Farm chatter

[ackie]

SO just said he wished wed taken a picture. I wanted to suggest that but I felt awkward. lol

 

[ackie]

And I'm awake supa early to call the vet in 18 minutes and see if we can get her in

 

[CHlCKEN]

 

[ackie]

the vet is on her way to the hospital so we are doing home care insteadddd

 

[CHlCKEN]

the vet is on her way to the hospital so we are doing home care insteadddd

I hope your dogs alright

 

[ackie]

I hope your dogs alright

she is obviously in pain which is sad but the pain is doing its part in making her take it easy, so I dont want to medicate it away. she hasnt been interested in regular food and water but she gobbled down rice + canned chicken & happily ate a flavored antibiotic chewable. wound is more or less closed (gaps for drainage) & she never got a chance to get it dirty so we are looking pretty good.

 

[ackie]

SO is describing the opening as palm-sized and hes way better at sizing everything so that's what I'm going with now. It was a lot.

 

[Corbdee]

Oh no!!!! That all is terrible. I hope he’s alright!

 

[HappyDuckie]

she is obviously in pain which is sad but the pain is doing its part in making her take it easy, so I dont want to medicate it away. she hasnt been interested in regular food and water but she gobbled down rice + canned chicken & happily ate a flavored antibiotic chewable. wound is more or less closed (gaps for drainage) & she never got a chance to get it dirty so we are looking pretty good.

Keeping her resting is best right now. If she continues to seem uncomfortable and in pain, you can give her Benadryl.
Could you take a picture of the wound?

 

[ackie]

I gave her Novox 1mg/lb because shes definitely hurting. Hopefully she stays relaxed regardless.

I didnt take pics which I know is the bane of every BYCers life. lol.

Its a large laceration in the skin down to the muscle, approx 4 inches long leaving a palm-sized wound opening. clean. she hit a small, blunt, roughly dime-sized piece of metal while running. it's the end piece that holds the bar that holds the ramps of a trailer so its exposed to the elements but not particularly dirty. less than a dime size of skin with a ton of fur fluff and no blood was left at the scene of the accident. it's on her shoulder/neck area so it didnt get set in the dirt and she couldnt lick it. we came right inside, where I proceeded to have no idea what was wrong except that she was acting funny - I didn't see her hit it, just heard the yelp so I checked her feet and her ladybits (shes in heat) and found nothing wrong. she acted like she was in labor - which is apparently what pain looks like, drooling and unable to find a spot to get comfortable, probably the dog equivilent of pacing. we found the wound, picked as much fur out of it as we could, loosely closed it with super glue liquid and made her lay down and be calm.

shes had antibiotics as well. keflex 600mg chewable which she ate happily.