From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-08-10 03:23:27 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] infected ferret bite, treatment?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F10Uhr3ukkwu100005a3e@hotmail.com>
If the vet has not rechecked it I would have it rechecked, It might still be
an infection but not responsive the clavamox, could be growth or could just
be a nasty infection and sometimes we just go in and remove all the tissue
so it can heal. Early on I usu recommend Hot compresses for 10 to 15
minutes 2-4 times per day in order to try and get it to drain. If may need
to be opened and reevaluated. All the best.
Dr. Sue
>From: swedishpenguin66@aol.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] infected ferret bite, treatment?
>Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 20:10:07 +0100 (BST)
>
>Hi, my ferret, Phang, has a bite wound on his neck (it started as a small
>puncture). He went to the vet about two weeks ago, and was prescribed
>Clavamox, .25mL twice a day. Since then the area around the bite and
>swollen into about the size of half a grape, and the small puncture hole
>is now about the diameter of a small pea and growing. The vet recommends
>that I continue the Clavamox for another 10 days, but as it seems to not be
>having any effect, is there anything else that I can do for Phang? He does
>not seem uncomfortable, is eating, playing, and going in the litter box as
>normal. (I have also been putting a topical ointment, Bactoderm, on the
>bite). Could this not be an infected bite? It was not swollen and round
>when the vet saw it, could it be anything other than an infection? Thanks
>
>Hannah and Phang
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