Princess_Piggie
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During a routine nail clipping I noticed something odd on Daisy's foot. My first thought was a spur, but after reading GL
It isn't hot, and touching evokes no reaction at all. It appears to be an extra flap of skin on the base of the foot pad, with the very top part not attached, and the bottom section attached. The bottom section is a normal colour, the top is a slightly paler pink. The bottom feels the same as each of her pads front and back, the top feels like dead skin. No swelling either.*
They're on fleece bedding with recycled paper pellets in their kitchen, although I know bedding doesn't usually play a part in feet issues unless it's bumblefoot, which after looking at pictures of various stages I don't feel this is.
The extra "flap" was discovered a week ago before I went on holiday, my mum was with them 24/7 and under strict instructions to head to a vet if there were any changes, and there haven't been.
I'm inclined to feel that it's probably just some benign dead skin, and am tempted to do an epsom salt soak to be on the safe side, all the while a careful watch will be kept on the foot and if I feel any heat, swelling etc, it'll be straight to the vet. Just wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on this/had dealt with something similar, and get some advice on the epsom salt soaks (how much salt in how much water etc)
*I would provide a picture but each photo I take (with a camera, webcam, or phone) just doesn't show it because it's so blended in and similar to the rest of the foot.
(https://www.guinealynx.info/feet.html), I know it can't be that as it's on her back foot. It isn't protruding from the foot like the picture on GL either.
It isn't hot, and touching evokes no reaction at all. It appears to be an extra flap of skin on the base of the foot pad, with the very top part not attached, and the bottom section attached. The bottom section is a normal colour, the top is a slightly paler pink. The bottom feels the same as each of her pads front and back, the top feels like dead skin. No swelling either.*
They're on fleece bedding with recycled paper pellets in their kitchen, although I know bedding doesn't usually play a part in feet issues unless it's bumblefoot, which after looking at pictures of various stages I don't feel this is.
The extra "flap" was discovered a week ago before I went on holiday, my mum was with them 24/7 and under strict instructions to head to a vet if there were any changes, and there haven't been.
I'm inclined to feel that it's probably just some benign dead skin, and am tempted to do an epsom salt soak to be on the safe side, all the while a careful watch will be kept on the foot and if I feel any heat, swelling etc, it'll be straight to the vet. Just wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on this/had dealt with something similar, and get some advice on the epsom salt soaks (how much salt in how much water etc)
*I would provide a picture but each photo I take (with a camera, webcam, or phone) just doesn't show it because it's so blended in and similar to the rest of the foot.
