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Post by KarenPlanetGuinea on Dec 19, 2008 16:59:38 GMT
No research has ever been done, so there are only opinions on this. Mites are always present on the guinea pig's body, it is in times of stress that they 'kick in'. With the humid climate in the UK fungal problems are very common and rescues have reported seeing a lot of them recently. There are also situations where the guinea pig has both, fungal and parastic, one (usually mites) will be masking the other, it would therefore seem that mites is more common when it may not be.
The most common case of misdiagnosis I have had this year is when parasitic problems are being diagnosed when the pig really has fungal ones. Eclipse was about to be put to sleep because his 'parasitic' problem wasn't clearing up!
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Post by KarenPlanetGuinea on Feb 23, 2009 22:30:47 GMT
Here at RGPR it is overwhelmingly Fungal problems that are the most common on newly admitted guineas, followed by parasitic and fungal and then just parasitic (including Lice!). This is easily told because mites do not clear up without Ivermectin being used and Lice can be seen
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Post by KarenPlanetGuinea on Mar 22, 2009 10:39:28 GMT
Should to this that the combination of bedding on shavings and keeping outdoors is a lethal mix for encouraging fungal problems.
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