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Broken toe? UD - back from the vets
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Happy Hopping
Wise Old Thumper
THis is what you have to do now:
1) if there is wound, use polysprin and bandage, if there is no wound, then
2) Get some green tape (painter use) and tape that broken toe with at least 2 other toe. This way, you prevent any further deform or your bunny trying to make it worse
3) Go to pet store and get those Velcro tape to wrap around the entire toe injured area. This way, you REALLY mount the toes together in a way that your bun can't alter it
Do the above for several weeks, that's how my bridge bun Goofball heals her broken finger. In her case, it's the nail being too long, and it causes the injury.
The truth is, the above shouldn't have heal, but somehow it did, and quite frankly you have nothing to lose but give it a try.
marie_kubiak
Alpha Buck
The above is unlikely to help and could prevent the bone healing normally (if there is a fracture/dislocation) and lead to chronic pain, arthritis and potentially require amputation or other more serious measures to be taken in the future if it goes wrong. If toe joints are fixed in place for 'several weeks' then the joint mobility will be seriously compromised causing permanent injury. Certainly in the UK this kind of treatment without professional guidance would be considered as contravening animal welfare laws.
Happy Hopping
Wise Old Thumper
Without taping it, the bun can chew on it as we have read in another thread of another bun, also, just by hopping around, without taping it can cause further deform and further injury?
Essentially it's like a human who broke his forearm say, there is a cast that mount the forearm to prevent it from further injury.
marie_kubiak
Alpha Buck
Not for several weeks and with no pain relief during this time.
What exactly does metacam do? Is it a pain killer or anti imflamatory?
marie_kubiak
Alpha Buck
Thankyou, sounds like shes having the best treatment then! Fingers crossed for it going back to normal by itself!
Happy Hopping
Wise Old Thumper
when my bridge bun Goofball broke her finger, that's what the vet ask me to do. And it works. The velrco that wraps around a few fingers function as a cast to prevent:
1) any further movement
2) any further injury
In North America, that's how we do it w/ human as well, see this photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26576067@N00/78550497
in human, they called it a cast.
In my bun's case, a few weeks later, it's no longer "dangling" and heals back, and can't see the difference between that finger and the other fingers as far as function is concerned.
