den1se1965
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Hi Everyone
i am just after a bit of advice really. 2 weeks ago our beloved 8 yr old bunny was grabbed by a dog, breaking his back leg. He had the leg amputated and is doing really well - except his wound got infected and the middle bit was all yellow and not healing. He is currently in the vets having this dead tissue removed and the wound re-sutured. Speaking to the vet this morning she thinks she may need to leave 1 end of the wound open as she doesn't think there is enough skin to close fully. So has anybody any ingenious ideas of how I can keep the wound clean/dry or keep a dressing on it. She mentioned using a baby grow so stitch up the 'affected' leg side and his bottom could stick out the 'poppers' which i will give a go. It is such a shame as he is full of character and is as bright as a button - it is just this wound. i don't mind spending money on him as he is a big part of our family (he is a dwarf lionhead, and lives in the house with us).
We have changed his bedding to the 'vetbed' type as it is soft and keeps him dry as any urine just drains though - but the vet mentioned keeping him on towels - won't this just keep him wet??
i really want to do anything I can to give him the best chance of getting through this - so any help/advice/guidance/hints/tips very welcome
26/11/2017 - So we made the heartbreaking decision to have our bugs put to sleep on tuesday. He had MRSP in his wound so was unlikely to heal but more to the point he lost his 'spark'. We always said that as long as he was fighting we would do everything possible for him. But he more or less overnight went from a bunny whose head popped up everytime there was a noise - to not even lifting his head to eat. He also bit me.....and i mean really bit me on Tuesday and in all the time we have owned him and all he went through he never so much as nipped - I suspect he was telling us enough is enough. If I am honest - I think he would have passed away anyway - but I wasn't prepared to let him suffer.
I would love to put a picture up for you all to see him - but I am not sure how to do that.
but thank you to everyone for the advice along the way.
i am just after a bit of advice really. 2 weeks ago our beloved 8 yr old bunny was grabbed by a dog, breaking his back leg. He had the leg amputated and is doing really well - except his wound got infected and the middle bit was all yellow and not healing. He is currently in the vets having this dead tissue removed and the wound re-sutured. Speaking to the vet this morning she thinks she may need to leave 1 end of the wound open as she doesn't think there is enough skin to close fully. So has anybody any ingenious ideas of how I can keep the wound clean/dry or keep a dressing on it. She mentioned using a baby grow so stitch up the 'affected' leg side and his bottom could stick out the 'poppers' which i will give a go. It is such a shame as he is full of character and is as bright as a button - it is just this wound. i don't mind spending money on him as he is a big part of our family (he is a dwarf lionhead, and lives in the house with us).
We have changed his bedding to the 'vetbed' type as it is soft and keeps him dry as any urine just drains though - but the vet mentioned keeping him on towels - won't this just keep him wet??
i really want to do anything I can to give him the best chance of getting through this - so any help/advice/guidance/hints/tips very welcome
26/11/2017 - So we made the heartbreaking decision to have our bugs put to sleep on tuesday. He had MRSP in his wound so was unlikely to heal but more to the point he lost his 'spark'. We always said that as long as he was fighting we would do everything possible for him. But he more or less overnight went from a bunny whose head popped up everytime there was a noise - to not even lifting his head to eat. He also bit me.....and i mean really bit me on Tuesday and in all the time we have owned him and all he went through he never so much as nipped - I suspect he was telling us enough is enough. If I am honest - I think he would have passed away anyway - but I wasn't prepared to let him suffer.
I would love to put a picture up for you all to see him - but I am not sure how to do that.
but thank you to everyone for the advice along the way.
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