It comes and goes, mostly comes. Sometimes it's a bit scaly. When I got her at 3 weeks she had this. She doesn't seem bothered by it but mom is wondering if there's something I can apply topically.
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My Friar Tuck had a small foot spur on each front foot once. I think they were a little smaller than hers, and they weren't sore/inflamed/touchy or bothering him at all when he walked. I was a little nervous to trim them so just decided to keep an eye on them. Lo and behold, after a week he trimmed one off himself! And then he did the second a week after that I had been checking them everyday, and they were neatly trimmed a tiny distance from his skin both times.
He hadn't had any before then and hasn't since. If I needed to trim them I would've, but it was such a relief he managed it himself! I don't if that was lucky or common among piggies. I have read 1 in 3 piggies will get foot spurs at some time in their lives
Upside down bottle caps make good piggy foot baths, and you may be able to bribe her to sit still if you feed her yummy treats.
Here's some info on how to trim the spurs: https://www.guinealynx.info/feet.html#spurs
That's what it is! I saw on guinea lynx a pic that sounded like this! I took her today for a check at her vets. She trimmed it but said probably not keeping her pen cleaned enough. I'm doing the same thing with her that I did with Mooshy for 5 years. I'm on top of spot cleaning and checking the fleece flippers for signs she peed there. I would never have known because she's behaving normally and everything about her is fine. I only saw it because I sit inches from her pen, eye level. When she stands to eat from her haystack, I see the paws.
I hope it doesn't get infected and eventually go away. I know she wasn't born with it as the vet thoroughly examined her as a new patient.
Thanks for sharing.