Dawn&Leila
Warren Scout
Hello, I haven't posted here in a long time! Hope everyone is well!
Leila's been having some problems with sore hocks. It started as a small round patch at the very back of each heal. We;'ve been to the vets and she was given a pain killer and some cream (which was meant for dogs :shock
he told me to use a very tiny bit and not for more than a week and if she licked it then not to use it. Which was great help because Leila licks and eats everything. Literally.
It's very odd, one morning I picked her up and looked at her feet as usual and a large patch was bare. I can only think she had plucked it, but I don't understand why. Now both feet are pretty bare in places on the bottom. One has a small superficial scab which is barely raised, it was more like a redder patch at first but Leila is constantly licking it and biting at it. Especially after i've bathed it or had a look at it. She's the type of rabbit that will nibble anything sticking out or annoying her. She nibbles dried or lifted skin from my fingers all the time. She's obsessed! Every now and then stubbly fur will grow back over and I pray that she'll just leave it but she never lets it get past a certain point.
Bandages would be a last resort for me as it would be a nightmare to keep her from devouring them, but if she doesn't leave them alone they will never heal.
She's eating drinking, running around fine. One of the things I've tried to stop is the amount she jumps on and off furniture. The carpet here is pretty rough (we rent) and quite abrasive, and she loves to climb and leap from things.. So i do discourage that. She also naturally sits with her hind legs too far forward which doesn't help and puts a lot of pressure on the hocks. Her fur is very fine and soft (im almost sure she's at least half Polish) - another thing against us..
In her cage she has a shirt in her bed, the floor has russel rabbit fine chopped straw and the litter tray has carefresh topped with the straw again. If it was just carefresh she would eat it. She already digs it out when it's fresh and eats it. I feel like I can't put anything in her cage that isn't edible because she will eat it, and im worried it could do her harm. I think im going to have to find a softer bedding though. A large pet bed or something. But god knows what I can use in the litter tray. I've realised her water bottle leaks too so I'll buy a new one as it makes that patch of bedding underneath damp and mouldy smelling.
I really didn't want to resort to bandages as im worried she'll be quite stressed by them and obsess over them. Any ideas? Any cream that will act as an antibiotic plus help it heal that wont hurt if she licks it? Any bandaging tips? What are the best ones to use? Anything would be appreciated. I'd rather act now than wait til it's bad.
I'm willing to do anything.
Dawn & Leila
*wants her feet to look like siggy again*
Leila's been having some problems with sore hocks. It started as a small round patch at the very back of each heal. We;'ve been to the vets and she was given a pain killer and some cream (which was meant for dogs :shock
he told me to use a very tiny bit and not for more than a week and if she licked it then not to use it. Which was great help because Leila licks and eats everything. Literally.It's very odd, one morning I picked her up and looked at her feet as usual and a large patch was bare. I can only think she had plucked it, but I don't understand why. Now both feet are pretty bare in places on the bottom. One has a small superficial scab which is barely raised, it was more like a redder patch at first but Leila is constantly licking it and biting at it. Especially after i've bathed it or had a look at it. She's the type of rabbit that will nibble anything sticking out or annoying her. She nibbles dried or lifted skin from my fingers all the time. She's obsessed! Every now and then stubbly fur will grow back over and I pray that she'll just leave it but she never lets it get past a certain point.
Bandages would be a last resort for me as it would be a nightmare to keep her from devouring them, but if she doesn't leave them alone they will never heal.
She's eating drinking, running around fine. One of the things I've tried to stop is the amount she jumps on and off furniture. The carpet here is pretty rough (we rent) and quite abrasive, and she loves to climb and leap from things.. So i do discourage that. She also naturally sits with her hind legs too far forward which doesn't help and puts a lot of pressure on the hocks. Her fur is very fine and soft (im almost sure she's at least half Polish) - another thing against us..
In her cage she has a shirt in her bed, the floor has russel rabbit fine chopped straw and the litter tray has carefresh topped with the straw again. If it was just carefresh she would eat it. She already digs it out when it's fresh and eats it. I feel like I can't put anything in her cage that isn't edible because she will eat it, and im worried it could do her harm. I think im going to have to find a softer bedding though. A large pet bed or something. But god knows what I can use in the litter tray. I've realised her water bottle leaks too so I'll buy a new one as it makes that patch of bedding underneath damp and mouldy smelling.
I really didn't want to resort to bandages as im worried she'll be quite stressed by them and obsess over them. Any ideas? Any cream that will act as an antibiotic plus help it heal that wont hurt if she licks it? Any bandaging tips? What are the best ones to use? Anything would be appreciated. I'd rather act now than wait til it's bad.
I'm willing to do anything.
Dawn & Leila
*wants her feet to look like siggy again*
