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== Prevention, Treatment and Control== | == Prevention, Treatment and Control== | ||
To prevent sore hocks, | To prevent sore hocks, Put your rabbit on a properly gauged wire floor. Proper Gage wire will measure 1" by 1/2 inch grid spacing using a 12-16 gage Galvanized After Weld smooth wire mesh. these floors are ideal for the majority of rabbit becuse they allow a soft surface , cushioned floor, and allowanced for urine and feces to drop out of the cage preventing urine scale or soil surfaces keeping the rabbit cleaner and preventing sore hock lesions. | ||
Here is a quote from Welfare and the intensive production of rabbits by J.-P. MORISSE and R. MAURICE * | Here is a quote from Welfare and the intensive production of rabbits by J.-P. MORISSE and R. MAURICE * | ||
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Treatment: | Treatment: when Sore are initially found you need to access the cause, if you have your rabbit on carpet or in a solid bottom cage sore are more likely from either genetics or urine scald. the primary causes are: | ||
*Genetics: a rabbit has thin, narrow and poorly furred feet. If your rabbits on proper wire flooring with resting matts and keeps getting sore hocks, do not breed it it has poor genetics and that rabbit should be culled. There is no treatment for genetic sorehocks and rabbits with this condition will continue to develop sores on all surfaces. | |||
* | *Improper Flooring: your rabbit is on a solid bottomed cage or carpet and flannel , or is being house on improper wire such as hardware cloth. Carpet and Flannel rugs are actually a HARD flooring surface becuse they are on a solid floor with no give, these surfaces also cause rugburn by wearing the fur off the rabbits feet. improper wire works the same way hardware cloth a thin small grid wire will also rub the fur off a rabbits feet and is not recommended as a floor wire for rabbit cages. | ||
* | *Fungal Infections : Rabbits in wet Environment may develop Fingal infections,. This can lead to gair loss on the foot pad. But is easily treated with antifungal creams, athlete foot cream or soray, or monistat. | ||
for the first 3 days apply Preparation H to the feet and wrap with gauze and vet wrap. for the next 3 days place the rabbit in a wire bottomed cage with correct gage wire and plastic rest mats covering the whole bottom of the cage. make sure that you are keeping the feet clean and dray. after removing the wraps continue to apply Preparation H daily for the next week. Then keep your rabbits area as clean as possibly while the furs grows back over the next few weeks. | |||
*Urine scale: Rabbits kept with litter boxes or in unsanitary conditions where they can sit in their own filth will develop sore hocks . the dampness from the urine and feces will quickly ware the fur off rabbit's feet and cause lesions. | |||
Give your rabbit a foot bath in lightly medicated WARM water using hospital wound wash. DRY your rabbit Thoroughly, then apply Preparation H to the feet and wrap with gauze and vet wrap rewrap in fresh dressing daily for the next 3 days . for the next 3 days place the rabbit in a wire bottomed cage with correct gage wire and plastic rest mats covering the whole bottom of the cage. make sure that you are keeping the feet clean and dray. after removing the wraps continue to apply Preparation H daily for the next week. Then keep your rabbits area as clean as possibly while the furs grows back over the next few weeks. | |||
Give your rabbit a foot bath in lightly medicated WARM water using hospital wound wash. DRY your rabbit Thoroughly, then apply | |||
==References== | ==References== |