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carpet and sore hocks....?

jay

jay

Mama Doe
Jack is a house bunny who is on carpet all the time and I read somewhere that running about on carpet all the time can cause sore hocks. Is this right and if so is there anything I can do about it?
 
Buddy used to have bald hocks and get dry patches from racing on carpet. (I assume this was the cause) and i used to rub sore paws in to them. they never got "sore" but it meant i was keeping a check on them to ensure they didnt. he also had vet bed in his cage and i made sure his litter tray was emptied at least daily as he liked sitting in there.
 
I had a problem with this.

We are renting at the moment and unfortunately the carpets are synthetic, and that caused the problem. We now have cotton rugs on the floor and vetbed in the cages and the problem is gone, I still have to check them quite often though.

When it was bad I was changing their litter trays 3 times a day :roll: , thankfully it's back to once a day again! :D
 
We used to have a carpet in our sitting room but had to get rid of it - no, not because it was causing Binky any type of disease, but because he was eating it. :roll:
 
Thanks for the advice, I didn't really know anything about sore hocks. Had a look at Jack and he doesn't have a problem at the moment - can't wait until spring though when he can go out in the garden all day which will be much better for him!
 
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