Lumps Between Toes...on Dogs..

[Janimal]

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Kobi has a lump between his toe...it looks like a small abcess and has burst..

I have bathed it with salt water...but he keeps limping on it. This appeared about two days ago...

Has anyone else experienced problems like this ?? any advice please?

I will mention it to the vet of course if it dosnt heal up.

 

[doggy182]

Sometimes they get grass seeds stuck between their toes, could have got infected and caused an abcess and may still be painful if it was still stuck.

Just an idea.

Don't really know much about toes though!

 

[meddling]

interdigital cysts are quite common in some breeds, usually caused by grass seeds or other foreign bodies.

Hope it clears up quickly :huggles:

 

[jinnyfizz]

I was going to say the same as Clair has

It will be sore as is effectively an open wound and in a place where there is no covering of fat to protect in addition to the toes taking the brunt of the wear and tear of keeping Kobi upright (w00t)

Hope he recovers soon, Janis :huggles: - just keep bathing with salt water and maybe some blue spray or similar to keep it clean whilst he is out and about :thumbsup:

 

[Janimal]

Thanks for the replies..

Im spraying it with cut and heal at night and trying my best to keep it clean.

He makes you laugh though, because if you ask him how his poorly paw is? he lifts it up to show you. :lol: he has always milked everything well..

 

[Strike Whippets]

Bless him .....It sounds like a grass seed or black thorn to me ... :luck:

 

[Hilary & Hounds]

Hope he's on the mend soon. :huggles: :huggles:

 

[littlenell]

Aw hope Kobi gets better soon :huggles: :huggles:

 

[Lisa S]

Hi, does it look like this? I took him to the vet and they said it is an interdigital cyst and gave us some antibotics which cleared it up. He did get them every now and again and I think it is something to do with wheat in his diet (may be wrong) but since I have not given him anything with wheat in they have not come back again - fingers crossed. The vet was a bit useless really and did not have any suggestions as to what may trigger them but just gave us some shampoo to clean them twice a day.

I think they do hurt and I always know when one is brewing as he goes really quiet and starts licking his paw and then starts limping before it appears really - if I think one is starting I give him half an aspirin and this seems to help.

 

[AnnSa]

Thanks for the replies..Im spraying it with cut and heal at night and trying my best to keep it clean.

He makes you laugh though, because if you ask him how his poorly paw is? he lifts it up to show you.   :lol:   he has always milked everything well..

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Aww Bless him :wub:

 

[J.T.]

My Bedlington Rafferty has had a few of these. I've never needed to take him to the vets tho as they usually burst after a day or two. They don't seem to hurt him & he doesn't limp. When I notice one I will snip any hair off around it & bathe it with salt water & just basically keep it clean. Once it's burst I put Tea tree cream on it for a day or so & they have always just dried up on their own.

Certain breeds are more prone to them apparently, ones with a lot of hair between their toes are particularly affected.

Also at the first sign of one I will start to dose him with silica, a homeopathic remedy for cysts & warts.

I hope Kobi is ok again soon.

Julie.

 

[Janimal]

Hi, does it look like this? I took him to the vet and they said it is an interdigital cyst and gave us some antibotics which cleared it up. He did get them every now and again and I think it is something to do with wheat in his diet (may be wrong) but since I have not given him anything with wheat in they have not come back again - fingers crossed. The vet was a bit useless really and did not have any suggestions as to what may trigger them but just gave us some shampoo to clean them twice a day.
I think they do hurt and I always know when one is brewing as he goes really quiet and starts licking his paw and then starts limping before it appears really - if I think one is starting I give him half an aspirin and this seems to help.

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That looks exactly the same...strangely enough... (w00t) will try and get a photo of it....that is almost the exact spot too...

Im going to get some advice from my vet in case it is one of these, but am trying all your tips before I go... :thumbsup:

 

[Janimal]

Got this picture this morning...its exactly the same. excuse the wet foot hes just come back from our walk, he wasnt limping quite as bad.

 

[Wren]

I don`t know about these cysts, if it is a grass seed you cannot leave it because they grow up into the foot! i have had this happen to two of my past dogs- a cocker and an irish water but they both had hairy paws.

 

[Liz Third]

Poor Kobi

It looks like an interdigital cyst, which can be caused by a grass seed. It sounds as though you are doing all the right things, but if it does not clear up in a week ar so he may need an anti biotic if infection has set in. And to check that the grass seed is not still there.

Lots of hugs and sympathy to Kobi

Liz

 

[Janimal]

Thanks Liz, :thumbsup: nice to hear from you.

Kobis a big soft lad when he has anything wrong with him... he milks it well...

 

[Schmick]

I don`t know about these cysts, if it is a grass seed you cannot leave it because they grow up into the foot! i have had this happen to two of my past dogs- a cocker and an irish water but they both had hairy paws.

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In Australia we have a grass seed from "Spear Grass" that if left in an animal will wind its way right into the flesh.

Its often found in slaughtered sheep, deep within the muscle.

All the best with Kobi's poor paw :luck: :luck:

 

[whippetmad]

Awwwwwwwwww poor chap,hope it gets better soon :luck:

 

[LasVegasNo1]

Ouch! Looks nasty I must say :sweating: Hope Kobi's feeling better soon :huggles:

 

[k4tie-d]

oh poor kobi, really hope it gets better soon :huggles: :huggles: