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PHFaust
at Fri Nov 13 14:26:27 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHFaust ]
>>If anyone has some serious advice for how to care for this animal it would be a big help. I have an appointment with the vet on tuesday, but if I can start progress now, that would be great.
Unfortunately with out seeing the wound in person its hard to even garner a guess. The other issue is if you do not know how the wound occurred it is best left in the hands of a vet. Bite wounds from feeders are often best left open, cleaned and treated with silvadene (SSD) ointment. More often than not, wounds are also treated with an oral or injectable antibiotic. The medications and doses are best received from a vet. Wounds can very easily and quickly go septic as well as systemic. Also there is the issue of if the wound needs to be debrided or not. All things that need to be assessed by a vet. ----- Cindy Steinle
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