Delilah and her persistent scab

:wave: Those of you who were around in the summer may remember that Delilah came down with very severe atypical myxomatosis She made it through, but has had one scab across the bridge of her nose that just won't shift! It's over 5 months now, and it seemed to have completely stopped granulating and attempting to heal itself. So I've been taking her to see the vet who does acupuncture for my cats' arthritis. There's a technique called 'surrounding the dragon' which is basically prodding all around the edges of the wound with an acupuncture needle in order to deliberately create some gentle damage and stimulate the blood supply in the hope that it kicks off the healing again. It seems to be working, the scab is definitely starting to shrink back a bit and peel up at the edges.

I've also been starting to give Delilah some 'dates' with her son Pablo, in the hope that they will eventually bond. She isn't spayed yet as I want to give her body a good long time to rest and recover before elective surgery, so we are taking it slowly. So far, so good. She now rushes towards him and grooms his face whenever she sees him, he is still a little nervous of her but he has done some grooming and also tries to nibble at her scab, which she isn't all that impressed about. Last weekend they spent 2.5 hours together in one go though and it was all fine, so I'm cautiously optimistic that these two will bond!

Before acupuncture:


Really not bothered by vets visits :lol:


After:


Having a sit down not quite together, but not all that bothered by each other, either!

Awwwwww I hope the acupuncture helps ! Good luck with the bonding

PS Love your kitchen tiles !

Santa said:

:wave: Those of you who were around in the summer may remember that Delilah came down with very severe atypical myxomatosis She made it through, but has had one scab across the bridge of her nose that just won't shift! It's over 5 months now, and it seemed to have completely stopped granulating and attempting to heal itself. So I've been taking her to see the vet who does acupuncture for my cats' arthritis. There's a technique called 'surrounding the dragon' which is basically prodding all around the edges of the wound with an acupuncture needle in order to deliberately create some gentle damage and stimulate the blood supply in the hope that it kicks off the healing again. It seems to be working, the scab is definitely starting to shrink back a bit and peel up at the edges.

I've also been starting to give Delilah some 'dates' with her son Pablo, in the hope that they will eventually bond. She isn't spayed yet as I want to give her body a good long time to rest and recover before elective surgery, so we are taking it slowly. So far, so good. She now rushes towards him and grooms his face whenever she sees him, he is still a little nervous of her but he has done some grooming and also tries to nibble at her scab, which she isn't all that impressed about. Last weekend they spent 2.5 hours together in one go though and it was all fine, so I'm cautiously optimistic that these two will bond!

Before acupuncture:

Really not bothered by vets visits :lol:

After:

Having a sit down not quite together, but not all that bothered by each other, either!

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Good luck with the acupuncture I've not tried that before!

Also hope the bonding goes OK - trying to nibble at her scab indeed :roll: No way to treat a lady!

Oh beautiful Delilah, you're a wonderful girl. I love the picture from bonding with her son.

I always wonder how much family members remember each other.

I don't know...but even if they don't quite remember, the smell must be familiar, so maybe that helps? These two haven't been behaving like mother and son, it's been pretty much like any other bond, but they haven't shown any aggression to each other at all. In today's update, scab off!

Whoahhhhh!!!!!! :shock: Great news! :thumb:

Santa said:

I don't know...but even if they don't quite remember, the smell must be familiar, so maybe that helps? These two haven't been behaving like mother and son, it's been pretty much like any other bond, but they haven't shown any aggression to each other at all. In today's update, scab off!

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Amazing! Great news!

Wow! That's fantastic news.

It was helped a bit by Pablo :lol: I was doing a bonding session and he went up to her to have a little nibble and it just peeled off, and the pair of them just sat there and looked at it like OMG :lol: But it must have been almost ready to come off as it hasn't bled or anything, even though it still looks a little sore. Four sessions of acupuncture over about 2.5 weeks!

Santa said:

It was helped a bit by Pablo :lol: I was doing a bonding session and he went up to her to have a little nibble and it just peeled off, and the pair of them just sat there and looked at it like OMG :lol: But it must have been almost ready to come off as it hasn't bled or anything, even though it still looks a little sore. Four sessions of acupuncture over about 2.5 weeks!

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I reckon that should heal up fine in a few weeks !

Santa said:

It was helped a bit by Pablo :lol: I was doing a bonding session and he went up to her to have a little nibble and it just peeled off, and the pair of them just sat there and looked at it like OMG :lol: But it must have been almost ready to come off as it hasn't bled or anything, even though it still looks a little sore. Four sessions of acupuncture over about 2.5 weeks!

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Pablo!!

So glad it's off, but it does look gross :lol:
I can imagine I would be like OMG as well!

Wow

Some of Tethra's Treponema scabs took ages to come off and one in particular seemed to have a large hole underneath it. They have all healed now, although he has a few scars.

Delilah has done amazingly well and it will be wonderful for her to have a bond with her son. I have a Mum, Dad and Son and they are all incredibly close, but whether this is just their characters or whether anything to do with being family members is impossible to say.

I hope the bonding continues to go well.

Omi said:

Wow

Some of Tethra's Treponema scabs took ages to come off and one in particular seemed to have a large hole underneath it. They have all healed now, although he has a few scars.

Delilah has done amazingly well and it will be wonderful for her to have a bond with her son. I have a Mum, Dad and Son and they are all incredibly close, but whether this is just their characters or whether anything to do with being family members is impossible to say.

I hope the bonding continues to go well.

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I had been wondering about Tethra, Omi.

I tried to find the old thread to ask you to update, so thank you for doing so here

This is how it looks now. I can't quite decide whether that middle bit is just cartilage without any skin over it.


And here's the end of Sprüngli's nose now, she has four nostril holes since the nodule fell off

Update: Delilah has continued to see the vet about her nose - that middle bit is indeed just bone, so we are carrying on the acupuncture to try and encourage the skin to heal over it. In the meantime, we've carried on bonding and they have now bonded nicely and have been permanently together for about 5 days now

Aww adorable pictures of the two of them together But her poor nose :shock:

ETA I presume if that was a human, they would use a skin graft.

lost a scab, found a mate, can't say fairer than that

Santa said:

Update: Delilah has continued to see the vet about her nose - that middle bit is indeed just bone, so we are carrying on the acupuncture to try and encourage the skin to heal over it. In the meantime, we've carried on bonding and they have now bonded nicely and have been permanently together for about 5 days now

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What lovely photos, they are definitely at ease with one another

Sorry about the bone. I'm surprised there was a scab at all if there was no skin underneath to support it.

Awww they look lovely together, she has done so well and come so far. I hope the skin heals up soon. xx