Saskia, this is exactly what happened to one of our pigs this spring. The vet’s scraping came back negative, but I took your advice and treated with ivermectin on the ear, shampoo, and anti fungal cream. The problem was solved, and he’s back to normal thanks to your advice!
When I rescued my guinea pig he was very itchy. I took him to the vet the vet looked at him and said he's fine. And then it got to the point where he was scratching and screaming and I took him to another vet she actually did a scraping test and found that he had sarcoptic mange. And by this time it was so bad that it was deep inside of him and they were tormenting him and he would have seizures and I thought he was going to die. It took a long time to get him healed he was hairless and bloody. Now he has long healthy locs and he is my baby and he is my soulmate. Always get a second opinion if you just don't feel right about it
@@oberscharfuhrer8917 what kind of human are you? i love my guinea pig to death...and also they are one of the most cleanest animals maybe think twice before you talk
I apologize if you've seen any uptick in bathing haters recently! We did a guinea pig bathing video that has been mildly popular and drawn out the anti-bath crowd. I've been using your channel as a reference for those comments. One of the commenters even claimed to know you! You are a great resource both for our own pigs and for running our channel. I send a lot of people to your videos for advice. Thanks!
Fun fact, horse in spanish is "caballo" and some spanish speaking countries say "cobayo" for guinea pigs. Sometimes I too confuse "cobayo" by "caballo" and vice versa because pronunciation is almost the same! Fortunatly, depending on the country people will call guinea pigs different. Sometimes it will depend in which part of the country you live! Guinea pigs are called "chanchitos de la india" as direct translation, but also called cobaya/cobayo (edit: the difference is not by gender, this also depends on where you live!). Thanks to the squeek they make, they are also reffered as "cui" or "cuyo". In my city, the commercial piggies are chanchitos de la india, but the wild ones that are generally grey colored and bigger are just called cuis! Anyway, lot's of love from a south american fan!
I thought Cobaya was only in Spain. And it's used accordingly to gender. Cobayo is male guinea pig and cobaya is female guinea pig but also the plural form when there are both genders. Maybe because I'm a native speaker, it's not that hard to distinguish.
Sec Girl I agree. My kids ended up with the class pet from one of my former teacher colleagues and I wasn’t at all interested in a Guinea pig, but after a while, CoCo has totally grown on me. She has the best personality and she has her favorites in our family. She also teases the dogs because one of them really doesn’t like her but that dog is blind and it’s as though CoCo knows this and takes advantage of that fact. It’s hilarious to watch.
Aww! He’s so still😩. My guinea pigs had lice from carpet. Luckily we moved to a house with hardwood which is great for guinea pigs. Thanks for the best information out there! ❤️
This is such good advice. It makes sense that if you do preventative treatments for your dog, cat or horse why not your GP. Thanks again, Saskia, for the ongoing education. And that is one chill Guinea pig!
Have your little guinea pig nuns worn out from praying for Mausi and Weibi? I hope they are taking turns. My love to you and your herd. JuHuu!!! Boink boink boink boink a
@@petuniafrompittsburgh Yes we praying both for Mausi, Weibi and for good adoptionnumbers for Saskias adoptioncenter. And for other pieces in this puzzle we call life...!!! 😊 💚 Love to You from Piffelina and crew
What a sweet pig, he looks like a Buda pig to me. I'm glad you made this video because I always heard and thought that it wasn't good to give them frequent baths, so this is new to me and now I know I have to do it every 3 months and not once or twice a year. Thank you
Hay in the UK tip.. I found decent Timothy hay that looks the same as in the video, it’s expensive compared to most other hays, but greener than any other Timothy hays sold here. It’s a 4lb bag for £9.99, by “Alfalfa King”.. Runs dusty as you near the end of the bag, but the boys love it. Totally worth it! It just seems fresher than the meadow hays and other Timothy hays, & firmer, so they’re really keeping their teeth down. The meadow/Timothy hay mix I use for play times, make a maze of hay walls and they go nuts for it, following the path having a munch, before ramming through the hay, popcorning, burrowing under and leaping out in excitement. One of my favourite times with them!
Ivermectin is toxic to some dogs like collies sheepdogs and other breeds. Just putting it out there! Great tutorial for guinea pigs Saskia ! Very informative and what an awesome little patient you got there! 💜
Thank you so much for keeping us informed. Because of your videos with this information my girls are healthy and happy. The both jad gotten sores on them and I watched one of your videos on treating a guinea pig baby named nails and treated my girls the same way you showed.No more sore spots or itching.. I am disabled live on a very limited income and because of you I did not have to spend 100s of dollars at the vet.Patches and Snickers thank you.
Such a great topic! So easy for them to pick this stuff up if they go outside or from hay. So much easier to prevent than trying to treat after it is set in
I agree with you, treatment is key, i get spot on thats good for guinea pigs in my area, and it works perfectly, im always worried that theres a chance of them getting something like mites so i get it just to prevent anything from happening, im glad your making people aware x
Ty for this. We used ivermectin behind the ear because we got a guinea pig from a pet store that had mites and gave them to all our boys. It worked well. Lots of online info on dosage and weight.
Saskia. I know this video was posted 2 years ago, but I just wanted to throw you some appreciation. I got introduced to your channel from scotty and I'm not going to lie. I did not expect to watch your channel every moment I get time to myself. Binge watch more like. Lolol. But anyways- I want to express how grateful I am that you put this information(and more) out there for people to see. I have 9 guinea pigs (all rescues) and I have yet to have a fungal or mite issue, but because of you. I am taking the precautions and have learned so much to ensure that my pigs have the best life possible. Especually since some of them come from extremely neglectful conditions. You make guinea pig awareness a thing and I couldn't be more grateful to have found your channel. Ps. You always look beautiful and i look forward to seeing what you have done for your makeup or what your nail color is each video. Thank you again for everything!
Lovely piggy, I don't have them just two free roam house rabbits. I just love watching your channel you have a font of knowledge and the piggies just love you.
Back in the 90s when I was a child my Nan used to breed and keep Guinea Pigs and she lived in a flat so she used to go outside with her scissors and cut grass for them all every day (I'm British). The guinea pigs ended up losing their hair and getting skin issues and my Nan used to bathe them in a disinfectant shampoo (she was a horsey lover so she had all kinds of treatments for everything). As soon as she saw it she recognised it as sarcoptic mange mite, it was coming from the foxes travelling over the grass she cut. We know that because all of the foxes in the area had mange. This only happened like 3 times over 5 years I think. As for worms, well, even spiders can be infected with nematodes, of the tiny parasite is on the grass or hay... Well... It's just nature isn't it. Love what you do. Thanks for sharing. I'm very tempted to re-live my childhood and adopt a guinea pig that needs a home. I just worry about how much care they need like the toe nails and stuff... Or maybe my Nan just went over the top (Probably. She lived for those little fluffy ovals).
Ive bewn searching the web for months looking for prevention tips, not treatment and this video is just what I needed. You always come through Saskia! Thank you so much.
Saskia, hello! I not only love the knowledge u share virbaly, but u also put it n ur link. I want to know everything before I get a pig, I want them to be healthy and happy! Thank u sooo much!!!
Hello Saskia and all of You!!! In Sweden following the news about EQ, love You so much and want You to be safe and ok. Tons of love from Scandinavia xxxxxxxx Take Care, God bless, Angels
Another amazing video full of info that will help so many! I have a couple of different products I use and a big first aid kit just incase! With 4 skinny pigs and 4 guinea pigs you just never know I also rescue and rehome after they are in complete health to homes but it's hard for people to get one of my rescues when I have them I want nothing but the best and if they dont meet the requirements no piggie!!
We don't have guinea pig rescue where I live. Thank you so much for the information!! If I do happen to acquire piggy/piggies, I will be well educated.
I’m in Scotland, you are right when you say about brown yucky hay. But in my experience that’s only from cheaper rubbish hay, lots of people use it but there’s better here. I prefer the green fresh smelling hay like you have there, I buy the slightly more expensive stuff. Burgess hay, hop to forage and I’m just about to try hay box. I have four rabbits of my own and I foster as well, we have two guinea pigs so hay is a must in this house lol….vet recommended a mix of hay 😀 I will never feed the brown dry yuck.
We rescued a piggy years ago who was covered with "running lice". She's still with us, and is almost 7 years old. Incredible. Anyway... the remedy was Revolution for dogs, measured very carefully and precisely in a minute amount with a syringe by our vet from a regular dog sized dose. I've never needed to give my pigs a bath except for one fella who had kind of soft poos, and would step in them a lot. Then they would dry and he would have these awful dried clumps on his feet that if I tried to pick them off would pull at his hair. So, I'd put some warm water in the sink , just an inch or two, let him stand in for a couple minutes, and then massage them off his feet. Great reference video!!! Thanks!
Hi Saskia! Great Video. My piggy also suffered from lice around her face. I used to apply neem oil mixed with coconut oil. That also works really well and is cheaper. But hi works only for lice.. Thank you for all the work you are doing ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Saskia from Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue my guinea pig is an 8 year old girl and she cannot use her hind legs due to arthritis. Could you please do a video on how to care for senior piggies suffering with arthritis...
i rescued my g.pig and he came with internal mites. The vet gave me smaller dosage of advantage for cats and dogs, and it worked! (put on the back of head flea medication)
I talked to my Vet about the injectible ivermectin Saskia. I said that I put it on the back of the piggys' ear. My Vet agreed that was the best way to do it, not just because I have 26, but also because I have dogs and cats as well as wallabies and possums around my piggies. My Vet thought it is a good idea to treat them every 2 weeks, as I've had 2 piggies have Sarcoptic Mites in 1 month, they were in 2 different pens.
Great advice have all that stuff already. I had to switch to ivermectin drops on the ear because my piggies wouldn't open there mouth for the gel they had more on there fur then in there mouth. Tractor supply farm store sells the ivermectin cheap in gel. drops for ears is about 35.00 not to bad
Ivomec for horses is a stronger strength & has to be diluted to a precise percentage for oral treatment (like I do). I will try the ear method. You have to repeat the Ivomec in ten days bc the eggs hatch. Even go for 3 treatments. I order a paste from a horse supply in the midwest and it's only about 3 dollars for a measured, "gun" syringe that has about 8 doses that are huge after dilution that you could treat 25 pigs in each round!
Thank you Saskia for the very informative video. How soon should you start treatments? I have two young Peruvian females both less than a year old. I'm a first time owner I always wanted a guinea pig when I was a child but wasn't allowed to have them. I love my two girls...they are so wonderful!!! I have had horses all my life and dogs and cat's and really appreciate all your videos!! There is a lot to learn about these lovely's. Thanks again!💖💖💖
Hi Saskia,how are you??..I am really enjoying your informative video's. I have now got 4 males. I am keeping them seperate at the momment,but I put there homes next to each other,so they know each other. I would love to introduce them but I am not to sure how to do it. I know space is very important & neutral ground. Also put shelter up,& nothing they can get cornered into. If you have got any advice I would appreciate it.i have watched a few videos with introducing. I am in England. Keep up your amazing work. I hope you&your loved ones are staying safe & well. Sending loves&hugs,xx
I get Hay envy with what you have available there, we do not get timothy hay (and what i get is brown and expensive). Though it is not wet like the UK, it has been such a bad drought that it has been hard.
Baths really are a good idea. We may hate it at the time, but when humans aren't looking we are secretly relieved to have the help staying clean. Especially those of us with white fur. Think about it. White fur, short legs, playing in hay, and we are suppose to keep ourselves tidy from all that just by licking? Seriously??? Have you ever even tried to just lick a sticky spot off your hand, humans? Doesn't work that well, does it? Also, you have to be a true contortionist to get all that white fur in the middle of your back. And if you accidentally land a boink on a juicy piece of watermelon, well, that takes forever to clean up without help. Trust me, I know. One of the perils of happy feet! Boink boink boink boink. JuHuuu!!!
I got a ringworm infection on my face last year. What was weird was that none of my pets had any signs of ringworm. I don't have the best helth, so maybe I was more subseptible to it?
It's from skin to skin contact u may have contracted it from another human exchanged money at a store then touched your face not always caught from your animals 😊
Could I use the same ivermectin drops on my rabbit’s ear every 3 months as a preventative? I really appreciate your videos! I wouldn’t have been able to solve the ringworm issue my guinea pigs had last year without your advice! We got a negative skin scraping and were told not to treat our piggy, Maple. When her skin kept getting worse, your videos were the guidance me and my piggies needed!
Good to see farm meds being put to good use on the pet front. They are animals too. Sometimes I feel like my stock animals wind up in better shape than the neighbors' dogs and cats because pet owners wait for a vet (doing your own fecals, on hand parasite control, and feed analysis/supplementation goes a long way). You seem knowledgeable. So our family just picked up a couple of middle aged guinea pigs off CL for a $1 from a family who got dogs and wanted to move their GP's on. One of them appears to have a soft fluid lump on its rump. In your opinion, is that a vet visit or can I treat it myself/wait to see if it resolves or worsens? Location does not seem to be painful or hot. Guinea pig is acting fine, eating and being plucky with the other. We have not had them long enough to be able to tell if it is growing yet, but I am watching now.
Hi Rachel! That sounds like a sebaceous cyst, harmless and best left alone unless it grows. I have done some videos on lumps and bumps as well. Good luck!!
Thank you so much for all the amazing videos you do. It makes me feel like a more informed and therefore better piggie Mama. I just adopted two 7 week old babies, so adorable, and was wondering when I should start using these preventions on them.
Hi Saskia! Super appreciate your videos and advice, you’ve been a life saver for me and my pigs! How long do you keep your pigs separated after you treat them with external ivermectin, if at all? Thank You!
I use the pour on Ivermectin for cattle, one drop on each ear. Our feed store sells it in smaller amounts for the small animals. I have been told that the oral ivermectin paste, does not treat the mites or lice, just internal worms in horses. Assuming same would be true for guinea pigs? Where as the pour on or inject-able Ivermectin treats the external parasites too. I use Piperozone oral small animal wormer if I'm not doing the pour on ivermectin, but again, it doesn't treat or prevent the lice or mites.
I live your videos. They are so informative and useful. I’m the proud mom of four guinea pigs. Lola, Harry, piggy and poppy. How many guinea pigs do you have?
Saskia, this is exactly what happened to one of our pigs this spring. The vet’s scraping came back negative, but I took your advice and treated with ivermectin on the ear, shampoo, and anti fungal cream. The problem was solved, and he’s back to normal thanks to your advice!
Yay! I love hearing this! ❤
I know fur pigs can be bathed every three months . But what about skinny pigs as bathing can dry their skin.
You had a great assistant there, he's so gentle and adorable.
So at first I thought you were talking about the cameraman😂😂😂. I was like “ they do move the camera pretty gently I suppose”
When I rescued my guinea pig he was very itchy. I took him to the vet the vet looked at him and said he's fine. And then it got to the point where he was scratching and screaming and I took him to another vet she actually did a scraping test and found that he had sarcoptic mange. And by this time it was so bad that it was deep inside of him and they were tormenting him and he would have seizures and I thought he was going to die. It took a long time to get him healed he was hairless and bloody. Now he has long healthy locs and he is my baby and he is my soulmate. Always get a second opinion if you just don't feel right about it
It brings my heart so much joy to read your comment. To know that your pig had someone like you, that means everything. Best wishes 💛💛
"soulmate" , it's a poopy rodent
@@oberscharfuhrer8917 And this .. is why i prefer pets to humans 😔🙄💩🖕🏻
@@oberscharfuhrer8917 what kind of human are you? i love my guinea pig to death...and also they are one of the most cleanest animals
maybe think twice before you talk
I apologize if you've seen any uptick in bathing haters recently! We did a guinea pig bathing video that has been mildly popular and drawn out the anti-bath crowd. I've been using your channel as a reference for those comments. One of the commenters even claimed to know you! You are a great resource both for our own pigs and for running our channel. I send a lot of people to your videos for advice. Thanks!
Aww thank you love!! Kisses to your herd!!!
Great video as always. Just have to say how beautiful you are, love your makeup in this one.
Awww thank you Nollagirl 😚
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You really should trademark “lice, mites, and internal parasites”.
Hahahaha I have been saying that sentence forever now - it has been imprinted on my brain. 😉
They should make a hoodie with that on it 😂
@@harleenquinzel9369 👅
I love it when you have a good assistant. What a sweet boy.
Sounded like a female to me.
He's adorable
Fun fact, horse in spanish is "caballo" and some spanish speaking countries say "cobayo" for guinea pigs.
Sometimes I too confuse "cobayo" by "caballo" and vice versa because pronunciation is almost the same!
Fortunatly, depending on the country people will call guinea pigs different. Sometimes it will depend in which part of the country you live!
Guinea pigs are called "chanchitos de la india" as direct translation, but also called cobaya/cobayo (edit: the difference is not by gender, this also depends on where you live!). Thanks to the squeek they make, they are also reffered as "cui" or "cuyo".
In my city, the commercial piggies are chanchitos de la india, but the wild ones that are generally grey colored and bigger are just called cuis!
Anyway, lot's of love from a south american fan!
Wow interesting - thank you
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I thought Cobaya was only in Spain. And it's used accordingly to gender. Cobayo is male guinea pig and cobaya is female guinea pig but also the plural form when there are both genders. Maybe because I'm a native speaker, it's not that hard to distinguish.
I learned “conejillos de indias”
Ecuador the food and the animal is called Cuy unless you keep them as pets and the less food characterized cobayo/a is used
Hi Saskia, my piggies are jealous of the amazing hay quality you have. Groetjes uit Dordt!
Hey Nederland!!!! Groetjes terug!!
@@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue Het is stervenskoud hier. Ik zou lekker in Los Angeles blijven. 😉
@@Frank_Ammerlaan ja ik heb het gehoord. Mischien een 11 steden tocht volgend jaar?
He is adorable!!! So calm! Makes me yearn for a guinea pig...they are delightful pets!
Sec Girl I agree. My kids ended up with the class pet from one of my former teacher colleagues and I wasn’t at all interested in a Guinea pig, but after a while, CoCo has totally grown on me. She has the best personality and she has her favorites in our family. She also teases the dogs because one of them really doesn’t like her but that dog is blind and it’s as though CoCo knows this and takes advantage of that fact. It’s hilarious to watch.
Does she have a guinea pig friend
Aww! He’s so still😩. My guinea pigs had lice from carpet. Luckily we moved to a house with hardwood which is great for guinea pigs. Thanks for the best information out there! ❤️
Your little model is adorable! I love him!
This is such good advice. It makes sense that if you do preventative treatments for your dog, cat or horse why not your GP. Thanks again, Saskia, for the ongoing education. And that is one chill Guinea pig!
You are very welcome Robert ❤
I hope that sweet little guy got a great home he’s so sweet 🥰
He looks like he just adores you! 💖
Saskia, you are so guinea savy, full of info. This video has been so helpful to me. Thank you for all you do for the piggy community.
When we were watching this video our heart felt warmth, your model looks like our loved Snoot, he died a few months ago 💔 and is watching him again 💔
Thank you for all the advice and saving all those piggies at the rescue 🙂
You can also keep diatomaceous earth on the bottom of their cages. I keep diatomaceous earth in the corners of my home everywhere..
Thank You for putting red carpet for Guineapigs. Its their time now!!! 😊 Love, M
Have your little guinea pig nuns worn out from praying for Mausi and Weibi? I hope they are taking turns. My love to you and your herd. JuHuu!!! Boink boink boink boink a
@@petuniafrompittsburgh Yes we praying both for Mausi, Weibi and for good adoptionnumbers for Saskias adoptioncenter. And for other pieces in this puzzle we call life...!!! 😊 💚 Love to You from Piffelina and crew
What a sweet pig, he looks like a Buda pig to me. I'm glad you made this video because I always heard and thought that it wasn't good to give them frequent baths, so this is new to me and now I know I have to do it every 3 months and not once or twice a year. Thank you
Welcome! 🌻
Hay in the UK tip.. I found decent Timothy hay that looks the same as in the video, it’s expensive compared to most other hays, but greener than any other Timothy hays sold here. It’s a 4lb bag for £9.99, by “Alfalfa King”.. Runs dusty as you near the end of the bag, but the boys love it. Totally worth it! It just seems fresher than the meadow hays and other Timothy hays, & firmer, so they’re really keeping their teeth down.
The meadow/Timothy hay mix I use for play times, make a maze of hay walls and they go nuts for it, following the path having a munch, before ramming through the hay, popcorning, burrowing under and leaping out in excitement. One of my favourite times with them!
Ivermectin is toxic to some dogs like collies sheepdogs and other breeds. Just putting it out there! Great tutorial for guinea pigs Saskia ! Very informative and what an awesome little patient you got there! 💜
Thank you for mentioning it!
also for every single cat
Your baby looks at you with such adoration! 💕
Thank you so much for keeping us informed. Because of your videos with this information my girls are healthy and happy. The both jad gotten sores on them and I watched one of your videos on treating a guinea pig baby named nails and treated my girls the same way you showed.No more sore spots or itching.. I am disabled live on a very limited income and because of you I did not have to spend 100s of dollars at the vet.Patches and Snickers thank you.
I love hearing that! And I love educating - there are a number of ailments that can be treated with over the counter meds.
Such a great topic! So easy for them to pick this stuff up if they go outside or from hay. So much easier to prevent than trying to treat after it is set in
I agree with you, treatment is key, i get spot on thats good for guinea pigs in my area, and it works perfectly, im always worried that theres a chance of them getting something like mites so i get it just to prevent anything from happening, im glad your making people aware x
He is adorable :)
Ty for this. We used ivermectin behind the ear because we got a guinea pig from a pet store that had mites and gave them to all our boys. It worked well. Lots of online info on dosage and weight.
That’s a really cute guinea pig. They’re all cute but he’s mega cute
Saskia.
I know this video was posted 2 years ago, but I just wanted to throw you some appreciation.
I got introduced to your channel from scotty and I'm not going to lie.
I did not expect to watch your channel every moment I get time to myself.
Binge watch more like. Lolol.
But anyways- I want to express how grateful I am that you put this information(and more) out there for people to see.
I have 9 guinea pigs (all rescues) and I have yet to have a fungal or mite issue, but because of you. I am taking the precautions and have learned so much to ensure that my pigs have the best life possible. Especually since some of them come from extremely neglectful conditions.
You make guinea pig awareness a thing and I couldn't be more grateful to have found your channel.
Ps. You always look beautiful and i look forward to seeing what you have done for your makeup or what your nail color is each video.
Thank you again for everything!
Lovely piggy, I don't have them just two free roam house rabbits. I just love watching your channel you have a font of knowledge and the piggies just love you.
Lol he saw the camera and went mesmerized, and was like "I'm ready for my close up Mr. DeVille.." bahaha
Back in the 90s when I was a child my Nan used to breed and keep Guinea Pigs and she lived in a flat so she used to go outside with her scissors and cut grass for them all every day (I'm British). The guinea pigs ended up losing their hair and getting skin issues and my Nan used to bathe them in a disinfectant shampoo (she was a horsey lover so she had all kinds of treatments for everything). As soon as she saw it she recognised it as sarcoptic mange mite, it was coming from the foxes travelling over the grass she cut. We know that because all of the foxes in the area had mange. This only happened like 3 times over 5 years I think. As for worms, well, even spiders can be infected with nematodes, of the tiny parasite is on the grass or hay... Well... It's just nature isn't it.
Love what you do. Thanks for sharing. I'm very tempted to re-live my childhood and adopt a guinea pig that needs a home. I just worry about how much care they need like the toe nails and stuff... Or maybe my Nan just went over the top (Probably. She lived for those little fluffy ovals).
Thanks for the video saskia, you are absolutely heaven sent for those piggies ❤️
Live watching your videos Saskia! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
I have my piggies little over a week, first time owner, and I find it very interesting 🧐
Ive bewn searching the web for months looking for prevention tips, not treatment and this video is just what I needed. You always come through Saskia! Thank you so much.
Saskia, hello! I not only love the knowledge u share virbaly, but u also put it n ur link. I want to know everything before I get a pig, I want them to be healthy and happy! Thank u sooo much!!!
Hello Saskia and all of You!!! In Sweden following the news about EQ, love You so much and want You to be safe and ok. Tons of love from Scandinavia xxxxxxxx Take Care, God bless, Angels
Thank you Saskia 💋💋💋
OMG what a beautiful Guinea Pig!
Another amazing video full of info that will help so many! I have a couple of different products I use and a big first aid kit just incase! With 4 skinny pigs and 4 guinea pigs you just never know I also rescue and rehome after they are in complete health to homes but it's hard for people to get one of my rescues when I have them I want nothing but the best and if they dont meet the requirements no piggie!!
Good way to be
@@CavyConsciousness thanks hun xo
We don't have guinea pig rescue where I live. Thank you so much for the information!! If I do happen to acquire piggy/piggies, I will be well educated.
Saskia that cutie pie look so much like my daughters baby lily same markings and colour just gorgeous
Awwwww
Great vid. Just treat my 3 and been to the vet for M.O.T. they passed that my bonded pair of boy's . Have had the joy of lice .
I’m in Scotland, you are right when you say about brown yucky hay. But in my experience that’s only from cheaper rubbish hay, lots of people use it but there’s better here. I prefer the green fresh smelling hay like you have there, I buy the slightly more expensive stuff. Burgess hay, hop to forage and I’m just about to try hay box. I have four rabbits of my own and I foster as well, we have two guinea pigs so hay is a must in this house lol….vet recommended a mix of hay 😀 I will never feed the brown dry yuck.
Aw he's so cute
awww he so handsome 🥰
Educatief filmpje heb weer genoten en geleerd super bedankt liefs uit Holland 💋❤🌈😍
Kusjes!!!
OMG he is so cute!! I wish I could hold him.
We rescued a piggy years ago who was covered with "running lice". She's still with us, and is almost 7 years old. Incredible. Anyway... the remedy was Revolution for dogs, measured very carefully and precisely in a minute amount with a syringe by our vet from a regular dog sized dose.
I've never needed to give my pigs a bath except for one fella who had kind of soft poos, and would step in them a lot. Then they would dry and he would have these awful dried clumps on his feet that if I tried to pick them off would pull at his hair. So, I'd put some warm water in the sink , just an inch or two, let him stand in for a couple minutes, and then massage them off his feet.
Great reference video!!! Thanks!
very great tips and info saskia, keep making good contents!! ❤️
That is a beautiful boy!
Thanks for the awesome info! We will do the regular treatments just like our other critters from now on.
Another extremely helpful video. Thank you! ❤
When my pigs hear wheeking in your videos I always have to give them treats cause they start wheeking 😜
Hi Saskia! Great Video. My piggy also suffered from lice around her face. I used to apply neem oil mixed with coconut oil. That also works really well and is cheaper. But hi works only for lice.. Thank you for all the work you are doing ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes sure Neem oil is great!
Saskia from Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue my guinea pig is an 8 year old girl and she cannot use her hind legs due to arthritis. Could you please do a video on how to care for senior piggies suffering with arthritis...
Cute little guy. Thanks for all the information :)
i rescued my g.pig and he came with internal mites. The vet gave me smaller dosage of advantage for cats and dogs, and it worked! (put on the back of head flea medication)
He's so super cute
I talked to my Vet about the injectible ivermectin Saskia. I said that I put it on the back of the piggys' ear. My Vet agreed that was the best way to do it, not just because I have 26, but also because I have dogs and cats as well as wallabies and possums around my piggies. My Vet thought it is a good idea to treat them every 2 weeks, as I've had 2 piggies have Sarcoptic Mites in 1 month, they were in 2 different pens.
Every two week as a preventative? We do every 3 months. ❤
You have taught me so much! Thank you so very very much!
My absolute pleasure
Great advice have all that stuff already. I had to switch to ivermectin drops on the ear because my piggies wouldn't open there mouth for the gel they had more on there fur then in there mouth. Tractor supply farm store sells the ivermectin cheap in gel. drops for ears is about 35.00 not to bad
i wish there was somone like u in my area
Ivomec for horses is a stronger strength & has to be diluted to a precise percentage for oral treatment (like I do). I will try the ear method. You have to repeat the Ivomec in ten days bc the eggs hatch. Even go for 3 treatments. I order a paste from a horse supply in the midwest and it's only about 3 dollars for a measured, "gun" syringe that has about 8 doses that are huge after dilution that you could treat 25 pigs in each round!
Love him!
THE PIGGY IN THE BEGINNING LOOKS JUST LIKE MY PIGGY AWWWW
your videos are so so helpful!!
Thank you Saskia for the very informative video. How soon should you start treatments? I have two young Peruvian females both less than a year old. I'm a first time owner I always wanted a guinea pig when I was a child but wasn't allowed to have them. I love my two girls...they are so wonderful!!! I have had horses all my life and dogs and cat's and really appreciate all your videos!! There is a lot to learn about these lovely's. Thanks again!💖💖💖
Hi Saskia,how are you??..I am really enjoying your informative video's.
I have now got 4 males. I am keeping them seperate at the momment,but I put there homes next to each other,so they know each other.
I would love to introduce them but I am not to sure how to do it. I know space is very important & neutral ground. Also put shelter up,& nothing they can get cornered into.
If you have got any advice I would appreciate it.i have watched a few videos with introducing.
I am in England. Keep up your amazing work.
I hope you&your loved ones are staying safe & well. Sending loves&hugs,xx
I get Hay envy with what you have available there, we do not get timothy hay (and what i get is brown and expensive). Though it is not wet like the UK, it has been such a bad drought that it has been hard.
Yes hun that is true it's harder for you to get the products not fun it should be available everywhere 😕😊
Hello again my dear Saskia and Family... thank you for all hints.
How to contact you guys in case of questions?
Looks lovely as usual♥️♥️♥️♥️
You can contact us through our Facebook facebook.com/laguineapigrescue/
probably the same way humans get ringworm and any type of yeast infection. It only takes one spore but also the correct (moist) environment.
Thank you so much, you’re a gem!
“come on! come eat something”
*offers food*
*refuses*
“wow, ok”
*literally decides to eat*
Thank you so much! Helpful as always
You are sooooo welcome!!!
Hello,I'm from indonesian and love Guinea Pig so Muchhhhh !!! If I can adopt them from you Saskia ,I would be so happy 😍
Baths really are a good idea. We may hate it at the time, but when humans aren't looking we are secretly relieved to have the help staying clean. Especially those of us with white fur. Think about it. White fur, short legs, playing in hay, and we are suppose to keep ourselves tidy from all that just by licking? Seriously??? Have you ever even tried to just lick a sticky spot off your hand, humans? Doesn't work that well, does it? Also, you have to be a true contortionist to get all that white fur in the middle of your back. And if you accidentally land a boink on a juicy piece of watermelon, well, that takes forever to clean up without help. Trust me, I know. One of the perils of happy feet! Boink boink boink boink. JuHuuu!!!
Petunia from Pittsburgh you just make my day!
You tell em Petunia!! ❤🌻
Excellent and informative vid.
Great information! Thank you!
You can get hay like that in the UK. I grew up near an enormous crop drying facility.
I got a ringworm infection on my face last year. What was weird was that none of my pets had any signs of ringworm. I don't have the best helth, so maybe I was more subseptible to it?
Exactly - your guinea pigs may have been carrying the spores. This exactly why I recommend using the Davis Miconazole shampoo.
I’m not seeing the link to Amazon for this stuff. Could you post a link please. Thanks for your videos and info!
It's from skin to skin contact u may have contracted it from another human exchanged money at a store then touched your face not always caught from your animals 😊
I would love to see you do a video on bathing your guinea pig
It is on the list!!
Could I use the same ivermectin drops on my rabbit’s ear every 3 months as a preventative?
I really appreciate your videos! I wouldn’t have been able to solve the ringworm issue my guinea pigs had last year without your advice! We got a negative skin scraping and were told not to treat our piggy, Maple. When her skin kept getting worse, your videos were the guidance me and my piggies needed!
Living in italy is hell when it comes to finding these types of products and shipping sometimes is three times the price of the product 😢
Good to see farm meds being put to good use on the pet front. They are animals too. Sometimes I feel like my stock animals wind up in better shape than the neighbors' dogs and cats because pet owners wait for a vet (doing your own fecals, on hand parasite control, and feed analysis/supplementation goes a long way). You seem knowledgeable. So our family just picked up a couple of middle aged guinea pigs off CL for a $1 from a family who got dogs and wanted to move their GP's on. One of them appears to have a soft fluid lump on its rump. In your opinion, is that a vet visit or can I treat it myself/wait to see if it resolves or worsens? Location does not seem to be painful or hot. Guinea pig is acting fine, eating and being plucky with the other. We have not had them long enough to be able to tell if it is growing yet, but I am watching now.
Hi Rachel! That sounds like a sebaceous cyst, harmless and best left alone unless it grows. I have done some videos on lumps and bumps as well. Good luck!!
Good to know, thanks! Provided it doesn't grow I won't stress her out with a vet trip then.
This is wonderful, thank you 💙
Haha, my one of my pigs is just like that one at the start! Amazing Video!
Thank you!!
Thank you so much for all the amazing videos you do. It makes me feel like a more informed and therefore better piggie Mama. I just adopted two 7 week old babies, so adorable, and was wondering when I should start using these preventions on them.
Hi Saskia,
Great video! Do we follow the same instructions when treating illness and not only preventing these issues? 😊
Hi Saskia! Super appreciate your videos and advice, you’ve been a life saver for me and my pigs! How long do you keep your pigs separated after you treat them with external ivermectin, if at all? Thank You!
I use the pour on Ivermectin for cattle, one drop on each ear. Our feed store sells it in smaller amounts for the small animals. I have been told that the oral ivermectin paste, does not treat the mites or lice, just internal worms in horses. Assuming same would be true for guinea pigs? Where as the pour on or inject-able Ivermectin treats the external parasites too. I use Piperozone oral small animal wormer if I'm not doing the pour on ivermectin, but again, it doesn't treat or prevent the lice or mites.
I'm a tad bit confused, would I be doing all of these treatments every 3 months? Or what would the timing for each one be like
every three months as a preventative and for treatment I believe every 7-10 days?
We also have very good timothy hay In europe. Im from Denmark and the hay My piggies get looks excatly Like yours. 👍🏼
We use Timothy hay and I live in England x
I live your videos. They are so informative and useful. I’m the proud mom of four guinea pigs. Lola, Harry, piggy and poppy. How many guinea pigs do you have?
Usually between 150 and 250 piggies!! ❤❤❤🌻
Wow lots of love and fun💜
Use the ivermectin horse cream and the liquid on the ear or just 1? Thanks for all of the good info.
Love you and all the videos you make🙃🙃☺☺