Balloon Toe

[bbddf]

Hello,

Could anyone please help me with this?

I am really stumped..

I have done two doses of anti inflammatory that I had left over in the past two days but it's just getting bigger.

 

[Siikibam]

Was it the vet who advised you to give your piggy the anti inflammatory? If not I would stop it and take piggy to a vet for a check. I don’t know what it could be so best to get him/her to a vet.

 

[bbddf]

No, I did it on my own accord thinking it could help the swelling.

 

[Siikibam]

It’s best not to medicate your piggy unless told by a vet. Do let us know how you get on. Hopefully it’s just something minor.

 

[bbddf]

It’s best not to medicate your piggy unless told by a vet. Do let us know how you get on. Hopefully it’s just something minor.

Do the nails look long?

 

[Siikibam]

They could do with a trim. Is (s)he weight bearing? You’re really better off getting piggy seen by the vet, especially as it’s getting bigger.

 

[bbddf]

They could do with a trim. Is (s)he weight bearing? You’re really better off getting piggy seen by the vet, especially as it’s getting bigger.

Would you say that they are overgrown, in a bad state? Yeah he's fine other than the toe. I'm booked in for this afternoon.

 

[Siikibam]

I wouldn’t say they’re in a bad way. At least not from what I see in the photo. Do you trim them? Who’s said they’re in a bad state?

 

[bbddf]

I trim them a lot! At least every month. No one has, I'm just paranoid. There's not really a golden rule or length in cm for guinea pig nails which is confusing to me. It'd be nice to have a number to aim for..

 

[Wiebke]

I trim them a lot! At least every month. No one has, I'm just paranoid. There's not really a golden rule or length in cm for guinea pig nails which is confusing to me. It'd be nice to have a number to aim for..

Hi!

Please don't treat on spec. If the toe looks different in size and shape to its opposite neighbour, then please see a vet. Be aware that toes can look swollen depending on the angle so it is worth checking whether the same toe on the other side looks the same from the same angle. It doesn't look particularly swollen to me.

You can't measure nails in absolute lengths as the length of the blood carrying quick varies quite a lot. Please look out of the quick against a source of light and always cut 1-2 mm beyond the end of the quick to be on the safe side and prevent any bleeding from cutting the quick. You are also safely beyond the quick in opaque nails where you can spot tiny growth ridges and irrgularities in the nail.

In my own experience, the reddish/brown nails can nearly as difficult to judge as black nails. But you have to work from the quick on inside outward and cannot just measure them out.