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04-12-2009, 08:12 PM
Originally Posted by Shona 
yup I do know what you mean, bless his skinny wee legs,I often think things look so much worse on white legs,
I know, I panniced when all his little foot was red then I realised that it prob dosent take that much blood at all to make it look that bad, and was calmed lots by the fact it had stopped by the time I got home
Originally Posted by Tupacs2legs
hiya
poor lad
I'm sure my input is not really needed as good advice already given
if he was my lad....as said,if he will let you clip as much hair away from the wound as possible to stop decontamination,if you can get any 'hibiscrub' (chemist?)it would be good,but if not a saline soloution of a teaspoon of salt to a pint of boiled water and bathe the wound thoroughly(it may start bleeding again) flush it through as much as you can and dry.reasses the wound then,the most important thing is to not let him lick it!!..if it only skin dip and is a clean cut you will have two choices,either to get tacking stitches/ tissue glue or let it heal by secondary intention (no sutres) but may take longer to heal and could involve dressing changes...either way i wouldnt worry too much
...have a look in the morning and bathe it again,you may be suprised at how it looks be very carefull with bandages a tight bandage is worse than no bandage
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05-12-2009, 02:48 PM
It was looking much better this morning but I took him to the vets anyway
He is now shaved, had painkillers and antibiotics and the wound glued and now he is sporting a lovely lampshade which he is not likeing
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05-12-2009, 03:18 PM
Originally Posted by Tupacs2legs
aww bless him
he looks kinda proud ,does he think its a crown?
Its only cos I asked him to sit, he was doing a trick so he looked happy In the vets he wouldnt even pick his head up he was like some kind of strange hovercraft dog - I had to hold his head up to get him to walk home cos he was plowing the street
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06-12-2009, 12:29 PM
It's a good idea to keep some of that Savlon spray, coz it's iodine and it kills anything that's lurking when you get cuts like that, even if you deal with them at home, I swear by the stuff along with Hibiscrub which Layla mentioned. Good luck with him poor boy.
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