[Gpdd] [health] Lotje's skin/fur and weight

[Mikey]

Hi everyone,

yesterday we weighed our piggies. Suus has gained more weight the last
month: she went from 350 to 540 grammes.
Guiny also gained weight, she went from 1100 to 1180 grammes.
Lotje however lost weight over the last month. She went from being 1200
grammes to being 1100 grammes. It only 100 grammes but still it worries me a
bit. For a piggie this is a weight loss of 9 %!
Today when in the train with my girls travelling to see my boyfriend again,
who know lives on the other end of the country since i moved south, i
noticed that Lotje's fur did not look okay. After closer examination her
hair is really short on a part of her back, going towards bold (but it's not
bold yet). It worries me a bit especially with her weight loss. It also
occurred to me that my mother's piggie Robbie had exactly the same thing,
but a bit worse. The spot being completely bold, with some wounds. I tried
to call my mother about it, but my battery was low. I will try again
later...
I also noticed Lot is biting herself a lot, and scratching too. But the
scrathing she has always done really. so that never worried me too much.
What could be wrong with her?
We are currently trying to treat it with olive oil, which proved to be very
effective with other skinproblems for my piggies. A vet once advised this to
me, and it does miracles for their dry skins!
Any advice would be helpful!!

Mikey, slave to 'miss spring' Lotje and 'miss autumn' Guiny
http://winkysgirls.hyves.nl

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