Been away for a couple of days and left my Dad in charge of bunnies (he did a great job by the way). He told me today that he noticed our female not putting her back left foot down all the time so today we brought her in and at the back end of her foot she has a small pink area which looks like it is scabbing over, looks as though she must have caught it or stood on something. She seems to be on her foot ok now but I was wondering if there was anything I could do or should I just wait and take her to vets on Monday in case she needs antibiotics for infection?
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Sore Foot
- Thread starter KarinB
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Is it on her heel? That sounds like a sore hock.
I'm not an expert on those, but she will need probably lots of soft hay to sleep on. I would probably see about pain medication for now, and medication for it ASAP. They can be really, really nasty. Hopefully that won't be the case for her though
I'm not an expert on those, but she will need probably lots of soft hay to sleep on. I would probably see about pain medication for now, and medication for it ASAP. They can be really, really nasty. Hopefully that won't be the case for her though
Have read about sore hocks on internet and her foot is more pink and callused as opposed to red and inflamed and the former, they say, is normal. She has the equivalent of vet bed in three areas of her hutch but has newspaper, chippings, straw & hay in her dark side. She is let out of the hutch for many hours each day and so gets plenty exercise. I will, however, still take her to the vet on Monday.
Thanks for the replies.
Thanks for the replies.
Took her to vets yesterday where she was checked over. She was put on the floor of the vets' room so she could see how she was walking but she wouldn't move! Anyway, vet didn't want to give her an antibiotic unnecessarily as they upset buns' stomachs and she thinks the marks on her feet (she has them on both) are red herrings. Have to monitor her but I don't think there's anything to worry about.
