A Bit Of Advice Needed

[madjasper]

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I am just asking for a bit of advice please, whilst out walking on Monday Jasper my whippet x greyhound cut his foot / leg at the bottom on that BL**DY barbed wire. It left a good gash on his leg that is at the bottom rear leg right on the bend where his ankle/foot is. This has resulted in everytime he bends his foot it obviously pulls on the wound.

I rushed him straight to the vets, who were brill. They knocked him out, gave it a good clean and a quick x-ray then stitched him back up. The nurse said to me take his bandage off Thursday / Friday and leave the wound, they have put disposable sticthes in that way he will not need to go and have them taken out. I have an appointment on Monday morning a week later just to check all is OK.

I have taken the bandage off today and the wound looked lovely, but the little monkey has done nothing but try to lick it and will not leave it alone. Also Blue my other whippet likes the look of it and also wants to lick it for him, (or kiss it better). Now it looks like it has started to open up a bit at the bottom, also I am frightened of it opening again.

Anyway after the woffle, the question I am asking is how long does it take for whippets to heal???. I have bandged the wound back up at the mo, when it is strapped up he doesn't bother with it at all. I was going to ring the vets in the morning but I thought I'd ask the experts first.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[tigger2007]

hi there,

our advice would be to put the dog in a crate and put one of those silly lamp shade things on him.

that should stop him licking and the other dog won't be able to get to him then. :luck:

 

[Goran]

I am just asking for a bit of advice please, whilst out walking on Monday Jasper my whippet x greyhound cut his foot / leg at the bottom on that BL**DY barbed wire. It left a good gash on his leg that is at the bottom rear leg right on the bend where his ankle/foot is. This has resulted in everytime he bends his foot it obviously pulls on the wound.
I rushed him straight to the vets, who were brill. They knocked him out, gave it a good clean and a quick x-ray then stitched him back up. The nurse said to me take his bandage off Thursday / Friday and leave the wound, they have put disposable sticthes in that way he will not need to go and have them taken out. I have an appointment on Monday morning a week later just to check all is OK.

I have taken the bandage off today and the wound looked lovely, but the little monkey has done nothing but try to lick it and will not leave it alone. Also Blue my other whippet likes the look of it and also wants to lick it for him, (or kiss it better). Now it looks like it has started to open up a bit at the bottom, also I am frightened of it opening again.

Anyway after the woffle, the question I am asking is how long does it take for whippets to heal???. I have bandged the wound back up at the mo, when it is strapped up he doesn't bother with it at all. I was going to ring the vets in the morning but I thought I'd ask the experts first.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Not so sure about disposable stitches, but normally stitches are taken out on the 10th day, my vet also recomends giving the dog a daily dose of Vit C (500mg tablet) to speed up the healing process ( and it works ) hope this helps....once they do start to heal though it is quite a quick process.

 

[chid21]

get a lamp shade on the dog ,and if the wound opens up again just super glue it shut , vets charge to much imo...

 

[madjasper]

Not so sure about disposable stitches, but normally stitches are taken out on the 10th day, my vet also recomends giving the dog a daily dose of Vit C (500mg tablet) to speed up the healing process ( and it works ) hope this helps....once they do start to heal though it is quite a quick process.

Sorry ment to say dissolvable :b , I was having a moment I think when I typed that :wacko:

 

[madjasper]

Thanks for the replies they have been helpful. Do you think I am OK leaving the bandage on for a few more days to knit a bit more, or do you think I should take it off to let the air get to it and do the lampshade look??

 

[jazad]

Hi

The key is to prevent licking or biting of the wound - keep the dogs separate until he's healed. The lampshade things are also called Booster collars and cost about £5 - you'll get one from Pets at Home.

I'm going through stitches hell with my two a the mo. Couldn'st stop Marlo licking Huey - had to have an AB injection and cream - extra £20!!!

 

[jazad]

Sorry just reread your previous post - wasn't meaning to teach you to suck eggs - but the stitches thing is a nightmare as if the lampshade cause they keep baning into things!