elizabethH
Warren Scout
We rehomed a 2 year old male Conti Giant from a rescue 9 weeks ago to bond with our German Lop Girl who had recently lost her partner. When we looked at him I expressed concern about his sore hocks which seemed to be news to the rescue and he had had his combined myxi/rhd1 jab just 3 days earlier and the vets had not noticed either.
When we got him home and looked more closely his back feet were worse than I'd realised. We booked him in for a check with our vet but several hours later one foot began to bleed and despite pressure just would not stop. I am a Community First Responder with the Ambulance Service so very aware about stopping bleeding in humans but this paw was just pulsing blood. We rushed him to our vet and his paw had to be cauterised and stitched. They said they had not seen such a bad case. He has had his foot bandaged every day by the vets and his foot kept dry plus his movement restricted and v soft bedding all round. There is now a thin film of new skin on his foot but without the bandage it would break down. Our vet is not sure what to do next and we have discussed possible onward referral. Skin grafts might be possible but how to protect his foot in the meantime?
Has anyone any suggestions re treatment please or who best to refer him to? Any advice would be really appreciated .
When we got him home and looked more closely his back feet were worse than I'd realised. We booked him in for a check with our vet but several hours later one foot began to bleed and despite pressure just would not stop. I am a Community First Responder with the Ambulance Service so very aware about stopping bleeding in humans but this paw was just pulsing blood. We rushed him to our vet and his paw had to be cauterised and stitched. They said they had not seen such a bad case. He has had his foot bandaged every day by the vets and his foot kept dry plus his movement restricted and v soft bedding all round. There is now a thin film of new skin on his foot but without the bandage it would break down. Our vet is not sure what to do next and we have discussed possible onward referral. Skin grafts might be possible but how to protect his foot in the meantime?
Has anyone any suggestions re treatment please or who best to refer him to? Any advice would be really appreciated .