I do have experience in cleaning and draining wounds and have various gauges of
needles etc that i can lance it with and some amoxicillin that I could mix up
for her. I have treated my cat various times (my older cat 15yrs old) and my
husband grew up on a beef farm, his dad still has 500 head. They did all the
stuff themselves. My husband has fixed prolapses in cattle etc.
I did get rid of the excess pus and she didn't have a problem with me doing
it, doesn't seem to be causing her excess pain and she allowed me to squeeze it
although I didn't do it too hard because I didn't want it to go internal. She
is 10 1/2 lbs so I'm assuming it is the same doseage as for my approx 10lb cat?
Most vets around here can't see her until Tues anyways...
Thanks
Sue
marsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you have no experience with home treatments, you should probably
get her to a vet. Personally if it were me, since I have treated a lot of my
pets over the years and learned a lot from the vets when I have had to take
them in, I would first clean the area real good, gently squeeze out any puss or
infection, put and anti-biotic ointment on it, give some antibiotics and wait a
day or two. If it starts to heal, great...if not, then I would see a
vet......but then again, like I said, I have treated my own pets for stuff like
this a lot, have the medication needed on hand, ect.....so basically I have a
little knowledge of what I am doing. If you don't have this, you may want to go
on to the vet and while you are there...learn for the next time :-)
Marsha
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----- Original Message -----
From: Lizz Lizz
To: chigroup
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 1:05 AM
Subject: [Chihuahuas] Any ideas about lump/lesion with pus around ear
My poor dog has a rather large swelling at the front of her head just in
front of her ear. I am suprised because I just noticed it today. I do have them
out every day and she is white so I would have noticed it so it would have have
to been bedtime last night/overnight/this morning. When I noticed it, it had
cracked pus looking stuff on it. I put a hot cloth on it. A bit of pus came out
and the scab stuff came off but now it is bright red and seems to have a mass
inside it. She doesn't seem bothered by it and has let me look at it.
Here is a pic
I'm thinking I should take her in but not sure, I have another chi and also a
cat that likes to play with them so she could have got the scratch/bite from
either if that is what it is.
Thanks
Sue
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