Whammeh
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Hey, a worried owner posting hereeee.
My rabbit has been battling with sorehocks for perhaps just under half a year now. When I first noticed a small patch of hair loss and reddening on her feet I did what every owner does and panics. I searched all the possible forums for reasons why it had happened. When I first had her I bought her this indoor hutch which I thought was fine for her:
http://npi.petplanet.co.uk/shop_dev/assets/new_product_images/ferplast/50201.jpg
When she first showed signs of sore hocks I felt awful. I took out the plastic part of the hutch which you can see in the obove picture as I thought it probably wasnt doing her any good. I took her to the vets and they prescribed her something which I cant quite remember the name of, I had to measure like 5mls of it into her bowl everyday. It seemed to make it a bit better, at this point I had put padded fleece blankets down in the hutch and hay. I also applied Sudocrem about twice a day. After about two weeks it appeared to clear.
After a few weeks it started to come back, I took her to the vets again and this time they gave me a double dosage of the antibiotics (ouch for my purse) But this time even after the whole dosage had been used up, there appeared to be no real improvement, but it didn't get worse either.
At this stage I've changed her flooring, I've litter trained her, I regularly clean her out. She currently has a padded 'pillow' to lay on, this has a pillow case which is changed regularly and a waterproof padding underneath it. Her floor is covered in shavings with a topping of lots of hay and straw.
Today I came down and realised to my horror that the sorehocks had spread on one of her feet, it is now larger than before, there doesn't appear to be any broken skin, just soreness, there's really small patches on her pillow case of dry blood or something else but I've checked her over and don't see anywhere it could have come from. I've put sudocrem back on her feet.
I'm not too confident in the antibitiotics that the vet gave as like I said, despite a double dosage (of over a month) it didn't appear to do anything. Last time I went to the vets they said that there were no infections, that she's the type to be prone to sore hocks so it'll be a re-occuring issue and that the sudocrem couldn't hurt.
I feel awful but I cant currently afford the costs to go to the vets and try another dosage (which I'm not confident in anyway) Is there anything else I can do? I'm in the UK.
My rabbit has been battling with sorehocks for perhaps just under half a year now. When I first noticed a small patch of hair loss and reddening on her feet I did what every owner does and panics. I searched all the possible forums for reasons why it had happened. When I first had her I bought her this indoor hutch which I thought was fine for her:
http://npi.petplanet.co.uk/shop_dev/assets/new_product_images/ferplast/50201.jpg
When she first showed signs of sore hocks I felt awful. I took out the plastic part of the hutch which you can see in the obove picture as I thought it probably wasnt doing her any good. I took her to the vets and they prescribed her something which I cant quite remember the name of, I had to measure like 5mls of it into her bowl everyday. It seemed to make it a bit better, at this point I had put padded fleece blankets down in the hutch and hay. I also applied Sudocrem about twice a day. After about two weeks it appeared to clear.
After a few weeks it started to come back, I took her to the vets again and this time they gave me a double dosage of the antibiotics (ouch for my purse) But this time even after the whole dosage had been used up, there appeared to be no real improvement, but it didn't get worse either.
At this stage I've changed her flooring, I've litter trained her, I regularly clean her out. She currently has a padded 'pillow' to lay on, this has a pillow case which is changed regularly and a waterproof padding underneath it. Her floor is covered in shavings with a topping of lots of hay and straw.
Today I came down and realised to my horror that the sorehocks had spread on one of her feet, it is now larger than before, there doesn't appear to be any broken skin, just soreness, there's really small patches on her pillow case of dry blood or something else but I've checked her over and don't see anywhere it could have come from. I've put sudocrem back on her feet.
I'm not too confident in the antibitiotics that the vet gave as like I said, despite a double dosage (of over a month) it didn't appear to do anything. Last time I went to the vets they said that there were no infections, that she's the type to be prone to sore hocks so it'll be a re-occuring issue and that the sudocrem couldn't hurt.
I feel awful but I cant currently afford the costs to go to the vets and try another dosage (which I'm not confident in anyway) Is there anything else I can do? I'm in the UK.