Sharron
Well-Known Member
We have a new little girl piggie -- she's got avery sweet disposition, however... We discovered she'smalnourished and has lice!! Ewwwwwwwwww :shock:
There are a plethora of other issues as well, but we're happy to haveher. Unfortunately, we didn't expect this to be anotheranimal "rescue" -- we thought we were just giving a happy little girlpiggie, not another critter needing rehab :?
So, I did a bit of research and discovered that piggie lice can't betransmitted to human critters (PHEW!!), but the treatment was generallythe same as lice treatment on humans. Once upon a time, along time ago, my kids got lice and we treated it with tea treeoil. They were cavorting upon her poor little eyes and ears,so we put some coconut oil in her ears and over her eyes forprotection, then we washed her in some Kids Melalueca oilshampoo. Then my daughter put a towel in the bathtub andclimbed in with her and gently blow-dried her hair. (We didthat to keep the nasties contained!) My daughter said therewere still TONS of them on her. More EWWWWWWWW
Soooo, we got out the flea comb and put some straight Melaleuca oil onthe comb. It caught the critters as she combed her.My expectation is that we are going to have to do this every day/everyother day for a while as I had to do when I had this problem with myown human kids...
UNLESS
Somebody on this forum has another idea???
I'm not willing to use the harsh chemical treatment because we are highly sensitive to chemicals.
Anyway, this is Rachee our new guinea girl. I'll post more pix of her as she gets more healthy.
There are a plethora of other issues as well, but we're happy to haveher. Unfortunately, we didn't expect this to be anotheranimal "rescue" -- we thought we were just giving a happy little girlpiggie, not another critter needing rehab :?
So, I did a bit of research and discovered that piggie lice can't betransmitted to human critters (PHEW!!), but the treatment was generallythe same as lice treatment on humans. Once upon a time, along time ago, my kids got lice and we treated it with tea treeoil. They were cavorting upon her poor little eyes and ears,so we put some coconut oil in her ears and over her eyes forprotection, then we washed her in some Kids Melalueca oilshampoo. Then my daughter put a towel in the bathtub andclimbed in with her and gently blow-dried her hair. (We didthat to keep the nasties contained!) My daughter said therewere still TONS of them on her. More EWWWWWWWW
Soooo, we got out the flea comb and put some straight Melaleuca oil onthe comb. It caught the critters as she combed her.My expectation is that we are going to have to do this every day/everyother day for a while as I had to do when I had this problem with myown human kids...
UNLESS
Somebody on this forum has another idea???
I'm not willing to use the harsh chemical treatment because we are highly sensitive to chemicals.
Anyway, this is Rachee our new guinea girl. I'll post more pix of her as she gets more healthy.