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Health / Tail infection, may need to be amputated - Advice please
« on: October 23, 2013, 08:24:31 AM »
Hi All,
Has anyone had to have the tip of their chin's tail amputated due to infection? My chin Cooper may need to have his tail amputated, tip of the tail looks dead and scaby and the vet has put him on a course of baytril and given me a plastic collar that only made Cooper stress out quite badly...
It all started after his cage mate started to groom and bite his tail after Cooper came back from his usual teeth file at the vets...we seperated them and wound healed, put them back together the same thing happened so seperated them again, but this time Cooper chewed at his own tail and made it bleed. To discourage him from doing it and i have not seen him do it since we have been using flowers of sulphate powder on his tail.
I have to phone the vets in a couple of days to let him know how Cooper is and arrange another appointment....I would appreciate any help and advice on caring and after care in the need of an amputation?
Also any ideas on what else i can do instead of using a plastic collar, i am frightened that he will not be able to eat and drink and stressing him out will only make matters worse.....Thanks
Has anyone had to have the tip of their chin's tail amputated due to infection? My chin Cooper may need to have his tail amputated, tip of the tail looks dead and scaby and the vet has put him on a course of baytril and given me a plastic collar that only made Cooper stress out quite badly...
It all started after his cage mate started to groom and bite his tail after Cooper came back from his usual teeth file at the vets...we seperated them and wound healed, put them back together the same thing happened so seperated them again, but this time Cooper chewed at his own tail and made it bleed. To discourage him from doing it and i have not seen him do it since we have been using flowers of sulphate powder on his tail.
I have to phone the vets in a couple of days to let him know how Cooper is and arrange another appointment....I would appreciate any help and advice on caring and after care in the need of an amputation?
Also any ideas on what else i can do instead of using a plastic collar, i am frightened that he will not be able to eat and drink and stressing him out will only make matters worse.....Thanks