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lumps at base of nails

biscandmatt1

biscandmatt1

Wise Old Thumper
my rabbit matt has small lumps at the base of two of his nails. he started off with one and that was a torn nail bed which used to bleed and then heeled. i took him to the vets the other day and when she checked to see how the nail was doing we noticed that the nail next to it now had a lump aswell. it's like a raised lump, quite red around the lump.

we don't know why because the nails themselves are fine, it's like a lump at the base of the nail but on the foot skin. does that make sense? :?

the vet said it was probably nothing to worry about as the nails are fine and the lumps aren't infected or anything but i can't help worrying and i can't find any information about what the lumps could be in that particular place and i want to know!

has anyone else ever seen this before in their rabbits?
 
I have a couple of Buns with warts on their nail base.
Cant say for certain thats what your Bun has, but as your Vet has seen them and they are not painful or infected I would not worry. Just keep an eye on them. If they start to go crusty or bleed then pop back to the Vets :)
 
biscandmatt1 said:
my rabbit matt has small lumps at the base of two of his nails. he started off with one and that was a torn nail bed which used to bleed and then heeled. i took him to the vets the other day and when she checked to see how the nail was doing we noticed that the nail next to it now had a lump aswell. it's like a raised lump, quite red around the lump.

we don't know why because the nails themselves are fine, it's like a lump at the base of the nail but on the foot skin. does that make sense? :?

the vet said it was probably nothing to worry about as the nails are fine and the lumps aren't infected or anything but i can't help worrying and i can't find any information about what the lumps could be in that particular place and i want to know!

has anyone else ever seen this before in their rabbits?
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One of my buns lost a nail in the summer time, and it hasn't really grown back properly - it looks like a sort of lump - all bumpy - I guess it's a wee bit like if we lost a finger nail and the nail-bed was damaged then it wouldn't grow back properly? Don't know if this sounds like your bun?
 
what colour are warts usually on rabbits? matts lumps are raised and pinky red colour.
do you have a picture of your rabbits lumpy nail bed i could compare matts to?
he's fine and everything, i just want to know what they are! i'm obsessive when it comes to bisc and matt and i can't stand not knowing! :)
 
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