Posted By: tbull
back from the vet (( pictures)) - 02/18/08 11:53 PM
Well I just got back from taking my Storm, aka Storming Norman, (wow was he mad at the vet's office today ) Never drew any blood, but he was one fierce little fuzzball. Luckily my vet just laughed and said, "I would bite at people too, if I thought I could get away with it."
Anyway, He put Storm under and cleaned up the wound on his shoulder. Said it looked good and NO infection at all. Said it would have healed nicely if Storm had not kept scratching it. He made the cut a tiny bit bigger to get fresh skin to stitch together. I asked about glue, but the decision was made that he would be able to scratch off glue before it could heal. So he used desolvable stitches and gave him a shot of antibiodics and anti-inflamatories to stop the itching. They also trimmed up his nails and gave him lots of cuddles --before my "sweet little beastie" woke up. I gave him some pain meds once we got home and he is curled up in my shirt.
Oh yeah, I asked about a body cone, but my vet feels that he would probably do more damage to himself fighting to get it off, than any good it would do.
I took pictures of the procedure. They are not too graphic so they should be OK to post.
Anyway, He put Storm under and cleaned up the wound on his shoulder. Said it looked good and NO infection at all. Said it would have healed nicely if Storm had not kept scratching it. He made the cut a tiny bit bigger to get fresh skin to stitch together. I asked about glue, but the decision was made that he would be able to scratch off glue before it could heal. So he used desolvable stitches and gave him a shot of antibiodics and anti-inflamatories to stop the itching. They also trimmed up his nails and gave him lots of cuddles --before my "sweet little beastie" woke up. I gave him some pain meds once we got home and he is curled up in my shirt.
Oh yeah, I asked about a body cone, but my vet feels that he would probably do more damage to himself fighting to get it off, than any good it would do.
I took pictures of the procedure. They are not too graphic so they should be OK to post.
Description: cleaning up the bad scrabby tissue
Description: all cleaned up and ready to close
Description: Starting the stitching
Description: All done
Description: cuddles while he wakes up