Advice please - flakey skin/scabs

Hello Everyone,

I was wondering if someone could give me some advice.

I have a baby hog who will be 10 weeks old this weekend. Ever since I bought him home three weeks ago he has been scratching like mad. He's been quilling the last couple of weeks so I havent been two worried about him scratching at his spines, however the last couple of days i've noticed on his belly it feels as if he has a couple of hard/scabby areas. It also looks as if he may have pulled a chunk (albeit very small) of his furr out in that region. What should I do? Should I take him to the vets to make sure he doesnt have any parasites? Is there something i can put on him to stop him scratching? I've turned the heating down in my room as I read somewhere it can irritate them - is there anything else (other than the quilling) that will cause him to scratch so much?

I've also noticed a tiny little pimple like bump on his chin, it's only very small but looks like it might be an ingrown hair. My previous hog had an op on his head because he had a growth that as it turned out was caused by a fungal infection caused by an ingrown spine. Should I be worried about this given it is a very very small bump at the moment?

the bump under his chin is completely normal - its their wart! no idea what its there for but every hedgie has it!

can you see the bumpy areas on his belly? Is it in his fur? It could be 'boy stuff'

with regards to his skin - its probably down to quilling to giving him an aveeno bath or equivalent might help soothe his skin and if you put him on some black fabric and ruffle his quills - if anything drops off him and moves then he has mites but chances are at the moment its just down to him quilling - you can get burrowing mites also but at his age is commonly quilling