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paw bed inflammation?

Tahmis

Tahmis

Young Bun
Yesterday I noticed these bald areas in Helmi's paw beds and I had read about paw bed inflammation (I'm not sure what it's in english, I just translated it from finnish) and put some emulsioncream on them. Today they look better, but are still bald. I wanted to make sure that it's paw bed inflammation, because I can't get a vet time soon enough to get the right analysis from a vet.

Here are pics from her back feet:
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It looks like she isn't hurting, because she lets me touch the bald areas and runs around the room as always. I've tried to add more soft beds to their cage and playing area, but Helmi also has some weight to loose so that might also be a reason she's having this inflammation. My rabbits don't have an unhygienic, dirty cage or playing area (you can see that from her paw beds, all clean) so that can't be a reason.
 
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That looks like the 'normal' caloused area many Rabbits have on their hocks.
Just keep an eye on it to make sre it does not become very inflammed and that the skin does not break down.

Keeping your Buns weight down, her nails short and bed her on lots of soft hay will help reduce the risk of sore hocks developing.

At this stage I would not apply any more creams as you dont want the skin to become too soft. I find Aloe Vera gel is useful rather than an emulsifying cream as the AVG seems to hydrate the skin without softening it too much

:)
 
Oh, thank you!
Väiski doesn't have these caloused areas, so it must be Helmi's weight doing this. I need to keep an eye on her diet.
 
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