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My guinea pig hurt her foot

Oreo and ginger

Oreo and ginger

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Hi all , 12 pm my boy Guinea Pigs has hurt his foot , I went down to check on him cause I hear odd noise from him and when I got him out the cage saw he had sore foot it was not bleeding but look bit red , he still walking on it and put his weight on it , it was one his back legs , I clean the feet with warm water . Not sure what else I could do , he see fine but I’m not 100% sure he is .
I’m not sure how to add photo on a post
First time being on here.
 
Oreo and ginger said:
Hi all , 12 pm my boy Guinea Pigs has hurt his foot , I went down to check on him cause I hear odd noise from him and when I got him out the cage saw he had sore foot it was not bleeding but look bit red , he still walking on it and put his weight on it , it was one his back legs , I clean the feet with warm water . Not sure what else I could do , he see fine but I’m not 100% sure he is .
I’m not sure how to add photo on a post
First time being on here.
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Not sure how to add photo so I put photo of his feet as my profile picture
 
It doesn’t look too bad to me but I’m no expert! Someone with more experience should be here soon to give you a better opinion
 
lauryn1289 said:
It doesn’t look too bad to me but I’m no expert! Someone with more experience should be here soon to give you a better opinion
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Thank you , I think it might be sprained , I will call the vet in morning to see if the can fit him in today to look at it , he still eating and running round his cage, he just started to not put on floor properly but 🤞🏻it not broken
 
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If he is not putting weight on it, then he needs to see a vet
 
Oreo and ginger said:
Okay thanks , we’ll only Just happens tonight so he the same weight
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Sorry you misunderstand - not putting weight on his foot means not wanting to walk because it hurts him to do so.
(It’s not referring to his weight as in how much he has eaten).

The picture looks like he has a little cut on his toe.
 
Oreo and ginger said:
Here his feet
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Piggies&buns said:
Sorry you misunderstand - not putting weight on his foot means not wanting to walk because it hurts him to do so.
(It’s not referring to his weight as in how much he has eaten).

The picture looks like he has a little cut on his toe.
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Oh sorry, not sleep much cause was worried, I think he still been put weight on the feet, I thought was cut but it didn’t bleed not sure
 
Hi and welcome

Please disinfect the cut. You can always make saline solution at home in a pinch by boiling 250 ml of water, cooling it and stirring in 1 teaspoon of water.
First Aid Kit: Easily available non-medication support products for an emergency

You will only need to see a vet if the area becomes infected (redness, heat when touching and swelling) but your piggy should be hopefully OK again today. It looks like a rather minor cut/abrasion. ;)

Here is our emergency/crisis care link, which you may want to bookmark, so you have it available at any time. We have bundled all the necessary information and practical advice in there, including how to improvise at first in a pinch. We have created the one stop emergency/crisis care pack especially for members from very different time zones and our own UK based down time. Emergencies have a bad habit of happening at the worst possible moment and are never convienent: Emergency and Crisis Care as well as Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
 
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