Warning - I've kept the thumbnails small because the wounds are quite gross.
One of our girls (2 yr old Orpington blue), had a bumble we thought we took out pretty well. But two weeks later the black plug came back larger, so we soaked for a few days and took it out again and it looked like photo #1 with photo #2 as the plug. It bled a tiny bit, but we cleaned and packed it with iodine and antibacterial ointment. We have been changing the dressing every day with new ointments.
Photo #3 is two days later (today). The wound is coming together but looking yellowish. I've tried touching it with saline on a q-tip to see if the yellow is pus and easy to remove, but it's not.
Anyone know if this is healing tissue or if we should soak again and try to remove until only pink tissue? I'm reluctant because she's clearly in pain. We've been giving her a low dose of meloxicam to help. There is still some 'bumble's on the top of the foot, they are pink but not hot. The swelling in the foot pad has gone down a lot.
Thanks!
One of our girls (2 yr old Orpington blue), had a bumble we thought we took out pretty well. But two weeks later the black plug came back larger, so we soaked for a few days and took it out again and it looked like photo #1 with photo #2 as the plug. It bled a tiny bit, but we cleaned and packed it with iodine and antibacterial ointment. We have been changing the dressing every day with new ointments.
Photo #3 is two days later (today). The wound is coming together but looking yellowish. I've tried touching it with saline on a q-tip to see if the yellow is pus and easy to remove, but it's not.
Anyone know if this is healing tissue or if we should soak again and try to remove until only pink tissue? I'm reluctant because she's clearly in pain. We've been giving her a low dose of meloxicam to help. There is still some 'bumble's on the top of the foot, they are pink but not hot. The swelling in the foot pad has gone down a lot.
Thanks!