[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Gingerpuff flakey stuff in hair

[Ann Evans]

Dear Mary Fran,
It is difficult from your description to determine what is in 
Gingerpuff's hair. Also has Gingerpuff been regularly wormed with 
Ivermectin and Panacur or Valbazen? Also is she bathed once a month in 
an insecticidal shampoo such as Adams Flea and Tick shampoo that 
contains 0.15% Pyrethrins or d-limonene? You do not want to get the 
Adams shampoo that has flea egg hormone growth inhibitor in it.
My first inclination is that it is a fungal problem. I would suggest 
that you bathe your piggy in the anti-fungal shampoos Nizoral or T-Gel 
shampoo, once a week for 3 weeks. Keep the lather on for 10 minutes and 
also work the lather into the inside of the ears. I also would bathe her 
in Adams flea and tick shampoo once a week for 3 weeks. Thus on day 1, 7 
and 21 bathe in Adams shampoo. Then on days 2, 8 and 22 bathe her in an 
antifungal shampoo. Most importantly you must clean out her cage and 
everything in it to get rid of any spores or eggs or live parasites.
By the way whenever a new piggy arrives at Piggyville it is put into 
quarantine and undergoes this bathing routine along with worming for 
internal and external parasites on day 1 and 10.


Cheers,

Ann and the Rescued Piggys of Piggyville, Tampa Florida USA.