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Title: Wound Help? Post by: Monteria on September 19, 2007, 08:20:13 pm I recently have had a dog get his paw cut. No big deal, clean it, penicillin locally in wound, wrap it, Cephlexin, should be fine right?
Not so, he is eating his foot off! I have never seen anything like it. It is masochistic! I am afraid that if this dose not stop, he will loose his leg or may need to be put down. It is that bad! Any suggestions? Thanks, Steve Title: Re: Wound Help? Post by: Clay on September 20, 2007, 05:34:28 pm Not sure i think i would have done the same..Im still new at this compared to most on here so hopefully they will have a little more insight.
Title: Re: Wound Help? Post by: hogdoggintexas on November 24, 2007, 05:17:23 pm bitter apple spray
Title: Re: Wound Help? Post by: TColt on August 03, 2008, 08:42:15 pm Put an E collar on him. Its a collar that is shaped like a cone and goes out past his nose, not sure if you can get it at a pet store or if you have to go through a vet (my moms a vet so i dont have to worry about that sort of thing) but it shouldnt cost much at all. Also if the wound will stay clean dont wrap it. it will heal faster that way.
Also if you can ACE him for ONE day just to get him off his feet. You will probably have to get that from a vet unless you have a "good" feedstore in your area that has that sort of thing. A little bute or something of that nature will help him with the pain too. Title: Re: Wound Help? Post by: texasgirl on August 03, 2008, 09:07:37 pm Put an E collar on him. Its a collar that is shaped like a cone and goes out past his nose, not sure if you can get it at a pet store or if you have to go through a vet (my moms a vet so i dont have to worry about that sort of thing) but it shouldnt cost much at all. Also if the wound will stay clean dont wrap it. it will heal faster that way. Also if you can ACE him for ONE day just to get him off his feet. You will probably have to get that from a vet unless you have a "good" feedstore in your area that has that sort of thing. A little bute or something of that nature will help him with the pain too. Good advice but make sure you're checking the Posted date...the original post was from September of last year ;) Title: Re: Wound Help? Post by: Monteria on August 04, 2008, 09:46:38 pm I guess that I should have followed up on that one ;D
We couldnt keep an e-collar on him...... He ended up chewing off one toe, after that he quit. His paw healed up fine (less one toe) and he is still hunting today. Steve |