guinea pig skin help

Re: guinea pig skin help

Neil Wheadon — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:16:17 GMT

Might be worth supplementing with Vitamin C, as a lack immunosuppresses them. (Like us, they can't manufacture it)

The amount of vitamin C required by adult guinea pigs is about 20-25 mg/day

Good luck

Neil

Re: guinea pig skin help

Claire Godfrey — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:05:46 GMT

Thank you for all your help,

Re: guinea pig skin help

Stephen Courtney — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:43:45 GMT

Avoid corticosteroids in prey animals - like the plague. This applies to topicals too. They immunosuppress at the drop of a hat and this can open the door to other nasties days or weeks down the line.

Re: guinea pig skin help

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:10:16 GMT

Clotrimazole (Canesten) is not a magic answer, but is effective and very useful.

Re: guinea pig skin help

Kate Everett — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:40:11 GMT

I agree, sounds like ringworm, which in G pigs is usually trichophyton metagrophytes which won't fluoresce. I use Itraconazole (Itrafungol) at 5mg/kg SID PO x 2 weeks. Environmental contamination is major problem - you need an effective anti-fungal disinfectant like F10. Micozole spray (from genetrix) unfortunately can't be used on the face which pretty much renders it useless in the majority of cases which have facial lesions.

Best wishes,

Kate

Re: guinea pig skin help

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:13:44 GMT

Assume ringworm until culture proves negative?

Re: guinea pig skin help

Busybee — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:00:07 GMT

Ringworm? Try using Surolan drops topically, I think I've had one treated this way but a severe lack of sleep means I might be telling porkies......!

Re: guinea pig skin help

Mark Hedberg — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:36:55 GMT

How long has the scabbing been present? How long has treatment been going on?