I’ll be the first to admit this but ever since Fred had his first bath, he has completely stopped scratching. Well, not completely of course, but you catch my drift.
The shampoo had initially got rid of the flaky skin, but it found its way back a few days after. I thought it was going to be a reoccurring problem – which a bath could not solve – and so would have to go to the vets. However, as if by magic, the flakiness went away and his back end has not been bothering him since.
Now, I don’t know if it was a case of because he was stratching constantly, it resulted in dry skin, or he actually had mites/fleas/etc and the shampoo killed them off. Whatever it was it didn’t spread to George, who he shares a cage with. Maybe he just needed a good old wash and that was my prompt.
I’ve learnt a lesson, though, I shall wash my piggies about twice a year now, certainly no more than three – don’t want their skin to dry out and subsequently cause flaky skin.
