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What to do with wound?

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Sandra

Warren Scout
Two of our bunnies just had a fight (out of nowhere..), one bun ended up with a wound in his forehead, it is very small, wound is open but not bleeding - like the skin was peeled off (skin still stuck in furr which is hanging - so wound can be closed with the skind... hard to explain...:roll:).

Wound looks completely clean - should we clean it anyway? And if so, with what? Bun is feeling good, eating etc.

Thanks:wave:
 
I'd give it a flush out with some boiled water (left to cool) with a pinch of salt in. They try and put the flap in roughly the right place.

It should scab over and the dead skin dry up and drop off.

Any swelling or oozing the see a vet asap.

Tam
 
Just a little warning, saffy had a little wound from a fight with joey before she was spayed, i washed the wound out with cool boiled water, it scabbed over nicely (im a human nurse so used to wounds!) but having lost 2 lops in the past to absess' that developed over weeks after a fight i took her to the vets anyway. He had a look and said it looked superficial however after picking the scab off he said it looked like it went deeper and better to be safe than sorry. They took her in and had to put her under GA to wash it out properly, they ended up having to open it up because they found it did track down. So glad i took her now! She wa stitched up and it healed beautifully.
 
I'd keep an eye on it too - some buns are prone to abscesses, so if there's any pus/cottage cheese, or lumps, bun will need a vet
 
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