Saturday, August 21, 2010

My rabbit always get bleeding on his foot what should i do?

she is almost 6 months or more she is always playing she even secretly goes to the roof.My rabbit always get bleeding on his foot what should i do?
yeah, take her to a vet. my rabbit died a few weeks ago because he had an infected wound on his foot... Patchy, why leave me?! =(My rabbit always get bleeding on his foot what should i do?
Bring your bunny to the vet as son as possible!


It may be suffering from a foot sore which can lead to contamination of many many diseases.





Hope that it will get well soon! :)
take her to the vet
Then don't 'secretly let her on the roof', there could be glass up their. If you have a wired bottom of the cage then change it. Give her foot a good look, if it is really bad then she might need to see a vet before it gets infected, if it isn't just wash it in warm water and bandage it if the wound is exposedly open.
It sounds like your rabbit has what is referred to as sore hocks. Sore hocks are sores that form on the feet. For most rabbits, sore hocks normally startes due to a fungus. However there are other mulitiple reasons like:





1. Using to thin of wiring for the flooring like masonry mesh. If wire flooring is used it should be 14 gauge galvanized after welded wire.





2. Rusty wire flooring or abrasive flooring - Rusty wire flooring is abrasive to the feet and it can cause sores on the feet. A roof would be abrasive, that is probably part of the cause of your rabbit's sore feet.





3. Leaving two rabbits in together. Two rabbits left together often chase each other around too much often causing sores on the feet and them to lose weight.





4. Too big of a rabbit on a wire floor. If the rabbit's adult weight is over 11 pounds it problably shouldn't be kept on wire because it is too heavy.





5. Messy pen - Solid floor cages can also be a cause. If the pen is not kept properly clean and the floor that the rabbit sits on is moist it will encourage white fungal growth on the rabbit's feet, causing sore hocks.





6. Thin pads on the feet. Some rabbits genetically have thin foot pads. Rex's due to their fur are known to have thin foot pads and tend to get sore hocks easily. Never use a rabbit that has bad hocks to breed with. You don't want to pass that bad trait on to the babies.





You really should take your rabbit to the vet if it has sore hocks and the hocks are bleeding. In the meanwhile you can treat the sore hocks either with somethign like Preparation H, iodine spray or something like Neosporin.





Sore hocks can often become infected and if they do, the sores will need to be lanced and drained. And an antibiotic should be administered by a veterinarian if that is the case.

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