Help claw in my gp back!?

[User_5052]

Hello I’ve never posted on here so sorry if I’ve done it wrong but I need your advice

my guineapig has something in its back it may be a claw from a rabbit but it could be something completely different.(pictures below) it doesn’t feel like a claw but I don’t know

(I’m sorry if I have messed it up) I really didn’t want to mess with it but at first it looked really concerning it was protruding out of him and it was healing around this thing and I thought I really don’t want him to have something wrong with him knowing I have could of got rid of it and it wasn’t harming him (he makes more of a fuss when I’m brushing him) although honestly their was a few leg movements but he was more distracted by the veggies I gave him. so tried to remove it because he was trying to get to it and bite it I think that’s why it has a certain ‘bald spot’

I’ve only noticed this today and not sure how long it’s been in their it is also quiet hard to find in with his fur due to it being at the edge of his back where the really long hair grows.

I stoped trying to get it out because it was to hard and it looked a bit saw and didn’t want to put any harm on him

I’ve added a quick drawing which probably won’t help and probably really weird and can’t understand it but it’s the only way I can show you what it’s like and why I can’t get it out

Ps I used gloves and stuff so it wouldn’t get infected

it’s like the size of a piece of corn

 

[Wiebke]

Hello I’ve never posted on here so sorry if I’ve done it wrong but I need your advice

my guineapig has something in its back it may be a claw from a rabbit but it could be something completely different.(pictures below) it doesn’t feel like a claw but I don’t know

(I’m sorry if I have messed it up) I really didn’t want to mess with it but at first it looked really concerning it was protruding out of him and it was healing around this thing and I thought I really don’t want him to have something wrong with him knowing I have could of got rid of it and it wasn’t harming him (he makes more of a fuss when I’m brushing him) although honestly their was a few leg movements but he was more distracted by the veggies I gave him. so tried to remove it because he was trying to get to it and bite it I think that’s why it has a certain ‘bald spot’

I’ve only noticed this today and not sure how long it’s been in their it is also quiet hard to find in with his fur due to it being at the edge of his back where the really long hair grows.

I stoped trying to get it out because it was to hard and it looked a bit saw and didn’t want to put any harm on him

I’ve added a quick drawing which probably won’t help and probably really weird and can’t understand it but it’s the only way I can show you what it’s like and why I can’t get it out

Ps I used gloves and stuff so it wouldn’t get infected

it’s like the size of a piece of corn

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Hi and welcome!

Please have this seen by a vet as soon as possible, ideally latest by tomorrow morning by an out of hours service (google for one in your area if necessary). This looks really nasty and must be ever so painful.


PS: Guinea pigs should not be kept with rabbits as per very clear RSPCA welfare information on this issue. Apart from different nutritional requirements, injuries and bullying, rabbits can pass on some illnesses that are not symptomatic in rabbits but fatal for guinea pigs. Please consider keeping them separated and with companions of their own species.
Guinea Pigs And Rabbits - Why Not

 

[GPTV]

Welcome to the forum

Not really sure what it is, but yes it does look sore, it looks like it could be an injury that has started to scab over & the scab is raising from the edges - possibly where you may have tried to remove it?
Does he live on his own - just wondering if he has had a bit of a tiff with a pad mate & got bitten?
if he's a lone pig - he'd probably like a piggy friend when his back has healed up, but it could be fungal, mites or even a sharp edge on a toy or his cage thats caused an injury?

i would take him to a cavy savvy vet & see if they can diagnose what it is. If you don't have a good vet near you that you know of, there's the recommended vet locator on the bar at the top of the screen or use this link Vet Locator

I think you've probably done the right thing by leaving it alone as interfering with it could make it worse & harder to diagnose the actual problem. also if you treat it as a fungal issue (treat-as in your behaviour -washing hands,limited contact) then if that's what it is, you have taken good precautions to lessen the spread of it to yourself & other hoomans/animals that share your home, fungal issues such as ringworm spread rapidly & are contagious,
it does however look more like an injury/wound from the pigtures.

the vet may prescribe antibiotics to stop it getting infected if it's just a wound (Baytril normally) & a painkiller (Loxicom normally) to help him heal.

Can we see your boy as a full pigture .... no reason for it other than to swoon at a new piggy on the forum ... we all love a piggy pic on here

let us know how you get on & fingers crossed for a speedy recovery xx

 

[Freela]

To me it looks like a wound that is starting to scab/granulate... I would definitely let it be until you see the vet. She may well have been bitten by the rabbit... they're much bigger and stronger and more aggressive than guinea pigs, which is why rabbit/guinea pig pairs can lead to the guinea pig getting hurt. I hope it heals up well for you... the vet may give you antibiotics, either oral or topical, to help it heal, and you'll have to watch to make sure an abscess doesn't form there.