jumping piggie

[missdefiant]

currently have 2 piggies house together.
this few days saw them keep jumping and running around the cage. like playing catching. is this normal?

btw, use to house them in big tank but i change to those grid cages yesterday. in the tanks they oso liddat.

another thing is will gp fur keep dust? i bring him to grooming seesion once a mth. recently, saw the fur have brownish dots. someone told me its dust, bath okie le. but still rather worried.

mine is a peru and a smooth coat.

[mingkai7]

maybe mite .. how regularly do u clean their cage?

[popcheek]

currently have 2 piggies house together.
this few days saw them keep jumping and running around the cage. like playing catching. is this normal?

btw, use to house them in big tank but i change to those grid cages yesterday. in the tanks they oso liddat.

another thing is will gp fur keep dust? i bring him to grooming seesion once a mth. recently, saw the fur have brownish dots. someone told me its dust, bath okie le. but still rather worried.

mine is a peru and a smooth coat.
no worries, mine ALWAYS play chasing & popcorn..they will run around the cage, like flash, then when they bump into each other, they will jump jump hehe :hug:

i suspect your piggies have mites....when u say got "DUST", coz if real dust i dont think it is visible to the naked eye, unless u comb with toothbrush (like Jace) and your toothbursh dirty in the end. If it looks like it has been dusted/sprinkled with pepper/cinnamon powder........then i can confirm it IS mites :) :ladybug:

but u say after bathe is ok....maybe can observe whether they always scratch themselves excessively?

[prodigy]

dust?????missdefiant wad bedding u use??? please read up more abt cavies.... the jumping ard is showing theirhappiness... aka pop corn

[ahwen]

I agree... I can imagine is mites like what the other said... Cos mine, also a peruvian does not have this "dust" thingy... If like that, who wants to have long fur GPs liao?

[daeee]

the jumping around is normal...your pigs are just playing around..showing that they're happy animals. the 'dust' is not. it may be a case of mites.....like the rest said. or are you using wood shavings as bedding?

[Jace Lau]

Its mites. 100% confirm, chopped and stamped

[missdefiant]

i clean their cage once every 3 days. using cat litter. was warn wood shaving was bad so nv use.

how to get rid of the mites?

[prodigy]

accurate???? heard it works very well.....

[missdefiant]

huh? what thing accurate?

[daeee]

anti-mite substance...spray or powder i think. my guinea pig never had mites...so i dunno

[missdefiant]

where to get powder or spray?

[popcheek]

a mites Thread u might wana be interested to read...just a week back (http://www.pets.com.sg/forums/showthread.php?t=21527)

u can go read that thread...its recent and tell u different ways ppl treat mites on their GPs.

u can buy the spray or powder in most petshop, or vets will inject something and u need to go regular check up.... :raincloud

[missdefiant]

thanks popcheek!