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Help! Just noticed wound on buns face!

Phoebe

Phoebe

New Kit
Just got home and was giving him a fuss when I noticed a clump of hair was loose and there was a little wound underneath. He doesn't seem bothered and I'm hoping he's just cut himself on a bit of cardboard or rubbing his nose on the cage bars.

I'm just worried about him getting an abcess!

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Does bun have a partner or do you have any idea how the wound could have happened? Anything sharp or something he could have got caught on?

make sure there is no fur inside the wound, you may need to wrap him in a towel and use tweezers, we had to do this when one of our pairs had a fight luckily willow is very placid and doesn't move and my oh has good eyesite and a steady hand.

that wound was a bite to the skin behind the eye on the head.
we kept it clean with lukewarm water and a bit of salt in it and popped to the vet the next day to make sure everything was all right.
because it was a bite wound for us we had antibiotics and some painkillers just to prevent any stasis.
hope wee man doesn't feel too poorly xxx
 
As the wound is so near the eye and looks to be a puncture type wound, seemingly of unknown origin, I would get a Vet to take a look at it. From the photo it does not look too bad, but it is impossible to make a reliable assessment of a wound from looking at a photo of it. Good luck xx
 
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