rebeccaemms
Warren Scout
Hey all
My 10 year old has recurring cheyletiella...we're on regular vets trips and he's been treated a couple of times but due to his age and struggle to fight things off he does have a problem getting rid for good. His caring and younger partner is concerned and is grooming the area with the cheyletiella persistently to a point where there are scabby sores on his back that I'm worried about. The vet has said that we might need to think about separating them for a short time to let him heal but I'm concerned about splitting them at this stage in my elderly boys life as he really loves his partner - they truly are inseparable and since their bonding last year he has had a spring in his hop that hadn't been there for years - when he's having a good day she can get him binkying along with her and when his last partner died he pined for her for over a month - he's not used to being alone and I think he'd struggle to be separated from her. I wonder if there is any way I can discourage her from grooming his sore areas? Is there anything that smells or tastes bad that she will refrain from licking of him (but isn't harmful if she did decide to?) I really want to explore every avenue before I split them.
Thanks
Rebecca x
My 10 year old has recurring cheyletiella...we're on regular vets trips and he's been treated a couple of times but due to his age and struggle to fight things off he does have a problem getting rid for good. His caring and younger partner is concerned and is grooming the area with the cheyletiella persistently to a point where there are scabby sores on his back that I'm worried about. The vet has said that we might need to think about separating them for a short time to let him heal but I'm concerned about splitting them at this stage in my elderly boys life as he really loves his partner - they truly are inseparable and since their bonding last year he has had a spring in his hop that hadn't been there for years - when he's having a good day she can get him binkying along with her and when his last partner died he pined for her for over a month - he's not used to being alone and I think he'd struggle to be separated from her. I wonder if there is any way I can discourage her from grooming his sore areas? Is there anything that smells or tastes bad that she will refrain from licking of him (but isn't harmful if she did decide to?) I really want to explore every avenue before I split them.
Thanks
Rebecca x
