Polydactyl guinea.

[LokiCat]

So I have a guinea pig named Odin he is polydactyl on all his feet and is very difficult to trim but with him being polydactyl I need to trim him more frequently due to how some of his toes grow. Some grow near or into his pawpad naturally. He has at least 20 toes I think. So I’ve been thinking would considering removing some of his toes be worth it? Not all of them but just the ones going near his pawpad since he’s difficult to trim. The pictures are from a while ago but his toes haven’t changed. The only picture that’s recent is the one with the pink fleece also he is SLEEPING in that one pic. He dosent seem to be limping or anything because of his toes.

 

[Bill & Ted]

I would be very weary of removing some of his toes just on the sheer likelihood of infection getting into the foot. That’s my thoughts but I’ll leave that to an expert
What an amazing little piggie though, my grandma had webbed feet

 

[Freela]

What a cool, unique feature, though I completely get why it would make nail trims very hard! I think the best thing you could do to find out your options is to have x-rays and talk to a vet about exactly how invasive the operations would be. You'd have to weight the nuisance/stress factor of trimming extra nails growing in odd directions versus risk/pain/feasibility of surgical removal, that's a tough call, but at least a vet would be able to look at the physical structure of his feet and tell you how possible and safe your options are.

 

[LokiCat]

What a cool, unique feature, though I completely get why it would make nail trims very hard! I think the best thing you could do to find out your options is to have x-rays and talk to a vet about exactly how invasive the operations would be. You'd have to weight the nuisance/stress factor of trimming extra nails growing in odd directions versus risk/pain/feasibility of surgical removal, that's a tough call, but at least a vet would be able to look at the physical structure of his feet and tell you how possible and safe your options are.

Yeah it’s a cool feature the toes all fully grown so that makes it more difficult to do that I imagine I’ll see what we can do. I dont need the back feet don’t only the front paws so that makes it more difficult I would imagine and there really tiny too

 

[LokiCat]

Took some better toe pics today

 

[Merab]

How unusual.
My Micah had an extra toe on just one paw.
In your place I would totally wimp out of trimming the nails and take him to the vet nurse.
He’s a very special and handsome boy

 

[LokiCat]

How unusual.
My Micah had an extra toe on just one paw.
In your place I would totally wimp out of trimming the nails and take him to the vet nurse.
He’s a very special and handsome boy

Yeah did a count he has 23 toes in total-

 

[Merab]

Yeah did a count he has 23 toes in total-

Wow

 

[Freela]

Twenty three toes is a whole of nail trims! All the toes look pretty normal too!

 

[Julie M]

Wow. I've never seen a piggie with so many toes. That's pretty incredible, he's very unique. Usually the polydactyly piggies I've seen the toes aren't fully formed like that they're usually loose/dangling so that makes them easy for a vet to remove.