Lib_n_bunny
Wise Old Thumper
Hiya
As you may know, Beau has a wound on his back that was originally quite superficial, but he won't stop chewing it, so now it's bald and sore. The vet prescribed fuciderm gel (which has steroids in it, so a few people have warned against using it) and gave me a collar to put on him:
We modified it so it was thin on one side so he could get to his cecals and walk about without tripping over it, but he just kept pulling it round so he could get at the wound, so it was getting worse.
So then we tried this (modified dolly's baby-grow):
Which worked great, he couldn't reach to pull it off and it didn't get in his way when walking or to eat his cecals. But I got up this morning to find this:
...not only ripped off, but also "and this is what I think of ur stupid baby-grow"
So now he's chewing it again, and I'm so worried it's gonna get worse and worse and never heal, cos every time it starts to scab he starts chewing it again and makes it sore again, and I don't want to take him back to my vet cos she prescribe the steroid cream and collar so clearly doesn't know what she's talking about, despite being a RCVS accredited small animal practice - should I get a new vet? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGH!!! *breathe, breathe, breathe*
As you may know, Beau has a wound on his back that was originally quite superficial, but he won't stop chewing it, so now it's bald and sore. The vet prescribed fuciderm gel (which has steroids in it, so a few people have warned against using it) and gave me a collar to put on him:
We modified it so it was thin on one side so he could get to his cecals and walk about without tripping over it, but he just kept pulling it round so he could get at the wound, so it was getting worse.
So then we tried this (modified dolly's baby-grow):
Which worked great, he couldn't reach to pull it off and it didn't get in his way when walking or to eat his cecals. But I got up this morning to find this:
...not only ripped off, but also "and this is what I think of ur stupid baby-grow"
So now he's chewing it again, and I'm so worried it's gonna get worse and worse and never heal, cos every time it starts to scab he starts chewing it again and makes it sore again, and I don't want to take him back to my vet cos she prescribe the steroid cream and collar so clearly doesn't know what she's talking about, despite being a RCVS accredited small animal practice - should I get a new vet? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGH!!! *breathe, breathe, breathe*
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