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Sore hocks

Cornishlass

Cornishlass

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Please advise: I have a rabbit that is a mini harlequin rex X and he is nearly 6. He eats well - (pellets) and has unlimited hay. He poos fine. He lives in a 4' x 4' playhouse within a 9' x 12' aviary. For about 2 hours in the morning and about 3 hours in the afternoon/evening he has free run of the garden. He has just developed sore hocks.

I took him to the vet who gave him 2 injections and gave me a syringe of baytrill to give orally each night, and told me to bathe his feet then dry them every night. I have done this for 5 days and it doesn't really seem to be any better. The hocks aren't bleeding or cracked but are very pink and hairless if you part the fur around them the one on the left isn't as bad - can't see it unless you look for it. What more can I do? Will the fur grow back at all?
 
Cornishlass said:
Please advise: I have a rabbit that is a mini harlequin rex X and he is nearly 6. He eats well - (pellets) and has unlimited hay. He poos fine. He lives in a 4' x 4' playhouse within a 9' x 12' aviary. For about 2 hours in the morning and about 3 hours in the afternoon/evening he has free run of the garden. He has just developed sore hocks.

I took him to the vet who gave him 2 injections and gave me a syringe of baytrill to give orally each night, and told me to bathe his feet then dry them every night. I have done this for 5 days and it doesn't really seem to be any better. The hocks aren't bleeding or cracked but are very pink and hairless if you part the fur around them the one on the left isn't as bad - can't see it unless you look for it. What more can I do? Will the fur grow back at all?
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My rex has bald patches on his hocks. But they are firm and don't bleed, the skin has toughened up. Does your rabbit seem to be uneasy on his hinds ? It's difficult as my bun is a house bun so when his hocks first became sore he was living on fleece, which gave enough comfort for them to stop being aggregated to allow callouses to build. With an outdoor bun I'm not sure what you can do unless you cover his entire home in hay/fleece
 
I would get him checked over by a Vet

Newly developed sore hocks in a middle aged Rabbit can sometimes be due to the onset of osteoarthritis in the hips/spine. If this were to be the case then your Rabbit would benefit from a daily dose of Metacam. So as well as addressing the sore hocks themselves it is always important to see if there is a separate primary cause.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
I would get him checked over by a Vet

Newly developed sore hocks in a middle aged Rabbit can sometimes be due to the onset of osteoarthritis in the hips/spine. If this were to be the case then your Rabbit would benefit from a daily dose of Metacam. So as well as addressing the sore hocks themselves it is always important to see if there is a separate primary cause.
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