bad foot bandage was too tight

touie · Dec 24, 2006

I feel terrible Fudge kept pulling his bandages off so i did it a bit tighter and now I've just looked and his foot is all swollen and sore and he won't let me take it off. My mums on her way round to hold him for me but i feel so bad. What can i do apart from take it off?

Jack's-Jane · Dec 24, 2006

Yikes :shock:

If its stopped the blood supply he could be in trouble

Hope infection has not set in. Sounds like a Vet may be needed.......

Janex

touie · Dec 24, 2006

I've got it off, his toes are swollen and hot, not a good sign

I phoned the hospital for advice and they said it should return to normal in a few hours when the blood comes back to it, and to try and encourage him to hop. I'm not so sure I'm wondering whether to give him antibiotics :? She said if it's still bad about 6pm to phone the hospital again. He's not hopping or putting weight on it at all he's just sitting there licking it

edit: in fact i know it's difficult to offer advice over the phone but she even told me to put the bandages on again after a few hours :shock: don't think i'll be using those again

KerinTravis · Dec 24, 2006

No experience of this, but hope he picks up. Would it be possible to put a sock (as in childs/baby) over it to keep it clean and then to just tie a strip of bandage around the top as a temporary measure? :? Sorry, just trying to think of possibilities....

touie · Dec 24, 2006

He'd probably just pull it off he got quite a few bandages off, I think seeing as the sore hocks aren't really bad I'd just be better off leaving them to heal naturally. He's still sat there licking

touie · Dec 24, 2006

still no better and its 4 hours since i first posted

he's hopping without putting it on the floor. I've put him out in the garden for a bit in the hope that the cold will help the inflammation, sitting here with the patio doors open freezing!

Jack's-Jane · Dec 24, 2006

touie said:
still no better and its 4 hours since i first posted he's hopping without putting it on the floor. I've put him out in the garden for a bit in the hope that the cold will help the inflammation, sitting here with the patio doors open freezing!

I think he needs to be seen by a Vet now. He certainly sounds as though he is in pain

And if infection has set in it can become very serious very quickly

Janex

touie · Dec 24, 2006

would the vet do anything other than give him baytril though because i have that here. It would obviously be an emergancy vet and I'd be annoyed to be paying £100 only to be sent home with a bottle of Baytril

Jack's-Jane · Dec 24, 2006

touie said:
would the vet do anything other than give him baytril though because i have that here. It would obviously be an emergancy vet and I'd be annoyed to be paying £100 only to be sent home with a bottle of Baytril

I would think he needs an anti-inflammatory too. Also an assessment of exactly what has happened. Vet cant do that properly over the phone.
If it is his hocks that are the problem and he is now not weight baring then unfortunately that could indicate tendon damage or infection in the synovial joint

Janex

touie · Dec 24, 2006

it's just the end inch of his toes he's taking all the weight on his hocks when he sits. He is hopping round, eating, drinking, but is not putting his foot on the floor. I really need to get someone round to hold him again so i can get a good look before i make a decision i think.

I just chased him in from thee gfarden and he is taking a bit more weight on it after the cold.

kayjay · Dec 24, 2006

Hope he's ok touie - it always happens when the vets are shut doesn't it :roll:

touie · Dec 24, 2006

yep last year I had Treacle in for surgery on boxing day!

touie · Dec 24, 2006

called my mum round again so i could have a good look at it. It actually looks so much better than it did before it looks like a normal foot now a great improvement on the distorted thing I saw earlier. It feels hot still but not really swollen. I think i'm going to give him Baytril as a precaution and take him to the vets when the surgery opens again. Obviously if he gets worse i'll take him to the emergancy hospital. But I'm quite hopefull it's going to be ok now. Is the 27th a bank holiday too ? :?

nicolar · Dec 24, 2006

Oh no poor you and bunny! No 27th isn't a bank holiday. I do hope his foot continues to feel betters x

touie · Dec 24, 2006

thanks. I'm just wondering what to do with him tonight now. I'm staying at my parents tonight but will be back to feed, exercise and check on bunnies late morning before going back there for dinner (they only live 10 mins away). do I...

a) leave Fudge home alone tonight in his own territory or

b) take him along so i can keep an eye out, but he'll be in a strange place with a mental kitten on the prowl :?

edit: thinking about it as much as i don't want to i think he'd be better off staying at my house as just remembered my brothers dogs going to be there too tomorrow. I think a kitten and a dog might be too much stress

healing vibes needed hope he's ok tonight. I spoke to the emergency vet service and booked him in at the hospital on Wednesday as long as things don't get worse before then.

beckiboo186 · Dec 24, 2006

BIG BIG Hugs to both you & Fudge .. You've had an awful year with your buns mate

I'd leave him at home :wink: X

touie · Dec 25, 2006

seems a bit better today, he's hopping around quite well taking weight on it and instead of holding his foot off the floor he's flicking it around. Had a quick look and i thought it looked ok too

kayjay · Dec 25, 2006

touie said:
seems a bit better today, he's hopping around quite well taking weight on it and instead of holding his foot off the floor he's flicking it around. Had a quick look and i thought it looked ok too

That's great

touie · Dec 26, 2006

Fudge seems completely fine today, he's hopping around normally and has been up on the sofa and the stairs for the first time since xmas eve, and he's been eating properly again

Jayney · Dec 26, 2006

glad fudge seems to be feeling better

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