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Sonya:

I know you breed hairless and I have one adult male. I had him with some females and he got a scratch on his back, quite a nice one. I separated him keeping him alone to allow the scratch to heal thinking the females were beating up on his hairless self. After 2 weeks the scratch is WORSE and bleeding. I have been putting (or trying to) Polysporin on it with no improvement. What should I do ... Any suggestions from your experience?

Ben

>>Sonya:
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>>I know you breed hairless and I have one adult male. I had him with some females and he got a scratch on his back, quite a nice one. I separated him keeping him alone to allow the scratch to heal thinking the females were beating up on his hairless self. After 2 weeks the scratch is WORSE and bleeding. I have been putting (or trying to) Polysporin on it with no improvement. What should I do ... Any suggestions from your experience?
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>>Ben

Is it where he is scratching himself? Is he reopening it constantly? One thing I have found is that a poly/trisporin CREAM instead of OINTMENT tends to go over better. Some animals react to the petroleum in the ointment and if it does to them what it does to me it ITCHES and so the wound you are treating takes forever to heal as they dig at it. If it were me at this point I would wash it with a dilute betadine or chlorhexidine scrub, or just soap and water if that is what you have- to get the ointment out of it. Use a wash cloth, get it rinsed and dry it well. Then try with a antibiotic cream/ betadine if it is oozy and needs to dry out some. If you have been using a cream already and he is still not healing then I would go to the betadine/povodine.
That is my best guess. Hope it works for you.
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Sonya

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Thanks!

I'll try it and keep you posted.

Ben