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So yesterday was our third run in with a local fox. He hasn't killed one of our girls yet, but came close twice. Yesterday was another close call.
He bit "Princess" - an Ameracauna who is 3 years old twice. While she is not in critical condition, I think her injuries are more than mild. She was breathing and walking funny when I got out to her.
Eventually I calmed her and got her breathing to calm down. I did a brief inspection of the wound area, and sprayed it down with blu kote and isolated her in a clean dog crate with food and water with some extra electrolytes. I had to go pick my son up from daycare so only did some initial triage and made sure she was still drinking and eating.
Today is day #2 and I got her in a tub and gave her a bath, cleaned the area and added some vetericyn plus to the wound area, cut away some feathers and took a picture to get a better idea of what happened to her.
She has bruising and a couple of wounds from teeth along her back, near the base of her neck. I've included some pictures.
So my main question is does she need to go on antibiotics immediately? I'm unsure if I should proactively give them to her, or if they are necessary for this type of injury.
In the meantime, after the bath and application of vetericyn, I applied some petroleum jelly to the wound area applied a non stick wound pad, and some bandage dressing. She is still eating and drinking ok.
Please let me know your thoughts on antibiotics, recommended ones if so, and if there are any care steps that I have missed!
He bit "Princess" - an Ameracauna who is 3 years old twice. While she is not in critical condition, I think her injuries are more than mild. She was breathing and walking funny when I got out to her.
Eventually I calmed her and got her breathing to calm down. I did a brief inspection of the wound area, and sprayed it down with blu kote and isolated her in a clean dog crate with food and water with some extra electrolytes. I had to go pick my son up from daycare so only did some initial triage and made sure she was still drinking and eating.
Today is day #2 and I got her in a tub and gave her a bath, cleaned the area and added some vetericyn plus to the wound area, cut away some feathers and took a picture to get a better idea of what happened to her.
She has bruising and a couple of wounds from teeth along her back, near the base of her neck. I've included some pictures.
So my main question is does she need to go on antibiotics immediately? I'm unsure if I should proactively give them to her, or if they are necessary for this type of injury.
In the meantime, after the bath and application of vetericyn, I applied some petroleum jelly to the wound area applied a non stick wound pad, and some bandage dressing. She is still eating and drinking ok.
Please let me know your thoughts on antibiotics, recommended ones if so, and if there are any care steps that I have missed!
