Nera (Pronounce Nee-ra)

The mistake of Hunter's gender brought Nera home last Sunday (9 August 2015). Hunter has to go back to the petshop because I just don't want Hunter to suffer depression being alone when he has sooo much affections towards Fuyu and Natsu. They would call each other during his times isolated in a different cage :(

Nera is an Aby mix.. peruvian? She doesn't have rosettes like my handsome baby Hunter and she has an infection area around the back of her head which is spreading + her furs are shading like mad. I've been told she's about 3 months of age.

These pictures were taken on her 3rd day with us..

We brought her to the vets yesterday.. the vets took a tests on the area which was infected. It seems that the area doesn't have fungal or mites issue. The vets wasn't sure what causes her to shed her fur like mad. She is eating normally too. So, we had to monitor her condition for another week. The vets put her on a course of steroids until her next visit, which is the next Saturday. We are to increase her vitamin C intake. The doctor told us, it could be she has Vitamin C deficiencies. I thought maybe yes, and maybe she's growing up so she's shedding her baby furs + stress in a new environment. It's bothering me, because she doesn't show that stress extreme level like how Karma did. She ate.. she drank and play the tunnel which Karma don't do when she was still with us.. but baby Nera is shedding like mad.. like.. serious mad.

The day before we went to the vets, I weight my baby and she's at 178g but at the vets, she's at 171g. I freaked out right there at that moment, but the doctor told me, she probably peed, pooped and haven't been eating yet.

Today.. that doesn't look like she's fine. Her poop is normal.. This is really bothering me. Now I've red about steroids that help mites or inflammations for guinea pigs. Never heard that it'll make her lose weight? I have been feeding her Critical Care every now and then when she sticks her head out of that dome.. I don't understand what's the cause of it. I just hope this helps. Please be okay baby..


Guinea Lynx Hair Loss

METABOLIC Hair Loss

• Vitamin C deficiency : can be hard to identify, signs may suggest other illnesses and a deficiency may also compound other problems.
  • Read more: SCURVY
• Postpartum and Hormonal hair loss, usually bilaterally symmetric. Important to note that the stress of birth may lead to an outbreak of mites.
• Bacterial infection Cryptococcosis or staphylococcal dermatitis lesions and associated hair loss, usually occurring on the trunk (Harkness and Wagner)
• Low protein diets (under 15% CP) (Harkness and Wagner)
• Animals near weaning age Thinning of hair is frequently observed in young animals at time of weaning and is associated with "the period of transition between loss of baby fur and appearance of more coarse guard hairs".