My guinea pig has bright red feet

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Brackenwolf

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I rescued a male 10 month old guinea pig about 2 months ago and I have resently noticed that he has bright red feet with sores that come and go. He has been kept in a sterile environment (as sterile as I can make it) and he has had his feet washed, cream put on them, soaked in iodine and just about everything else. The vet keeps saying it will clear up on its own but it isn’t and the vet is being rather unhelpful. I am not sure what to do now. Any ideas?
 
@Brackenwolf The best thing to do is regularly spot clean the areas of the cage where piggy pees so there's no chance of urine scald.

Alot of pigs with pink skin get small areas of redness and its nothing to worry about unless it starts to blister and become infected.

My vet is very guinea pig knowledgeable and they recommend that no lotions are applied or soaks done as it softens the skin ansld opens it up to dirt and infection getting in.

Antibiotics and soaking is only to be done when a pig has an infection or bumblefoot.
 
Ok thank you jaycey. At he moment I clean his cage a couple of times a day to make sure that t is always really clean so that his feet don’t get infected. I will try leaving it and see what happens but I think it might cause him some discomfort as when I touch it he doesn’t like it ( usually I can do anything to him as he I really laid back)
 
@Brackenwolf What type of bedding do you use? I use fleece but I put bits of Vetbed in the areas that they lie on regularly.
 
Jaycey said:
@Brackenwolf The best thing to do is regularly spot clean the areas of the cage where piggy pees so there's no chance of urine scald.

Alot of pigs with pink skin get small areas of redness and its nothing to worry about unless it starts to blister and become infected.

My vet is very guinea pig knowledgeable and they recommend that no lotions are applied or soaks done as it softens the skin ansld opens it up to dirt and infection getting in.

Antibiotics and soaking is only to be done when a pig has an infection or bumblefoot.
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I had a pig like this once.i managed to make socks out of a special bandage from pets at home .it comes in bright colours
 
Jaycey said:
@Brackenwolf What type of bedding do you use? I use fleece but I put bits of Vetbed in the areas that they lie on regularly.
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I use fleece then still use meadow hay in the house area. Then change that daily .the hay stops them sitting in the any damp if there is any.
 
Are there any other signs of illness such as an inclination to stay in the same spot? Or my leaking urine? (Usually noticeable from having a wet bottom often). With things like this it's about trying to find why the sores are occuring and sometimes there can be health problems that stops piggy moving out of the wet areas
 
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