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Crusty feet - dried poop!

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Hello all,

I am sorry that this is not the nicest of posts...

My guinea piggy Biscuit has a lot of dried poop on one of her feet. She very recently had her eye removed due to a cyst which burst and I am wondering if that might be why she has struggled to clean herself because of her sore/tender eye area.

I have tried to help her and give it a bit of a soak off and it has rubbed some off but there is quite a bit still left there which isn't shifting and I don't want to make it raw/sore for her.

She has her nails trimmed regularly and her feet are in good condition. My other guinea piggy Bon Bon's feet are fine and there is nothing on them at all so it isnt the hutch cleanliness condition etc either.

I am probably worrying over nothing seen as last week I lost a piggy so I am noticing the smallest of things and making it a big deal.

Just want her to be ok, she has suffered enough going through her operation and I can't bear her to be in any pain.

She is happy enough, still running around, eating and drinking etc. When I was cleaning them she didn't bother at all, infact I don't think she even noticed.

Any help or advice will be greatfully recieved.

Thank you very much. I know my little lady will appreciate any help/advice.
 
Daft question but is it definitely poop ?
Sometimes piggies get 'spurs' which are easily treated.
Can you soak Biscuit's feet for a bit longer in some warm water and try using a cotton bud maybe to get any nasties off ? Perhaps a little foot bath with some piggy shampoo may do the trick if water doesn't :)
A good foot balm from the Gorgeous Guinea range are useful to have to keep their feet in good condition:

http://www.gorgeousguineas.com/ointments.html

Hope this helps and keep us posted x
 
Agree with Tracey above, first off is it definitely poo not a spur?

If it is poo, we have plenty of experience of this with Miss Moo rolleyes she had months of wet poo's which after a day at work would be caked dry on her feet.... Soak them in quite warm water with a bit of gorgeous guineas shampoo, enough soaking should loosen it to chip off. We had a child's soft toothbrush to carefully clean the nail area too, be very gentle with this. But the shampoo should loosen the poo.
 
I have looked into 'spurs' and they don't look like what my little lady has on her foot.
I will give it a go with soaking in the water for longer as I didn't leave her in long at all.

Will also get some of the shampoo ordered and then give that a go as well just incase and then once I have it can use it on her so it doesn't keep happening.

Thank you very much for the reply and I will let you know how my little Biscuit gets on.

Thanks again, I appreciate it.
 
I have used warm diluted hibiscrub and then a healing cream heal x. I buy hibiscrub scrub from amazon or a tack shop and the cream from the vet but you can get online.

My piggies poos were soft so it was drying into their feet. Used the warm diluted hibiscrub scrub on cotton wool, and massaged in the cream.
 
I clean my girls feet weekly at weigh time. I use a cotton bud dipped in warm water with a little Dettol added. Mine seem to get small growths from the creases of their feet. I took Mother to the vet & she just cut this off so that's what I do when it's big enough. It only seems to occur on the front feet but I wash them all. These growths are brown in colour & could get mistaken for poo.
 
Thank you very much for the help. I will start and wash both my girls feet weekly to stop this from occuring again. We have daily cuddles so I probably have noticed sooner.

I am getting her ready to soak now. She is squeaking with excitement ha!x
 
A HUGE HUGE HUGE THANK YOU from both Biscuit and I. She sat happily and soaked her little feet for a while and with the help of a toothbrush the dreaded poop is no more!

She even repayed me for the soak and poo removal by leaving me a wee and poo during cuddle and fresh veg time! I think secretly she wasn't impressed ha!

She is now munching her dried with her sister enjoying the feel of the surroundings on her feet :-) I will without a doubt be giving them a clean over once a week to save this. Just goes to show that with our little ones we can never be to careful.

Thanks again for all of the help. I can always rely on the wonderful members of theguineapigforum to help me out.
 
amd1985 said:
A HUGE HUGE HUGE THANK YOU from both Biscuit and I. She sat happily and soaked her little feet for a while and with the help of a toothbrush the dreaded poop is no more!

She even repayed me for the soak and poo removal by leaving me a wee and poo during cuddle and fresh veg time! I think secretly she wasn't impressed ha!

She is now munching her dried with her sister enjoying the feel of the surroundings on her feet :-) I will without a doubt be giving them a clean over once a week to save this. Just goes to show that with our little ones we can never be to careful.

Thanks again for all of the help. I can always rely on the wonderful members of theguineapigforum to help me out.
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Yay! Glad biscuit is now poo feet free! I couldn't believe how hard it was to remove moo's at first....
 
I am really shocked at how difficult it was to remove! I think she was too as she kept giving me the look as if to say get a wriggle on mum - she also kept moving her paw as though she was high fiving me each time a bit came off ha!

It is always nice for the light relief when we realise it is nothing serious! After what the poor girl has gone through losing her eye and recently the passing of her sister she can do with a relax and a break.

Thanks again - give Moo a cuddle from me, without her having this similar issue before Biscuit might still have the poop feet :)
 
So pleased you got this sorted, I would never have thought poo could be so stuck on!
 
amd1985 said:
I am really shocked at how difficult it was to remove! I think she was too as she kept giving me the look as if to say get a wriggle on mum - she also kept moving her paw as though she was high fiving me each time a bit came off ha!

It is always nice for the light relief when we realise it is nothing serious! After what the poor girl has gone through losing her eye and recently the passing of her sister she can do with a relax and a break.

Thanks again - give Moo a cuddle from me, without her having this similar issue before Biscuit might still have the poop feet :)
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Have gave moo a cuddle for you! Hope Biscuit has recovered after her eye op and is okay after the loss of Marshmellow x
 
Shiny, I didn't think it could either I was surprised - still am in fact.
Aww thanks for giving Moo a cuddle. Biscuit is on the mend after her eye op, it is funny as her sister BonBon was born blimd in one eye but on the same side so they can never stand next to each other face to face and see each other at the same time ha!

They are rescue guineas and I have had them for 2 and a half years, I am finding life hard adjusting to Marshmellow bekng gone and I know they are too. We will all get there though x
 
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