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| 11-26-2008 08:57 PM | ||
| xtiana |
Re: HELP! quill loss! can someone post a photo of a bulb on a quill? Hayden is still losing a lot of quills (but growing lots of new ones) and I have no idea what the bulb on the quill should look like? I'd really appreciate it  I brought him to the vet and he was tested for mites and any other stuff on his skin (they did at mite test at the vet and they sent out samples to the lab and did many other tests) and he had nothing wrong. I just have no idea what the bulbs should look like and I'd really appreciate if someone could post a picture so I could be informed THANKS SO MUCH!
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| 11-21-2008 09:30 AM | ||
| sebian |
Re: HELP! quill loss! That's a very good way of putting it =) |
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| 11-21-2008 08:02 AM | ||
| Nancy |
Re: HELP! quill loss! Yes a bulb less quill is a good indication of mites, on the other hand, just because the quill does have the bulb at the end, doesn't mean the hedgehog is mite free. |
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| 11-20-2008 10:36 PM | ||
| Runefaust |
Re: HELP! quill loss! Quote:
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| 11-20-2008 07:34 PM | ||
| sebian |
Re: HELP! quill loss! I actually just talked to Bryan about this, and he said that a bulb-less quill IS, in fact, one indication (of many) of mites. I also asked him if a bulb-less quill could mean something internal is going on, to which he replied probably not-- bulb-less quills are usually an indication of something happening on the outside (injury, mites, etc.). The scratch test is still the better method, in my opinion... Sorry for any confusion-- I hope this cleared it up a little. If not, I hope it made you come up with more questions 
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| 11-20-2008 06:34 PM | ||
| sebian |
Re: HELP! quill loss! Really? I actually got that from the HHC link I posted. Sorry for this mis-information!!! 
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| 11-20-2008 06:07 PM | ||
| LizardGirl |
Re: HELP! quill loss! Whether the lost quills have the ball on the end or not, has little indication as to whether the hedgie has mites or not... |
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| 11-20-2008 03:42 PM | ||
| sebian |
Re: HELP! quill loss! hehe  She probably felt very greasy
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| 11-20-2008 02:56 PM | ||
| Runefaust |
Re: HELP! quill loss! I tried once with the olive oil on water, but Maiche didn't like it much. And maybe it was due to her ending up all yellow. I may have overdone the dose a bit.... |
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| 11-20-2008 02:37 PM | ||
| sebian |
Re: HELP! quill loss! No problem! I'm glad it helped =) If you want to combat the dry skin, add a drop of flaxseed oil in her food once or twice a week and/or put some olive oil in her baths (although, one of my guys will drink the bath water if I put olive oil in it )
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