[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Newbie in need of advice!

Isabelle Arcoleo ic.arcoleo at gmail.com
Thu Jun 23 14:49:54 EDT 2011


Hello!

First of all, I'm Izzy and I'm new here - sad that this is going to be my first post...

Two weeks ago I picked up my 6 week old piggy, Jhumpa, from a friend of a friend whose guinea pigs had a little of babies. He's gorgeous (a little golden agouti - I think - rex boar) and such a sweetheart, I'm in love!

I noticed yesterday that he was scratching quite a lot, so today when I was cuddling him I had a little look through his coat, and I found what I thought at first was just a bit of lint - until I realised it was moving and there were quite a few of them! They're tiny thread-thin white things, you can only see them if you look hard. I'm terrified...I've had a look online but I just don't know what to search for, can anyone tell me what they are and what I can do? Should I get him to a vet or is it an easily-treatable parasite?

Thanks so much for any advice.

Izzy



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