giving him hay from a quick DIY cardboard tube for now! A part of me is just wondering if I cut the two holes into one big one and just let him go for it at this point-
 
I found a small scratch on Camowen on Tuesday that I'm almost certain he got from the hay. It's not bothering him for now and I plan to leave it unless it does - I don't believe it will, but safe over sorry.

That said if you get an answer saying otherwise I'd like to see it too, lol, at least then I know.
 
Claire W said:
Personally I’d leave the scratch well alone unless you’d like to use a tiny bit of coconut oil as creams and lotions can dry out the skin
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Oh! I do give him a coconut oil bath once a week, so tomorrow morning I’ll do his bath as normal and make sure he’s alright. He’s happy as can be at the moment! I’m trying to work out if I can hoist the hay bag higher to prevent him climbing in again, bless him.
 
If you need to treat, then rather opt for a very thin layer of flamazine (silver sulfadiazine) cream to prevent infection or inflamation; it is not as drying as sudocrem, which can cause more problems than it solved in guinea pigs with sore bare skin patches or feet.
 
Wiebke said:
If you need to treat, then rather opt for a very thin layer of flamazine (silver sulfadiazine) cream to prevent infection or inflamation; it is not as drying as sudocrem, which can cause more problems than it solved in guinea pigs with sore bare skin patches or feet.
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Thank you so much! I’ll definitely get some of this to replace the sudocream in his little box of hands on supplies! I always keep it filled with emergency critical care if I need it, cornflour,syringes, anything I might need in a pinch :)
 
DoragonHinansho said:
Thank you so much! I’ll definitely get some of this to replace the sudocream in his little box of hands on supplies! I always keep it filled with emergency critical care if I need it, cornflour,syringes, anything I might need in a pinch :)
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