Small scab?

[Featheryfriend]

Buttercup had a slight pink abrasion on her nose when I picked her up, and now it's starting to look a little scabby. I presumed it was a nip from another pig at the time based on how it looked then, but now I'm not sure. Could it be a skin thing of some kind or maybe ringworm?

Is this something that needs to be seen by the vet or just a little boo boo that needs to be left to heal?

Thankfully I've been keeping things diligently seperate so if it's ringworm or something I'd probably only really need to treat the six quarantine piggies. Though I might treat everyone anyway to be extra safe if that's the case, really don't need infectious fungus or anything like that hanging around here...

 

[Betsy]

Luckily, I've not had any experience with skin conditions other than mites. Somebody will be along soon to advise you. What I will say is that if I'm unsure on anything, my lot go straight to the vet. A vet would rather see a well guinea pig with a worried (paranoid in my case!) owner than an ill piggy with an owner that has left it too late.

 

[VickiA]

If she is one of the 6 new pigs I would have a much higher suspicion of ringworm. From the photo it’s not clear enough to see. When did you get them? Where did they come from and is anyone else affected?
Have you looked at our ringworm guide? Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures
With ringworm, it’s not just the scab you can see - if you gently part the hair shafts to look at the follicles, you can usually see more affected skin than it at first appears- unlike a scab from a scuffle where only the cut skin will be affected.
please check all the other piggies as if one has it, it’s likely more than one will be affected. However, please ask a vet to check them over and give the final diagnosis, as you should not treat on spec. You will need a bet to diagnose and give the correct treatment.

Please can I ask a favour - when you post in health and illness, please give as much detail as possible in the initial post. Our H & I team are all volunteers (as are the whole staff team) and simply don’t have time to go rooting round the forum to find out information from other threads. I have picked up from your post that you’ve got 6 new pigs but other than that no other information. It’s really helpful to give as much relevant background information to help the H & I team when they read you post.

 

[Featheryfriend]

If she is one of the 6 new pigs I would have a much higher suspicion of ringworm. From the photo it’s not clear enough to see. When did you get them? Where did they come from and is anyone else affected?
Have you looked at our ringworm guide? Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures
With ringworm, it’s not just the scab you can see - if you gently part the hair shafts to look at the follicles, you can usually see more affected skin than it at first appears- unlike a scab from a scuffle where only the cut skin will be affected.
please check all the other piggies as if one has it, it’s likely more than one will be affected. However, please ask a vet to check them over and give the final diagnosis, as you should not treat on spec. You will need a bet to diagnose and give the correct treatment.

Please can I ask a favour - when you post in health and illness, please give as much detail as possible in the initial post. Our H & I team are all volunteers (as are the whole staff team) and simply don’t have time to go rooting round the forum to find out information from other threads. I have picked up from your post that you’ve got 6 new pigs but other than that no other information. It’s really helpful to give as much relevant background information to help the H & I team when they read you post.

Thank you, I will absolutely keep this in mind in the future. These little porkers are just going straight to the vet now that I've thought about it overnight.

 

[Featheryfriend]

Luckily, I've not had any experience with skin conditions other than mites. Somebody will be along soon to advise you. What I will say is that if I'm unsure on anything, my lot go straight to the vet. A vet would rather see a well guinea pig with a worried (paranoid in my case!) owner than an ill piggy with an owner that has left it too late.

Yeah, I've had a couple paranoia vet visits, haha... once I took Penny in urgently for sneezing and a little snot drip, and the vet just wiped some hay out of her nose and said "all better."

 

[Featheryfriend]

If she is one of the 6 new pigs I would have a much higher suspicion of ringworm. From the photo it’s not clear enough to see. When did you get them? Where did they come from and is anyone else affected?
Have you looked at our ringworm guide? Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures
With ringworm, it’s not just the scab you can see - if you gently part the hair shafts to look at the follicles, you can usually see more affected skin than it at first appears- unlike a scab from a scuffle where only the cut skin will be affected.
please check all the other piggies as if one has it, it’s likely more than one will be affected. However, please ask a vet to check them over and give the final diagnosis, as you should not treat on spec. You will need a bet to diagnose and give the correct treatment.

Please can I ask a favour - when you post in health and illness, please give as much detail as possible in the initial post. Our H & I team are all volunteers (as are the whole staff team) and simply don’t have time to go rooting round the forum to find out information from other threads. I have picked up from your post that you’ve got 6 new pigs but other than that no other information. It’s really helpful to give as much relevant background information to help the H & I team when they read you post.

Thank you for the ringworm guide. They came directly from their previous person's home, but they may or may not have had contact with other guinea pigs in the relatively recent past. None of the other five in the herd appear to be affected but I'm keeping a close eye on them.