If you have a rabbit at home or are thinking of adopting one, you will be interested in this article of Animal Expert.As responsible owner of these long-eared hair dogs, you must be fully informed about your needs, problems, diseases, among others.Next, let’s talk about one of the most common diseases in rabbits, especially those who spend a lot of time in their cages and in conditions that are not suitable.
If you have ever seen that your rabbit’s legs are peeling and have sores, be careful what can happen, what you can do to treat it and how to prevent it, we will explain all about the calluses on the rabbit’s legs, its treatment and its prevention.
- Calluses on rabbit legs are ulcers that occur on the plants of their four legs.
- But especially on the hind legs.
- It is a bacterial infection called pododermatitis that occurs in the calluses that open and bleed.
- The specimens that suffer the most this infection are adults of heavy breeds and of the rex breed.
- Since they usually have very little hair on the soles of the legs.
- This disease is almost impossible to stop in advanced cases.
Rabbits with this infection suffer many ulcers because they are open wounds that bleed and never close, in addition, they lose weight gradually but regularly and weaken so much that they even lose fertility by a physiological disorder since the body cannot cover all efforts to maintain all vital functions.The bacteria that cause it are highly contagious in rabbits, so if we have more than one it will be essential to separate them and maintain safe hygiene.
The main cause of this disease is the inadequate care of these animals, due to the trauma caused by the lack of floor of the cage, the injuries in the legs of the rabbits eventually result in injuries that are contaminated with bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, resulting in pododermatitis. they even reach the bone and cause osteomyelitis and sepsis, which is very painful for rabbits that suffer from it and therefore they become weaker and stop moving. It occurs in animals that spend too much time in their cages.
Here are a few things to keep in mind to avoid the sickness of corns on the legs of our rabbits:
To effectively treat this disease and save our partner, it is necessary to detect the problem in its early stages and not when it is already too advanced. In addition, these steps should be followed to treat foot calluses:
This article is for informational purposes only, in Animal Expert.com.br we cannot prescribe veterinary treatments or make any type of diagnosis, we suggest that you take your pet to the veterinarian in case of any condition or discomfort.
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