Blind, deaf, and toothless baby Einstein-piggy
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salana
- GL is Just Peachy
One thing is kind of weird though. He wants me to clean the wound out with a Q-tip soaked in diluted tincture of iodine (1 part iodine, 10 parts water). I've never heard of using plain iodine, instead of Betadine/chlorhexidine gluconate. I asked him about the chlorhex and he said we might use that later, but now he wanted the iodine. The iodine bottle at the store said it was for external use only, and for minor cuts and scrapes. So what do I do??
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salana
- GL is Just Peachy
There's no pus, but there's some grayish film over much of the inside of the incision. It doesn't come off when flushed or swabbed and has the texture of connective tissue. It doesn't smell or anything. He has some blood and serum that oozes out when pressure is applied around the incision. The area immediately around it is slightly harder and raised, but there don't seem to be any abscess compartments in there and his skin isn't any redder around it. Every time I flush it out, he then forms a scab out of the blood and serum stuff.
His previous abscess was Staphylococcus aureus that wasn't resistant to very many antibiotics, although it took forever to get out of his face. This one was cut much deeper and was flushed out very thoroughly at the vet's.
His previous abscess was Staphylococcus aureus that wasn't resistant to very many antibiotics, although it took forever to get out of his face. This one was cut much deeper and was flushed out very thoroughly at the vet's.