call2arms wrote:Aagh poor poor Dru, I wish I could make her feel better.
How deep was the cut? I'm sorry to ask so many questions!! If you're fed up don't answer, I understand that you might not want to think about it constantly...
Do you think she'd like a heating pad?
They get so huge when they're due to whelp, there must be a ton of pressure and tension on those stitches. Poor Dru. I think she should be an honorary pit bull now, with that kind of injury.
yeah, torb is not the best pain control but I think its pretty well her only option
Call2arms - Isa, is it?- do you think she'd get any better pain control if Katrina was able to do subcutaneous injections, if the vet would let her?
Can you get her a comforter? I just saw twin size ones at Walmart the other day for $30 cdn (I'm looking for my own use) You can fold it twice on itself and it makes for a nice padded bed - we use them all the time for dogs at work and they work quite well, and you should be able to chuck the whole thing in the wash.
I did a quick internet search and so far haven't found much info on pain meds in dogs
madremissy wrote:Heating pad. I got one for Travis at Walmart. It shuts off automatically after a while. It wasn't that much either. They told us warm compresses but the heating pad worked so much better.
call2arms wrote:Heating pads... Just be careful, sometimes if she's in a crate, she can't move away from it if it gets too hot for her comfort, so make sure to put the comforter on top, or a few layers so that it "insulates"...
Injections of Torbugesic won't do any more effect than the oral version, I think, and I guess it's the only safe opioid that she can have... I'm thinking anything else might be a bad idea for the puppies (such as metacam, tramadol, gabapentin)...
Cold compresses could help for pain, but not so much for drainage, and I think that's more important at this point, that would sounds gruesome. What the hell was she thinking?!?!
Malli wrote:Is there a lot of black tissue? Do you know if they debrided the laceration ?
It looks really ouchy Most likely they used staples because they were fast (and therefore less anesthetic time) but man they must be uncomfortable....
Hang in there, Dru! I think she'll feel SO much better when she has the puppies, so much less tension...
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