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Foot skin issue

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3littlepiggies123

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Hi. I was hoping for some advice. I noticed some dry/cracked skin on my guinea pigs back foot this morning. It can’t have been there long as I cut her nails two weeks ago and checked her over last weekend and didn’t notice it. I’m worried it could be bumble foot but I have never had that in the herd before. I change the bath mats and wee pads every 12 to 24 hours and keep everything clean so I wouldn’t have expected her to have it. I adopted her in September and she is quite a big piggie at 1.280kg and quite lazy, she will sit in the same spot for a long time and does wee and poo a lot compared to my other girls who are much more petite and move around a lot. Any advice or ideas would be much appreciated. Thank you
 

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Bumblefoot is open wounds on the foot. It does not look like it’s at that level but it would be worth just getting checked by a vet to ensure those cracks aren’t going to become an issue.

The thing with feet is that there is a balance - you don’t want dry cracked skin as that is how bacteria can get in and cause bumble foot but you do need the skin to be a bit tough. If you cream feet then the skin can become soft and that is also a bumblefoot risk
 
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