cricket
08-02-2005, 11:15 AM
him we're still dealing with the hoglet health problems in this thread:
http://www.chins-n-quills.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80260
a few weeks ago our vet prescribed a topical medication that is supposed to deal with fungus, bacteria, mites, etc, etc, etc... we've had our two affected hoglets on that med for almost two weeks now.
the male, who we have had a VERY difficult time medicating (he is shy, grumpy, and balls up making it next to impossible to get meds on his sores at all)... well he has healed up pretty much completely on his own. i suspect the topical med had little to do with it.
as for the female, she started to improve for the first few days of the med (we think), but now she has a redness around the edges of her quills (where the quills meet her under-skin) which is progressively getting redder lumpy and scabby.
we will be contacting the vet again soon about her, but we're wondering about the possibility of allergies. we've read about symptoms that "come and go", and the affected areas on the hoglets (eyes, ears, feet, and quill border) are consistent with allergies as well. should we suggest this to the vet, and maybe start taking some steps on our own? there are very few things they are exposed to, so it may not be difficult to find out what or if there is something causing an allergy...
water? we've already switched them from tap water to distilled water. is this even a common allergy?
food? we just started switching them from royal canin kitten to slim 38 anyways... they have not really been given ANY other foods besides their rc diet.
bedding? they use a pine bedding. is this a common allergy? what is recommended to rule out bedding?
thats all i can think of. the babies all have cardboard shoeboxes for hideys and live in rubbermaid type tubs.
http://www.chins-n-quills.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80260
a few weeks ago our vet prescribed a topical medication that is supposed to deal with fungus, bacteria, mites, etc, etc, etc... we've had our two affected hoglets on that med for almost two weeks now.
the male, who we have had a VERY difficult time medicating (he is shy, grumpy, and balls up making it next to impossible to get meds on his sores at all)... well he has healed up pretty much completely on his own. i suspect the topical med had little to do with it.
as for the female, she started to improve for the first few days of the med (we think), but now she has a redness around the edges of her quills (where the quills meet her under-skin) which is progressively getting redder lumpy and scabby.
we will be contacting the vet again soon about her, but we're wondering about the possibility of allergies. we've read about symptoms that "come and go", and the affected areas on the hoglets (eyes, ears, feet, and quill border) are consistent with allergies as well. should we suggest this to the vet, and maybe start taking some steps on our own? there are very few things they are exposed to, so it may not be difficult to find out what or if there is something causing an allergy...
water? we've already switched them from tap water to distilled water. is this even a common allergy?
food? we just started switching them from royal canin kitten to slim 38 anyways... they have not really been given ANY other foods besides their rc diet.
bedding? they use a pine bedding. is this a common allergy? what is recommended to rule out bedding?
thats all i can think of. the babies all have cardboard shoeboxes for hideys and live in rubbermaid type tubs.