[Gpdd] [HEALTH] <Megan's dry skin>

[Lydia G Boland]

Hi everyone.  It has been a long time since I've read and posted on the  
group.  I have been browsing through messages lately and I am going to  
try to keep up since I love reading about everybody's pigs.  One of our  
pigs, Megan, has dry skin and fur.  We got her and her sister Sunshine  
through a rescue so I'm not positive about their breeds.  Sunshine is  
an abyssinian with possibly something else but Megan is definitely a  
mix of some kind.  Maybe some teddy in her?  When her fur is unbrushed  
she looks like an alpaca.  Her fur has always been on the dry side and  
kind of wiry and her skin is flaky.  It doesn't seem to bother her as  
she doesn't scratch excessively (no more than the others and they are  
fine) and she came up negative for mites.  Is there anything I can do  
for her to make her skin and fur softer and healthier?  It looks better  
when I shampoo and condition her but I'm not sure how often is healthy  
for her.  I've taken a couple of photos of her and you can see them  
here:   
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lydiagboland/album?.dir=/ 
5a86re2&.src=ph&.tok=ph1A2AFBjPjYlbdl .

Her fur in these pics was just combed so it looks less curly than  
normal.  Would neem oil be good for her?  How do you use it on them?  I  
read that it smells like patchoulie and if it does I need something  
else as I can not stand that smell.  All advice appreciated!

Thanks!

Lydia