Cut dog antibiotics

[lcboarstoppers]

What is good to give a dog that has a cut that's infected?? I no penicillin but is there anything else?? I have duramycin too and it's a antibiotic but can I use it on dogs or is penicillin the best thing to use?? Please answer if u know anything!!thanks!!

[Kid7]

LA200, and go to your vet and ask him for some polyotic powder. It's an antibiotic powder it works good just put it on the cut. Wen my dogs get cut I just put gobs and gobs of neospourin on it and they aren't even sore the next day. Keep it clean daily and put some kind of antibiotic on the cut

[hogaholicswife]

I would suggest cleaning it out really well with some bleach water (60 / 40) mixture where the water isn't slick any more and hydro-therapy will do it wonders.

I use Cephalexin 9 times out of 10 when warranted but if it is badly infected you may need Baytril which is only available by vet and would require a visit.

[Reuben]

i know you said the cut is infected so you do need antibiotics...back in the early 1980's I used an injectible triple antibiotic and it worked great, also stitched if the cut was fairly large.

in the late 1980's I started using cut heal right away after a cut at 3 times a day and it and this works just fine... 2 times a day will also work but at the beginning 3 times a day is best, and very seldom do I need to stitch a dog but sometimes it is needed...and it is unusual for me to use antibiotics on my dogs but I do keep them on hand for just in case...I keep ampicillen 500 milligram in capsule form and usually my daughter steals these for the grandchildren... also keep cephalexin 250 mg in capsule...but like I said...very seldom need antibiotics. Cut heal can be bought at most feed stores including TSC...

there are other treatments that folks talk about on here that they swear by...so this is not the only way but it works great for me...

[Reuben]

forgot to mention...since right now your dog has an infection going on...I would attack the problem from both sides...cut heal from the outside and antibiotics from the inside...injectible works the fastest but pill form should be ok...

[lcboarstoppers]

Thank y'all a lot

[arrowbar]

try aquarium grade antibiotics, you can buy them online and get all different types.

[Heaven Sent Kennel]

Ammoxicilian and if it's a bad infection Cipro does wonders. I use some "Pink stuff" get it from the vet and it lasts for ever it seems like. Poke holes are worst then a nice cut. They try to heal over quick so it's not aloud to drain. Skin cuts heal up good with a lil anti biotic and the pink stuff. still ain't sure what it is but works good.

[lcboarstoppers]

thanks again

[ELIBOLIO]

A dog that has some minor, superficial wounds would most likely get penicillin as it's used to prevent infection. That, along with chlorhexidine scrub, will take care of such wounds. If the wounds are minor but a little worse than superficial, you can use amoxicillin along with the aforementioned scrub.

Most antibiotics cover the same infections. Some cover work better than others. Antirobe is good for deep, hard to reach abscesses along with bone infections. Clavamox is the stepping stone between amoxicillin and cephalexine.

Cephalexine will take care of most serious wounds though there are some exceptions. When you reach those exceptions, you use baytril.

The severity of the wound should always dictate what you use

[ELIBOLIO]

You need 20gauge IV catheters, bags of Normal Saline, Solu Delta/Dex/Solu Medrol, antibiotic (different ones depending on severity of injuries), Chlorhexidine spray, and vet wrap. A staple gun can be used though it's something I very rarely use. If the hunt was a rough one always give fluids to prevent a dog from possibly developing Rhabdomyolysis. When dogs die of kidney failure afterwards, it's due to Rhabdo most of the time. The fluid helps flush the kidneys of the excessive release of myoglobin into the bloodstream (Myoglobin is actually broken down muscle fibers). If not, the myoglobin clogs the kidneys preventing them from working properly, and BAM, your dog is dead. When myoglobin is broken down, it turns into harmful compounds that injures the kidney as well. When your dog's urine is really dark after a show or a look, what you're looking at is released myoglobin being excreted.

You hear people say Lactated Ringers all the time, but that's not something you should really give after a show due to elevated potassium free in the body. LR has extra potassium, and that little bit of extra potassium may be exactly what kills your dog.

[txdogos]

i just healed one of the dogos up with Cephalexin. I peeled the scap off and there was green puss so put her on 500 mg twice a day and she was all clear in 4 days.

[txdogos]

oh and cephalexin is easy to get, ask around on here. There are plenty of guys that have it stockpiled

[Reuben]

A dog that has some minor, superficial wounds would most likely get penicillin as it's used to prevent infection. That, along with chlorhexidine scrub, will take care of such wounds. If the wounds are minor but a little worse than superficial, you can use amoxicillin along with the aforementioned scrub.

Most antibiotics cover the same infections. Some cover work better than others. Antirobe is good for deep, hard to reach abscesses along with bone infections. Clavamox is the stepping stone between amoxicillin and cephalexine.

Cephalexine will take care of most serious wounds though there are some exceptions. When you reach those exceptions, you use baytril.

The severity of the wound should always dictate what you use

good post...are you in the medical field or played with the pits and learned all about these antibiotics...

I keep amoxillin and cephalexine handy but very seldom use any...cut heal 3 times a day usually takes care of most problems...

[Purebreedcolt]

I personally like baytril and then cutnheal on the outside. 

[ELIBOLIO]

Thnx, but I was in the medical field which played a huge part, aswell as had to treat my own dogs in the past considering I lived in the middle of nowhere off the grid, and ther was no vet for 100miles plus.

Also, Baytril should be used only if the other antibiotics are working, only because since Baytril is so strong, the dogs could build tolerance to it and in the future, the dogs wouldnbt benifit from it due to the tolerance build up..

[Purebreedcolt]

I agree but for a dog that already has a infection it will knock it out fast.  I have only used it once with my bulldog he hates water and everything else I try and put on him.  Cutnheal worke pretty good I made a paste but don't remember what all I put in it.  Sulferzone and tetriclicline and iodine and heck I don't remember it works well also to push in a cut.

[PLP]

Last year after I lost a dog to a flesh eating bacteria that started in a cut I quit using penicillin. The vet told me that about half of what a hog could carry in his mouth on top of what's in the woods will laugh out loud at penicillin.  I keep arythomyacin ( spelling?). Also keflex is a good one that I keep handy. Call me weird but I rotate those with Amoxicillian so as not to build an immunity to them....well I say rotate I just grab the closest one unless I can remember using it on that dog last LOL. Not scientific or anything. It may suck for the dog but opening that back up may be the best bet. Otherwise it could abcess and cause a bigger problem. Personally I like vetricin spray but your vet can give you some " pink lady". Now that's good wound dressing.

[ELIBOLIO]

Keepin the wound clean and some good antibiotics will go a long way pending the severity. A wound should heal from the inside out not the outside in. So you did right by reopening the wound, if I see a wound start to close , i like to reopen it clean it , and let it close up inside first.