URGENT : Scabies or Sore Hocks?

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Gosh ! Thanks for clarifying. Btw, have u heard of Clenderm Cleansing Lotion? I read that it can help the hocks area to grow fur back when it's healed. Can u advise me where to find it? I try searching the web but no results. Pls advise. Thks
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Do u mean my rabbit's condition is a "gone case" when u say that "his condition will never cured..."  Are you referring that the legs will ultimately be ampulated?
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"Hi thanks for your reply.
My rabbit is a short hair breed. He does not live in a cage but lives
in door with us and occuy a small room, confined in a play pen. During
the day when I am out at work, he will be left in the room with his
litter pan, (which is initally the cage) and some toys, cushion, hiding
houses etc. The flooring that he is living would be our house ceramic
tiles, which is hard and smooth.

During the evening when I am back, I will open the play pen and let him
out to roam about. Most of the time, he will come out and choose a spot
outside the plan pan and laze around there, busy grooming or just
relaxing with his hind legs stretch. He is not an active rabbit. With that,
will he still get sore hocks?

Is there a reason why it may not be scabies? I read that scabies also
create bare hairless spot with white skin covering the spot. I just need
to figure out the difference.

Also, how to treat sore hocks without oral/injectable antibiotics?  
Does baby nappy rash works well for sore hocks that are not opened wound?

My friend told me to just clean the spot regularly and wait for the
scarp to dry and drop off on its own. Is this accurate?
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Hi I have a 3 year old male rabbit who weighs about 2.6kg. Recently I noticed a open sore on the middle of his right leg with pus. It was drained by my vet and given topical antibiotics as I do not wish to give my rabbit anything oral due to his past experience of excessive diahrrea after treatment with oral antibiotics.

1 mth later, I found 2 "sore" on the heels of both his legs. I thought it should be sore hocks again. Even though my rabbit is big, his nails were neatly trimmed, his beddings are diligently changed twice a day and he has been given cushion house to play and rest. He is not a caged rabbit but the flooring that we have are hard ceramic tiles.

I think sore hocks should be something that is open wound, inflammed. But these 2 sore that I spotted recently has got a layer of hard white skin over the bare area. I am confused. Is this sore hocks or scabies? I read that sore hocks do affect heels of rabbit and they do develop into hard callus. However, scabies also have the same symptoms right? They also appear bare (with a circle) and inflammed with a white skin over it.  Please adivse me which is which now. Urgent please.
thanks

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White calluses are usually caused by sore hocks that have heeled a bit. Sore hocks that are too that point will never fully heel the the point of growing fur back, as there has been too much tissue damage. The bullseye pattern is pretty typical of sore hocks, too.

With your saying how often his cage is cleaned, I would suspect mites even less. It is certainly possible, but sore hocks are more likely.

Your rabbit is medium-sized, so if it has a slight structural deformity of the legs (very common in rabbits), it could still be possible to get sore hocks in the cage type you have. If you can, turn your rabbit over on it's back. Look at the legs. Do the back of the hocks (the ankle joint) line up in a straight line with the toes, or do they turn inward (most common) or outward? If they turn either way, especially inward, it puts a lot more stress on the hocks.

Is he overweight at all? Having extra weight can help cause sore hocks. Now, that is not necessarily found out in actual weight, but in body fat. If you run your open palm lightly over his back, you should not feel the spine. However, if you press in slightly, you should start to feel it. If you can feel it the first time, he is too thin. If you cannot feel it the second time, he is overweight.

You did not mention whether or not your rabbit is shorthair or longhair, so I do not know whether or not this applies. Longhaired rabbits are more prone to sore hocks if the bottom of their feet are not regularly combed. Small mats can form on the botton of the feet, causing areas of pressure where sore hocks can easily form. This occassionally can happen on short-haired rabbits, if something gets stuck to a bit of the fur on the foot, but it is rarer.

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Well, the only 100% positive way to be sure is to take your rabbit into a vet to have a sample placed under the microscope.

However, mites (which are the cause of scabies), in general, are much less common in rabbits than sore hocks. Mites affecting the feet are even more rare (though not impossible). It is far, far more common for dogs to get scabies on the hocks (and even that is less common than infestations elsewhere on the body). Does your rabbit scratch more than it used to or bite at its feet? If it does, then mites are a higher possibility.

Sore hocks that do not have an open wound need to be managed more than anything else. They will never be cured if it has gotten to the point you describe because too much tissue damage has already been done. Bag Balm will work well to help keep the area softened so it does not crack open.

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Oh! Definitely not. It just means it will never fully heal back to normal. The fur will not grow back in, and you will need to watch it carefully to make sure it does not break open again.

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I have never heard of it, no. Sorry. However, the report I read about the fur not growing back after a certain stage of sore hocks was written by a very knowledgable rabbit veterinarian. I don't know if this product is something new that may help, though. It is possible.