Hi there,
I wonder if anyone can make any suggestions? My gorgeous bun had stiches in his rear right leg on Thursday following a tear in his skin. (Bonding error ) I have been struggling to keep a dressing over the wound as he tears it off or pulls it down and licks/chews his stitches. He only has two (stitches) in the wound, it was glued as well, but it doesn't look pretty. He's on Metacam and Baytril. I'm not getting much sleep because he tends to do the most damage at night.
He saw the vet on Friday and Sunday, they are reluctant to recommend a collar as it will prevent him eating his poo and lead to a mucky bottom and so on. However, did suggest that we may have to use it at night as this is when he's at his worst.
He is currently living indoors (since op) but usually lives in and out. He has been a bit picky with his food refusing his usual treats and Burgess Excel/Supreme Science pellets. Happy to eat his ready grass, fresh herbs and some greens. Took him out in the garden briefly on Saturday afternoon on a harness, he ate some grass and he seemed to perk up after that but with the rain forecast it doesn't look like I'll be able to do that again for some time!
I'm really worried the wound will turn nasty and I don't want to lose him, he's really super special to me.
I've been using half of a 5cm square dressing stuck (from behind) to a kitchen paper towel with micropore tape and then using the paper towel (as it's a bit more rigid than usual dressing padding, which he removed overnight, and to protect his skin a bit) and attaching with more micropore tape.
Yesterday the vet attached a dressing direct with some tape and he removed it completely within an hour, so that was a complete waste of time and money!
Any ideas? :?
I wonder if anyone can make any suggestions? My gorgeous bun had stiches in his rear right leg on Thursday following a tear in his skin. (Bonding error ) I have been struggling to keep a dressing over the wound as he tears it off or pulls it down and licks/chews his stitches. He only has two (stitches) in the wound, it was glued as well, but it doesn't look pretty. He's on Metacam and Baytril. I'm not getting much sleep because he tends to do the most damage at night.
He saw the vet on Friday and Sunday, they are reluctant to recommend a collar as it will prevent him eating his poo and lead to a mucky bottom and so on. However, did suggest that we may have to use it at night as this is when he's at his worst.
He is currently living indoors (since op) but usually lives in and out. He has been a bit picky with his food refusing his usual treats and Burgess Excel/Supreme Science pellets. Happy to eat his ready grass, fresh herbs and some greens. Took him out in the garden briefly on Saturday afternoon on a harness, he ate some grass and he seemed to perk up after that but with the rain forecast it doesn't look like I'll be able to do that again for some time!
I'm really worried the wound will turn nasty and I don't want to lose him, he's really super special to me.
I've been using half of a 5cm square dressing stuck (from behind) to a kitchen paper towel with micropore tape and then using the paper towel (as it's a bit more rigid than usual dressing padding, which he removed overnight, and to protect his skin a bit) and attaching with more micropore tape.
Yesterday the vet attached a dressing direct with some tape and he removed it completely within an hour, so that was a complete waste of time and money!
Any ideas? :?