Hi guys, my 11 year old mini Rex, Venom, has had sore hocks since I first got her at 5 years old, regardless of having puzzle mats as flooring her whole life and getting plenty daily exercise. I have inquired about them with a few different vets and have been told they are mostly genetic and as long as they aren’t open/infected, there is not much I can do.
Recently, I have noticed the sore hocks are getting worse and the other day she seemed a lil hesitant to stand up on her hind legs when I gave her a treat. Now, this could be due to arthritis and I plan to take her to the vet to initiate some pain treatment for that if that is what is causing this, but I wanted to start by trying to do something about the sore hocks to rule that out. I saw someone post this product on here recently so I decided to get it. It is literally marked towards mini rexes but was still too loose for her and kept coming off.
Any other suggestions? I am hesitant to just do what google says as I don’t want to make it worse or cause an infection idk and the vet is not really any help, so does anyone else with first hand experience with this have any alternative solutions?
I did find this article on rabbits.org which says to wrap it in VetWrap with a little bunch of rabbit fur as the padding. Has anyone ever done this? Did it help? My question is also if I have to use the special vet wrap or if I can just use gauze? Also how often should I rewrap it? https://rabbit.org/health/treating-sore-hocks/
by No-Light9581