Guest Echelonvicky Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Hi there, I'm new to the greyhound world but hooked! I have just adopted a 5 year old greyhound called Elvis! He is amazing, an ex racer with one eye so he has some challenges. My worry is though that he has sore paws. He has what I can only describe as a puncture mark on two of his paws which makes him limp. I went to my vet who gave him some anti inflamitory meds which help and I am bathing his paws in salt water every day. When he first started to limp we managed to remove from one paw a small shard of either sand or pebble but the back paw has a larger mark and is solid. He has not yet been neutered due to lung worm and our vet wants to try to remove whatever is in the front paw whilst under anesthetiser. He can't be neutered until end of July and I'm worried how much harm these are doing. Any ideas guys? Thank you. Ps, sorry about my profile, can't yet work out how to change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Welcome and congratulations on having Elvis in the house! We need pictures of him, please! Could you post pictures of the sores on his paws, please? That might help a lot. It almost sounds like you are describing a corn, I don't have any experience with those, but lots of people here do. You can also search for the threads on corns here, too. Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Congrats on your new adoption. It does sound like he may have corns. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time4ANap Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Yup, sounds like a corn. There are lots of people here who have had to deal with those and can provide advice. Definitely post some pictures to confirm. Quote Camp Broodie. The current home of Mark Kay Mark Jack and Gracie Kiowa Safe Joan. Always missing my boy Rocket Hi Noon Rocket, Allie Phoenix Dynamite, Kate Miss Kate, Starz Under Da Starz, Petunia MW Neptunia, Diva Astar Dashindiva, and LaVida I've Got Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachary Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Have his feet been x-rayed? My pup recently had to have ten minute pieces of gravel/sand removed from one of his toe pads. Fortunately his vet had seen this before and knew just what to do. Hope you get your pup's problem sorted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJNg Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Here's a good website about corns in greyhounds that includes pics so you can see if this is what you're dealing with. Vets who aren't familiar with greyhounds often don't know about corns as they are rare in other breeds. http://www.grassmere-animal-hospital.com/corns.htm And this page is linked from the article above and shows the procedure to remove a corn. If what your dog has looks like this, you may want to print this out, or direct your vet to these links: http://www.grassmere-animal-hospital.com/corn_hulling.htm Quote Jennifer & Willow (Wilma Waggle), Wiki (Wiki Hard Ten), Carter (Let's Get It On), Ollie (whippet), Gracie (whippet x), & Terra (whippet) + Just Saying + Just Alice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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