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A couple of weeks ago Mazy hurt her toe, possibly when she did one of her zoomies. She limped just a little for a few days but her feet looked OK. Then I noticed a swollen toe even though she was no longer limping. She doesn't lick or fuss with it.

 

Vet issued rimadyl and antibiotic rilexene after xraying thinking it was possibly osteomyelitis or a sprain. After over a week the swelling has not come down. We return to the vet on Monday.

 

The pictures aren't the best but any idea what else this could be?

On the left is the swollen left outer front toe. (On the right is her right foot, inner side.)

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On left, left front foot with swollen outer toe. (On right, right foot inner toe.)

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It's hard to see it but I'm wondering if it was a bug bite. But if it was that surely the swelling should have come down by now and she would have been in pain.

 

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I don't think so. When Harold had a spider bite it was quickly oozy and swollen.

 

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You've checked between the toes and on the inside part for any kind of poke or foreign body? And the xray didn't show a dislocation? or any kind of bony tumor?

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A damaged tendon/ligament perhaps? Swelling can persist for months with this type of injury. It's the body's way of stabilising the joint whilst it heals. Sometimes the joint will remain permanently swollen to some degree but this isn't usually anything to worry about, in my experience at least. Assuming that's what it is of course - could be something else.

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