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Peanut Butter Sore hock has returned!

XMissySJx

Wise Old Thumper
Last year, or early this year cant quite remember, peanut had a sor ehock which is supriseing considering he is a dwarf lop...

it was bald and dry skin, and slightly cracke dbut after soem aloe vera it cleared up, stayed bald and dry but okay.

within 2 days it has gone to about the size of a 1p coin, and in the middle it was a red/yellow color, kind of clear so looked a bit like puss

today it has dipped so i think it has burst? and now it looks a bit swollen with a little hole?

i think is houl take him 2 the vets 2nite...what do yout hink?

also i notice that whenever he gets up he stretches 4 ages each time...do u think he may have a problem with his back and hes putting too much pressure on his hocks or something???
 
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