The Pigglingtons

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I just found this photo on my camera, it made me smile. Bertie is refusing to come out of his loft so I can clean it. The next move is to run into the hidey at the end to stop me cleaning that out. He does this every day, he rushes up to the loft as soon as he hears the buckets come in the room. The loft is 4 grids long and goes across his and Duck's cage, Duck didn't want his share so I took the dividing grid out.
 
Caught him a few days ago in that hidey refusing to come out so I could clean the loft. Sorry it's a bit dark up there the camera had trouble focusing.

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Here's Bertie's neighbour Duck relaxing in his favourite spot.
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@A Guinea Pig asked for a picture of Brillo's bald spot. Sorry it took me a few days to get it!

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It grows in slightly and then gets bigger and balder again. This is the smallest it's been for some time. He gets it both sides of his spine but the other side is never as bad and is grown in at the moment. In the beginning (2/3 years ago) the vet thought it may be barbering but his arthritis is such that he wouldn't be able to reach it now and he doesn't have a cage mate just a bar buddy. Another vet who saw it said straight away it was Teddy skin, it used to get thick dry skin in that patch but that's been much better for some time. He's getting to look his age now, poor old boy but he has a huge zest for life still. Red and Brillo egg each other on in the cheeky old piggy stakes.
 
piggieminder said:
@A Guinea Pig asked for a picture of Brillo's bald spot. Sorry it took me a few days to get it!

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It grows in slightly and then gets bigger and balder again. This is the smallest it's been for some time. He gets it both sides of his spine but the other side is never as bad and is grown in at the moment. In the beginning (2/3 years ago) the vet thought it may be barbering but his arthritis is such that he wouldn't be able to reach it now and he doesn't have a cage mate just a bar buddy. Another vet who saw it said straight away it was Teddy skin, it used to get thick dry skin in that patch but that's been much better for some time. He's getting to look his age now, poor old boy but he has a huge zest for life still. Red and Brillo egg each other on in the cheeky old piggy stakes.
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It looks like 'teddy skin' to me as well. My Nerys had it the worst all over her bum end at the biggest extent but Nye was also affected by it; quite badly at times - especially at the end of his life aged 6 years. It is breed specific and is what you are left with after you and your vet have ruled out everything else.
 
Wiebke said:
It looks like 'teddy skin' to me as well. My Nerys had it the worst all over her bum end at the biggest extent but Nye was also affected by it; quite badly at times - especially at the end of his life aged 6 years. It is breed specific and is what you are left with after you and your vet have ruled out everything else.
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Thank you. I'm glad you said 'at times', someone else told me if it was Teddy skin it would stay bald and not grow back in, which I didn't think was right. Not that it matters as it doesn't bother him, he's had it for years and despite the common health issues that come with age (6.5) he's a happy piggy.
 
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Thank you. I'm glad you said 'at times', someone else told me if it was Teddy skin it would stay bald and not grow back in, which I didn't think was right. Not that it matters as it doesn't bother him, he's had it for years and despite the common health issues that come with age (6.5) he's a happy piggy.
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In my own experience it waxes and wanes over time; sometimes nearly gone and at other times it can be quite extensive in some teddies. The other teddies I had were not affected.
 
That probably explains Moses bald patch on his back which comes and goes.
It doesn’t bother him at all and the vet ruled out everything else.
Jemimah never had any problems.

I like the way we learn from other people’s experiences here.
Thanks for the picture of gorgeous Brillo @piggieminder
 
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