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is this normal on a foot?

sunnibunny

sunnibunny

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hi all,
ok, my little netherland dwarf who has white fur with black patches, has this pink round mound on the back section of her back foot, and they are on both feet in the same place!! is this normal anatomy for rabbits or is it something serious? ive not really noticed them before at all and while grooming her all over as she is moulting like mad in this nice weather rather than getting a fur coat for the winter i somehow have noticed it. here is a picture as best as i can holding her, hope you can see it ok as she was squirming a lot!!
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Hi,

It look like hock burn to me. This is caused by buns sitting in their pee and it burning their skin. Some breeds are more suceptable than others (my rex gets it a lot). Changing the cage more often and feeding hay outside the peeing area as much as possible will help. A litte dab of sudacream wont hurt either!

Good luck x
 
will change her litter tray more often then so she doesnt sit in it, and she lives in a pantry attached to the main house, so it is carpeted to keep it warmer. will be interesting to get cream onto her feet!!! lol.
 
sunnibunny said:
will change her litter tray more often then so she doesnt sit in it, and she lives in a pantry attached to the main house, so it is carpeted to keep it warmer. will be interesting to get cream onto her feet!!! lol.
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It can be caused by carpet - like carpet burns, try putting down something smooth, you might find it helps :D
 
her cage which is in the pantry and always kept open is made of plastic as the base and has newspaper ontop, does this hard surface also contribute to the sore hocks? as if i put anything soft down she usually wees on it, frankly im surprised she has not weed on the carpet in the pantry as she used to do it before in other rooms.
 
yes they do look like hocks, make sure her nails on her back feet are not to long either as they can make her walk with more pressure on the ball of the foot. I had a rabbit with awful hocks that used to bleed and another rabbit kept in exactly the same environment with no hocks!
 
Or it could just be a calous. It doesnt look particularly sore or angry from that picture, and rabbits do get them. Ginger has one on each back paw where the fur doesnt quite cover the skin from when she was younger and its never grown 100% back and the skin goes hard and tough in reaction.
 
Boris sometimes gets this, I think from sitting on the rug a lot (he does love his pink rug :lol:) but usually it goes away by itself. He's never seemed bothered by it really and it heals fairly quickly. Interestingly enough Bella has no problems at all, despite her nails being a bit on the long side (little :censored: never lets me cut then properly :roll:) but her feet are a lot more fuzzy so maybe she's not as sensitive.
 
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