We got our pigs in February and they are out in their run on the grass most days, however they come in at night into the hutch.
About 2 months ago one of them was squealing occasionally and when i examined her, I found flaky skin on her back along with several raw patches/scabs.
Took her to the vet, who gave her some injections. Took the other pig in with her a fortnight later as although the scabs had healed on the first pig, she had new raw bits and he reckoned pig 2 was passing mites abck to her. So they both had a jab, I swapped them into a different hutch, and all was fine for a while.
I stopped giving them hay for a month, but then someone advised me they ought to have 24hr access to it so yesterday we went and bought some new hay, from a different shop, and i gave them some in their hutch.
This morning I examined pig 1 again as she was squeaking a lot. She is bleeding again
It can't be that sudden, there are a couple of raw places she's scratched - surely not from one night of hay? I have to say I hadn't checked her in the last couple of weeks.
I'm not sure what to do or what to think, and am feeling rather desperate about it as the injections are £10 + consultation every time, for each pig, and it's getting v expensive. Is there anything else I can do?
And if the skin problem isn't from mites/hay, what's causing it? He found no mites on the slide he did last time but didn't know what else to suggest.
Thanks.
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HelenaBonhamCarter · 05/09/2009 11:37
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