What do I do if my guinea pig has a swelled toenail? Is this rare?
Pets Asked by user13706 on December 25, 2020
Heidi’s toenail (Zoom in if you need to)I woke up to trim my guinea pigs’, Heidi(female), toenails, and noticed that her skin was getting really big and swelled up around it. I tried trimming it, and it really hurt her. I don’t know if I should trim it, or go see a vet. If this is a bad thing, I will most definititly see a vet without risk of hurting my piggie, but I need to know if I could just buy medicine, or trim it and give Heidi some sort of attention or care.
P.S. For all of you guiinea pig lovers out their(I am one myselfC:)Don’t worry if you think Heidi is lonely! She has a sister, Hazel, and they live together in a spacioius and happy cage. No need to worry!
2 Answers
You should go to the vet, that looks like swelling from an infection.
Answered by James Jenkins on December 25, 2020
Same thing happened to my guinea pig once. He bumped his foot on the wooden bridge and got a swollen toe. The vet gave him antibiotics and after some time the swollen disappeared. Later we changed the bridge to a lower one and it never happened again.
Answered by Y L on December 25, 2020
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