The area around Julie's skin stays wet. Fur is missing from this area and you can see red skin. The Vet worried that this might bother her and/or turn into a sore. He gave me Ascend to put on the area. Ascend is silver sulfadiazine cream. As soon as I put it on she started licking and licking like crazy. She would not stop for nothing. Distraction of treats is the only thing that worked but of course only until she ate the treat in all of 2 seconds.
I called the vet who said that the cream was perfectly safe even if she licked it all. The thing is she will continue to lick the area even when it looks like the cream is gone. It makes a real good barrier on the skin which seems to be hard for her to get off? He said to try her without the cream to see if she still licked the area excessive. I thought that she was at first but way way later she isn't licking it hardly at all. I think that the cream must be all off now.
He also said to try a pad and bandage on it so she couldn't lick the cream.
Well it didn't take her long to get the pad with the cream out of the bandage. She didn't seem to care that the bandage was on once the pad with the cream was off. She didn't seem to eat the pads just throw them away from her.
Vet says the cream won't sting or hurt, shouldn't taste yummy or shouldn't have a smell ( it has no smell to humans).
Any idea's why she is doing this or how I can use the cream without her licking it off. This is the cream seems to really work great. She is only pink and looks great when I use the cream. I used the cream on a red spot on her bottom area and it looks perfect. Oh she didn't seem to mind it but she can't reach down there.
Any ideas? Please any brain storming at all will be appreciated.
I called the vet who said that the cream was perfectly safe even if she licked it all. The thing is she will continue to lick the area even when it looks like the cream is gone. It makes a real good barrier on the skin which seems to be hard for her to get off? He said to try her without the cream to see if she still licked the area excessive. I thought that she was at first but way way later she isn't licking it hardly at all. I think that the cream must be all off now.
He also said to try a pad and bandage on it so she couldn't lick the cream.
Well it didn't take her long to get the pad with the cream out of the bandage. She didn't seem to care that the bandage was on once the pad with the cream was off. She didn't seem to eat the pads just throw them away from her.
Vet says the cream won't sting or hurt, shouldn't taste yummy or shouldn't have a smell ( it has no smell to humans).
Any idea's why she is doing this or how I can use the cream without her licking it off. This is the cream seems to really work great. She is only pink and looks great when I use the cream. I used the cream on a red spot on her bottom area and it looks perfect. Oh she didn't seem to mind it but she can't reach down there.
Any ideas? Please any brain storming at all will be appreciated.