I needed to take my RIR Rooster to a vet the other day to have a top of foot 'bumblefoot' cleaned about and drained.
The vet said to leave the bandage on for only 2 days, and then let it continue to drain for another 8 days, and bring him in on the 10th day as followup.
All this with NO antibiotics, and instructions to NOT use antiseptics of any kind on the festering wound after the bandages are removed.
Only soap and water if he steps in poop. And one of the incisions is on the BOTTOM of the foot.
Is this kosher?
He is in a cage in my livingroom, on towels, and frequently steps on his poop before we can get to it. Tomorrow his bandages come off, and we need to know howto react if he 'soils' his foot with open and draining wounds.
The foot had been drained (but not cleaned out) once before by a different vet with similar instructions. And it got reinfected at the incision point. So naturally we are concerned.
No antisepsis in theses conditions is absolutely counterintuitive (and I have had human clinical courses!).
The vet said to leave the bandage on for only 2 days, and then let it continue to drain for another 8 days, and bring him in on the 10th day as followup.
All this with NO antibiotics, and instructions to NOT use antiseptics of any kind on the festering wound after the bandages are removed.
Only soap and water if he steps in poop. And one of the incisions is on the BOTTOM of the foot.
Is this kosher?
He is in a cage in my livingroom, on towels, and frequently steps on his poop before we can get to it. Tomorrow his bandages come off, and we need to know howto react if he 'soils' his foot with open and draining wounds.
The foot had been drained (but not cleaned out) once before by a different vet with similar instructions. And it got reinfected at the incision point. So naturally we are concerned.
No antisepsis in theses conditions is absolutely counterintuitive (and I have had human clinical courses!).