Charlottibiscot
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all, Ermintrude has recovered really well from her spay 2 weeks ago. You can hardly even see the incision now. I have been really avoiding picking her up and turning her over to avoid stress/damaging the healing process, and just maintaining her daily weigh-ins - she's gained almost 50g in 2 weeks!
Unfortunately I have been silly and forgotten to keep up with checking her feet
She has a health checkup appt on Monday so I am taking her in then.
I've attached a picture... sigh.
She's had red feet forever and we've always monitored it, she's on fleece and I never let them sit on wet material, wash it regularly... but this has happened in the last 2 weeks.
I wonder if it has progressed because she spent the first week of recovery not moving around as much, and me being silly we've not caught it until now. Lesson learned.
It's not bleeding currently but the scab is slowly peeling so it will bleed again soon and has recently bled and clotted, from the look of the photo.
The best I can do now is treat it. But I've heard that it's difficult and this looks severe.
Before I see the vet, what steps can I take right now? Epsom salts? Not sure. Please advise. Thank you
P.S her temperament/personality is, out of the hundreds of guinea pigs I've ever handled, one of the least cooperative, for extra context.
Unfortunately I have been silly and forgotten to keep up with checking her feet
She has a health checkup appt on Monday so I am taking her in then.I've attached a picture... sigh.
She's had red feet forever and we've always monitored it, she's on fleece and I never let them sit on wet material, wash it regularly... but this has happened in the last 2 weeks.
I wonder if it has progressed because she spent the first week of recovery not moving around as much, and me being silly we've not caught it until now. Lesson learned.
It's not bleeding currently but the scab is slowly peeling so it will bleed again soon and has recently bled and clotted, from the look of the photo.
The best I can do now is treat it. But I've heard that it's difficult and this looks severe.
Before I see the vet, what steps can I take right now? Epsom salts? Not sure. Please advise. Thank you
P.S her temperament/personality is, out of the hundreds of guinea pigs I've ever handled, one of the least cooperative, for extra context.
