Unsure if my Guinea pig has bumble foot

[Cryris]

Hello y’all! I want sh my first thread here could be a little more positive but alas, I need some second opinions. My female Guinea pig recently developed yellow hard and scabby bits of skin in between her front paw pads- see image below.

She’s been eating as she usually does, and active as she usually is- not limping, no irregular poops, and is attentive and bright eyed as far as I can tell.

I’m unsure if this is bumble foot, as the references I’ve seen seem to contain mostly very intense cases. But if it is, I want to try and catch it early. If it isn’t- I’d love to know what this might be.

I adopted her in October of this year, and I noticed the scabs in early December. At the time I chalked it up to dry skin and moisturized her paws with coconut oil.

She’s around 4 years old, has a spacious cage with kiln dried pine shavings as bedding, Weekly cage cleanings, a cage mate, access to hay at all times and is given veggies in appropriate amounts. She also gets nail trimmings when I see that her claws are a bit long. (They were clipped the day before in the photo below)

She weighs around 2 pounds, and came from an abusive household, but the shelter didn’t provide much info on any previous Illnesses, as They only had her for a few days before I adopted her and her sister. So far I’ve been using antibiotic ointment (not prescribed) on her to make sure it stays clean and whatnot.

Anyways- I wanted to hear from the masses before I move forward with anything else.

Thank you!

 

[Piggies&buns]

Bumblefoot is red open wounds. A vet would need to prescribe treatment in these cases. We do not recommend any home treatments.
I cannot see red open sores on this picture.

Yellow hard bits of skin is usually just foot spurs. Just extra skin. Completely harmless. Nothing needs to be done unless they star catching, antibiotic ointment certainly does not need to be applied.
If the skin does start catching then you would need a vet to safely remove any necessary areas. Please don’t ever attempt to remove anything yourself as they bleed a lot.

However, we are not vets and don’t have hands on access so you need to see a vet for any concern.

 

[Swissgreys]

I would stop using all treatments on her feet and see what happens.
The problem with home treatments without a proper diagnosis is that they can actually mask the real problem, and then make diagnosis much more difficult.

If she is walking around fine and not loosing weight (often the first sign of pain) then chances are it's just hard skin, which some piggies do seem prone to.
It sounds like you are doing everything right, and the girls have really been lucky to end us in such a wonderful home.
So I would stop the creams etc and keep a close eye on her to see what happens.
If you have any concerns at all then a vet visit is the best course of action.

 

[Cryris]

I would stop using all treatments on her feet and see what happens.
The problem with home treatments without a proper diagnosis is that they can actually mask the real problem, and then make diagnosis much more difficult.

If she is walking around fine and not loosing weight (often the first sign of pain) then chances are it's just hard skin, which some piggies do seem prone to.
It sounds like you are doing everything right, and the girls have really been lucky to end us in such a wonderful home.
So I would stop the creams etc and keep a close eye on her to see what happens.
If you have any concerns at all then a vet visit is the best course of action.

Will do! Thank you all so much! This has really eased my worries haha, I’ll stop the creams immediately- and Keep an eye on her just to make sure it doesn’t get worse with or anything! Thanks so much again!