Well Poor jack had to be brought into the house last night and have a bath. The poor boy is still not cleaning himself only it's got worse it's not just his back end now he wont even wash his front paws.
His nose is very red, raw and very sore. He wont drink out of a bottle or bowl and he was very dehidrated when i got him in last night. He did however eat 8 carrots and 7 grapes which has helped to re-hydrate him.
He is eating but very slowly and instead of just putting his nose in his dish like all the others do he is pushing his chin along the top of the dish to scoop food into his mouth. He has lost alot of weight about 750g now, i think this is because of the way he is having to eat and pan is probably getting all the food before Jack can get a mouth full.
We have tried antibiotics, but as there is no infection they don't really help, we have tried antibiotic creams and steriod creams but again this has little effect, we are noe trying granulation cream to try and help his nose get some new skin on it as it's like his whole nose is grazed.
He's ok within himself a little miserable but not to out of sorts. Im really stuck as to what to do with him as nothing seems to work and his poor nose has been like this since before christmas. He has had 4 GA's because of it, twice to flush the abcess and twice just to get it cleaned up.
His nose scabs over but then it gets all gunky and starts to smell so i am having to keep it scab free. I have no metacam so i am giving him 0.1ml of calpol to help with the pain and this does seem to help.
I just don't know what to do for my boy? Im really stuck it seems as though we have tried everything!!??
Help!!????
His nose is very red, raw and very sore. He wont drink out of a bottle or bowl and he was very dehidrated when i got him in last night. He did however eat 8 carrots and 7 grapes which has helped to re-hydrate him.
He is eating but very slowly and instead of just putting his nose in his dish like all the others do he is pushing his chin along the top of the dish to scoop food into his mouth. He has lost alot of weight about 750g now, i think this is because of the way he is having to eat and pan is probably getting all the food before Jack can get a mouth full.
We have tried antibiotics, but as there is no infection they don't really help, we have tried antibiotic creams and steriod creams but again this has little effect, we are noe trying granulation cream to try and help his nose get some new skin on it as it's like his whole nose is grazed.
He's ok within himself a little miserable but not to out of sorts. Im really stuck as to what to do with him as nothing seems to work and his poor nose has been like this since before christmas. He has had 4 GA's because of it, twice to flush the abcess and twice just to get it cleaned up.
His nose scabs over but then it gets all gunky and starts to smell so i am having to keep it scab free. I have no metacam so i am giving him 0.1ml of calpol to help with the pain and this does seem to help.
I just don't know what to do for my boy? Im really stuck it seems as though we have tried everything!!??
Help!!????