When you hold your guinea pig in the summer, you put it down and as if by magic, you've turned into a bear! Why do there hairs fall off?
2006-10-09 05:58:43 · 5 answers · asked by lozza@HOTMAIL 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Guinea pig naturally shed, I have a house full of them year round anywhere for 2 to forty in my home and 250 in the entire rescue. They all shed it is normal, if in the event you have bald spot or thin patches I would have them checked for mites, as they can and do get them, most of the time the mite are in the bedding you buy from the stores.
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2006-10-09 06:36:18 · answer #1 · answered by pinkpiggies336 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely just routine sesonal shedding. Unless it's itching a lot... then it could have mange or some other type of mites.
2006-10-09 06:07:07 · answer #2 · answered by Killer Nandin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could just be usual shedding, or it could be it's diet, maybe it's not geting enough vitamens or maybe it has some kind of mites or something, check to see if you spot any like red spots where he/she itches alot...if you don't see any, then it's probably just shedding...
2006-10-09 09:01:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe your guinea pig has lice or ringworm (the latter is contageous).
2006-10-09 08:13:39 · answer #4 · answered by justmemimi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know but , they are so cute.
2006-10-09 06:00:25 · answer #5 · answered by Lindsay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋