Major Foot Issue
Update on Gamba:
I did not get the pics of his foot from Friday as it was a nightmare being at the vet the day after a holiday. Anyway, the healing looks much better and I will have new pics to post tomorrow when he has his next bandage change and laser therapy. The tips of the toes still haven't come off but the rest of the tissue on the foot looks nice and normal!
The eye posed a bit of a problem. We were doing warm compresses 3x/day to release any puss from the incision site and reduce the swelling. At his Friday appointment the on-call vet made the call to flush the wound and remove the sutures. Originally we had been avoiding this as there isn't enough tissue to do a 6th surgery on the site to close the incision. Fortunately, the eye pocket was 90% closed with a good amount of skin healed over the incision site. A large scab that had formed on top of the incision and had to come off so the wound looks worse than it is. There is still a small pocket that hasn't fully healed which still needs to be flushed but our boy is making good improvement!
I did not get the pics of his foot from Friday as it was a nightmare being at the vet the day after a holiday. Anyway, the healing looks much better and I will have new pics to post tomorrow when he has his next bandage change and laser therapy. The tips of the toes still haven't come off but the rest of the tissue on the foot looks nice and normal!
The eye posed a bit of a problem. We were doing warm compresses 3x/day to release any puss from the incision site and reduce the swelling. At his Friday appointment the on-call vet made the call to flush the wound and remove the sutures. Originally we had been avoiding this as there isn't enough tissue to do a 6th surgery on the site to close the incision. Fortunately, the eye pocket was 90% closed with a good amount of skin healed over the incision site. A large scab that had formed on top of the incision and had to come off so the wound looks worse than it is. There is still a small pocket that hasn't fully healed which still needs to be flushed but our boy is making good improvement!
Hi there,
I sent pics over to show his progress. The foot is stuck in the in between state where its not healing but not getting worse. He is currently doing cold laser therapy 2x/week on both his eye incision and his foot.
I wanted to include pics of the eye incision site as we have had so many complications with it and thought maybe it might be helpful to others as we had to get creative so it would heal.
The first eye pic is after the 3rd surgery to repair and close the incision site. The wound had antibiotic beads to keep the pocket from getting infected however, Gamba scratched his incision open (on a Satuday afternoon when the vet is closed and doesn't re-open until Monday morning) The beads ended up falling out before we were able to get him to the vet on Monday morning. 2 surgeries later and here we are.
The eye pocket is approx 90% closed now. Sutures were removed and I still need to flush the small remaining pocket 2x/day due to the fluid seepage. Its a white sticky fluid with no smell, vet said its his "washer fluid" and as we continue to flush it and the pocket heals, he should be finally ok. To keep him from scratching at it, we have a small piece of Elastikon over his front nails. The vet was surprised to see it but couldn't believe it is working. It has been 3 weeks since we started put his "mitten" on so he couldn't scratch at the face and there have been no issues. Our vet has actually started using it on other piggies that can't be scratching with good success so far!
He continues to be on CBD Oil, Vetri DMG, Baytril, Metacam and Fluconazole while he is healing.
Most importantly, he has gained 100g, is eating up a storm and is quite the cheeky little guy!
I sent pics over to show his progress. The foot is stuck in the in between state where its not healing but not getting worse. He is currently doing cold laser therapy 2x/week on both his eye incision and his foot.
I wanted to include pics of the eye incision site as we have had so many complications with it and thought maybe it might be helpful to others as we had to get creative so it would heal.
The first eye pic is after the 3rd surgery to repair and close the incision site. The wound had antibiotic beads to keep the pocket from getting infected however, Gamba scratched his incision open (on a Satuday afternoon when the vet is closed and doesn't re-open until Monday morning) The beads ended up falling out before we were able to get him to the vet on Monday morning. 2 surgeries later and here we are.
The eye pocket is approx 90% closed now. Sutures were removed and I still need to flush the small remaining pocket 2x/day due to the fluid seepage. Its a white sticky fluid with no smell, vet said its his "washer fluid" and as we continue to flush it and the pocket heals, he should be finally ok. To keep him from scratching at it, we have a small piece of Elastikon over his front nails. The vet was surprised to see it but couldn't believe it is working. It has been 3 weeks since we started put his "mitten" on so he couldn't scratch at the face and there have been no issues. Our vet has actually started using it on other piggies that can't be scratching with good success so far!
He continues to be on CBD Oil, Vetri DMG, Baytril, Metacam and Fluconazole while he is healing.
Most importantly, he has gained 100g, is eating up a storm and is quite the cheeky little guy!
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Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
Here are your pics illustrating the "elasticon".
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You wrote:
The techs didn’t send pics of his foot today but this is the Elastikon that they put on his front and back paw the keep him from scratching the eye wound. It has worked really well and I change it every other day at home. Has not caused any inflammation or skin issues for him. We’ve been doing this for about a month or so. Next week the vet will keep the bandage off to see how he does.
Okie dokie, so Mr Naughty Pirate Gamba decided to pull his leg bandage off last night. We were planning on trying him without it next week but decided to keep an eye on him and see how it goes. The good news is he’s leaving it alone!! His gait is funny as he’s had his leg bandages to the hip for a month and a half but he’s a much happier Gamba! Came home from work just now and he’s left it alone and definitely moving around better. With that, we won’t be wrapping the leg anymore and the cold laser will now be 1x/week. His eye wound is looking so much better and we continue to flush it 2x/day with iodine/saline mixture. The bone is continuing to remodel and no swelling anymore!!
So Gamba is continuing to heal and is actually popcorning and gaining some weight! He continues to leave the foot alone (the dead tissue is still hanging on) and his eye incision site looks good. Vet recommended that we soak the foot in epsom salt to encourage the dead tissue to come on. I'd rather not get into having to have the vet having to mess with it as they still expect it to come off on its own. Overall the vet techs and vet have been very happy with his progress the past few weeks!
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