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I’m not too sure what to think of what has happened to my hedgehog’s quills. Her quills are broken at the side and I just went in her cage to find a quill in the water bowl. I had a look around on the floor and couldn’t see anything. I’m not sure what to do with the broken quills on the side. How can I keep them clean. I know dirt can get in. A good thing is I have seen new ones growing at the sides but the broken ones are all dirty. She is 3 years old. It has never really come to mind to ask before because she seems fine but every time I see one quill on the floor I wonder what it is. Could anyone tell me what this is and how to stop the quills from dirt getting in? Thanks
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From what I've read on the forum in the past, broken quills can be a sign of mites, especially since it is all in one area. Otherwise, I wonder if it could a deficiency? Do you feed premium cat food? Best to discuss with your vet. I'd have a precautionary mite treatment done either way. Make sure they use revolution and not ivermectin (it is too strong and can be fatal).
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Thanks for the advice. It’s on both sides of her body so i was thinking, could it be somthing she has rubbed on. I feed her cat food (vita cat) after one of my other posts saying I should. I originally fed her a mixed diet of anything she could eat or I know she likes. I did notice that the night she had her bath, she scatched her self a lot of times. I use aveeno because she has dry skin. The day after her bath, at night when she’s most active, she did not scratch at all.
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I had a look at her quills yesterday and I looked at the sides and some of them are broken down until it’s their last quarter. I had a look at her skin and quills and there is nothing moving. ( I might use the black piece of paper test) However she did itch a lot everywhere. I looked at the top of her body and pushed her quills slightly backwards and there was a new quill growing. I don’t really know what to think because she is fine. Also at the bottom there looks to be like a see through quill almost the skeleton. Could this still be the symptoms of mites??? Also if I go to the vets should I go to a regular or a exotic???
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Try to find a extoic vet, they are more likely to know what they are doing however a regular vet may know a bit. And if it is mites can give you the right tratment, but make sure they give you revolution.
Its possible its mites or it may be something else, a vet can do tests to find out exactly what it is. |
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