How can you stop your guinea pig from scratching a cut?

First of all, how did she get this cut? Did she create it herself or was it an injury from another animal? Was it causing by excessive scratching? If the injury is caused by scratching due to parasites, you'll never fix the problem until the parasites are treated. See www.guinealynx.info for information on common parasites in guinea pigs. My guess would be mites just because they're so common. If so, the treatment is easy. If it's an actual injury caused by either an accident, a bad cage, another animal, etc. first check to make sure the area isn't infected. I'd clean with something like diluted chlorhexiderm, or in the absence of that, try diluted betadine instead (easy to buy at a local pharmacy). If the area is okay and not infected, where is it? If it's on a foot or the midsection, wrap in gauze (gently!), and then wrap in vet wrap (can buy it at feed stores and pet supply stores now, or online at www.valleyvet.com). Post a photo if possible. Hope that helps!

When our male got fixed they put a cone on him and it make it impossible for him to eat. He was a free runner (meaning he had no cage and free run of the house) but he would love to play in the hay and bedding. The stuff was always getting stuck in the cone and it really seemed to irk him. I'd suggest a sock, just an average sock with the bottom part cut off. Slip it over the body or area where the cut is and make sure it isn't too tight. You can ask your vet but chances are they will suggest a cone and if that is something that stresses our your piggie then it just isn't worth it.

This certainly sounds like a case of mites to me. Imagine you had a prickly rash under your skin and you just couldn't scratch it enough. It's going to make you miserable. This is what is going on with your guinea pig. Luckily, mites are very easy to treat and cheap too. In the past I have purchase this - http://www.1800petmeds.com/pgroup.asp?LV=74&PG=Eqvalan%20paste I us a blob the size of the cottony end of a Q-tip orally. Just that one blob every 11 days, 3 times. In other words, give a blob, wait 11 days and give another blob, waite 11 more days and give another blob. If the itching is still present, give another blob after another 11 days. Don't bathe as that irritates the mites causing more itching and pain to your pig. Don't use powders due to the likelihood of her breathing that in possibly cause another set of issues. I also recommend getting her into seeing a guinea pig smart vet. Please don't let them run a scraping test - they are so painful to your pig and they can give false negative results.

I think you should ask your veterinarian. They use cones on dogs and cats to keep them from getting to their injuries or stitches. Maybe they have little cones for guinea pigs. It goes around the neck like a collar but the wide part of it is around the face area making it impossible to reach the affected area.