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Wet Hocks....Possibly sore...

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Livi

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Pip was spayed on Monday and is currently living indoors, she will go back out tomorrow morning (want to scrub & re do her hutch before she goes back in). She has been indoors in a large dog cage, but isnt really using her tray properly (which is understandable as its all new & very different to her usual tray etc - and she hasnt got hay in her tray - like in her hutch, as i dont want to aggrevate the wound).

The crate is lined with vet bed and her litter tray is lined with a puppy training pad, she does wee in the tray but I have also found wet patches on the underside of the vet bed where she wees on that too.

Generally the vet bed stays nice & dry on top and is fine, however when I got back home on my lunch break I noticed her hocks were quite yellow and wet, the skin looked pinkish/possibly reddish - like it was beginning to become irritated. The vet bed was put in yesterday morning, and I generally have been leaving it 2 days as the topside does stay dry....

Anyway so I changed her vet bed & gave her a quick clean out. Hoping she dries off and can clean herself a bit. Is there anything I can do to help her clean her legs and get them back to normal. I dont thing its actually properly sore, but I just want to take precautions...this hasnt happened at all since Monday, first time I have noticed it - legs have been nice & dry all the other time... xxx
 
I've never had this problem before, but I think bathing her legs with salt water wouldn't hurt, and I'm sure other people have mentioned using Sudocrem for sore hocks :wave: correct me if I'm wrong though!!

I know Ruby lay in her pee for ages after her spay :roll: silly buns :lol:
 
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