My Guinea pig has this on her back

[Egginton29]

Hi all. Please could anyone advise if this scab
on my Guinea pig’s back is caused by mites? I will phone the vet first thing in the morning but wondered if I could do anything to treat it before them. She doesn’t seem distressed and I can’t see any mites. She has a companion and they normally get on well so don’t think it’s a bite either. Thank you

Take it to the vet.

Go on the Guineapig forum and seek advice there.

Id recommend a vet that is experienced at treating Guinea pigs as so many vets are quite rubbish with them.

If you happen to live in the SE I can recommend a few.

www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/forums/health-illness.12/

Section for recommended vets.

www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/members-recommended-vets.1788/

That’s great, thank you Albgo. I’m in SE London so if you do happen to know any near here, I’d really appreciate it.

Sorry, this is the proper link for a comprehensive recommended vets list

www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/recommended-guinea-pig-vets.158174/

If you can get to Ewell in Surrey I can't recommend Anne at Goddard Vets enough.

She is worth travelling for. She's a serious expert in Guinea pigs and has saved so many of my piggies lives over the years.

Goddard Veterinary Group
Anne O'Meara
150 Kingston Road
Surrey
KT17 2ET
020 8393 6049

Thank you, I’ll be in touch with them first thing in the morning

I had a guinea pig with this. I was prepared for the worst, but it was an abscess. The vet squeezed it to get at the gunk out. It looked very similar to yours.

I am going with an abscess or infected bite. It doesn’t look like mites to me- generally they leave a drier patch with white flakes. I’m not a vet though just going by my many years of having piggies - we currently have 4. Definitely a vet job!

I think I'd be inclined to bathe it with warm salt water while you wait for the vet appt.

Thank you all, really helpful. I’ll give it a bathe now and check how it’s doing in the morning.

Your guinea-pig is the most beautiful colour !

Mites tend to show themselves on the rump , dry flakey and intensely itchy .
You say they get on so you don't think its a bite but even the most laid back cage-mates can get snippy ( and sows in season can be quite feisty )
A cage mate might "barber" (over doing grooming and gnawing hair)

YY to warm salt water bathing , it won't harm her if she washes the area (or er cagemate does)
If any of my pigs had an eye injury ( sctrach or haypoke) we did the salted water then their cagemate would wash the eye - the Restorative Power of Guinea-Pig Spit with all those probiotics from their pooh eating <gross but hey !>
Until our last girl on her own who we spent two weeks , gels . drops and ££ at the Vet treating ( it did heal , but Guinea-Pig Spit would've helped here !)

Good Luck at the Vets

Thank you all, I’m bathing it with warm salt water and it’s starting to look a bit better so will
keep a close eye on it but looks like it might be healing.

How did it go at the vets?