Foot Spurs?

[dcgriffin22]

Hi All,

I am new to this forum, so my apologies if this has been discussed at length before.

One of my guineas (2.5 years) has some hard growths on one of her feet. They don't seem to be disturbing her at all and she is otherwise behaving as normal, eating, drinking, playing etc. I have done some research and seems like it is foot spurs. She won't sit still long enough for me to take a pic.

Can anyone shed some light. If it is spurs, what do I do?

Thanks in advance.

Dee

 

[Wiebke]

Hi All,

I am new to this forum, so my apologies if this has been discussed at length before.

One of my guineas (2.5 years) has some hard growths on one of her feet. They don't seem to be disturbing her at all and she is otherwise behaving as normal, eating, drinking, playing etc. I have done some research and seems like it is foot spurs. She won't sit still long enough for me to take a pic.

Can anyone shed some light. If it is spurs, what do I do?

Thanks in advance.

Dee

Hi and welcome

Just leave any spurs be unless they grow out sideways and pose risk of catching and ripping into still live skin. Cutting too close to live skin is very painful and can cripple a piggy. Most spurs can thankfully just be left.

Spurs always grow on the side of the cushion pads on the underside of the paws whereas infections (bumblefoot) do happen in the middle of the pressure pads when bugs getting into small cracks in the skin.

Here is a link with a picture of spurs (which will be skin colour and can take different shapes): Guinea Lynx :: Guinea Pig Feet and Foot Problems
Guinea Lynx :: Pododermatitis (with reference picture for comparison as we cannot do it for you)

 

[weepweeps]

Hello and welcome to the forum

I took my Pepper to the vets last week about something else. But I did mention his feet were dry and had extra skin on them. I’ve attached a photo. The vet said to leave them. It’s just normal overgrown of skin. Hope that helps.
If you zoom in you can see it between his toes too.

 

[Claire W]

My Edward has foot spurs and so did my late Ellen. My vet just gently trims them (when they are getting too long) when he goes to have his nails cut otherwise we leave them alone