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Luna just has some mystery surrounding that paw from before. I wonder if the injury (bite or what ever it was) caused a relapse of the previous unknown problem too, or it might be all part of the same picture that involves some inflammation too, which can come and go.
Hang in there Marianne and hopefully this will all be better soon. I'd probably limit long walks for a bit though don't ya think.
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Sharlene and molly muffin
Well, come on sweet Peg,give mama a clue as to what is wrong with your foot.
If only they could talk
Remember Addy, it's Peg's thread, but Luna's foot. ;)
Geez, is it contagious!? Yesterday Fox got up limping and holding her right front paw up when standing. On inspection, nothing but she would react when I touched one particular toe. I looked very closely, nothing to see, massaged it a bit then put her back down and she was better but still limping a bit. This morning, nada, no limp, and she's springing and jumping as usual. :rolleyes: She's a bit like Tigger - boing boing boing! :D
I hope Luna is better and not worse this morning! I was thinking about how to better protect the foot and thought about the rubber traction footies...but if she will eat a sock off she could sure eat those things off! :p
Hi Marianne, awww stink with the renewed limping, darn foot!! :eek::eek: on eating the sock though... that won't do Luna!! Oh dearie me, the tummy was a bit off a while back I seem to remember, well now it is getting an inside scrub from passing sock :eek: Hmmm wonder what that long term limp is due too.. then this sudden flare... now back to occasional limp. I hate not knowing lol... hope something declares itself soon!! xx
Saw this on my FB this morning, something for you labs to do?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5tYeyChFB0
dang, I called Luna Peg:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o
Awwwwww....TOO CUTE!!!!! :) :) :) :)
OK, Trish, to take your mind off Flynny, here's a "what would you do" question...
It is now two weeks since the bite/sting/whatever. After a couple of days, the horrible acute issues all resolved, but we were left with a limp and a scabby area on one of the toes. Took her back to be seen a week ago, which I now regret because the scab was torn off and the toe shaved, all for naught because nothing was seen. But of course, that irritated the skin and also made Luna fuss with the toe. I was to put on antibiotic ointment, but of course she licked it off. So I taped on a sock which she pulled off and consumed. So I've left the toe open to the air with no more ointment because there is no redness and no open lesion. She finished 5 days of pred at the beginning, finished 10 days of oral antibiotic over the weekend.
But...she is still favoring the paw and the toe is still "bigger" than it should be. Not red, not inflamed, but a bit swollen. Kind of like lick granuloma which would make sense although I never catch her licking. And otherwise she seems to be her happy energetic normal self. Monday is a holiday here so we are facing a three-day weekend and I don't want an emergency crisis, though. So here comes the drum roll...and what would you do???
I can take her back to the vet tomorrow, but I truly don't know what there is to see. She's been x-rayed once and examined twice and nobody sees any foreign object or stinger. I really don't like the limp and I really don't think it's right that her toe hasn't normalized, but maybe she is still having residual inflammation?? I have four doses of the same antiobiotic left from Peg's UTI and could give it through the weekend. But after a break of five days, is that a bad thing to do in the absence of a confirmed infection?
My own thought is that I will definitely take her back next week if this hasn't resolved, but I'd rather just limp through the weekend (no pun intended) if we can because if I take her in, the vets will feel obligated to "do" something (like I wish hadn't been done last week because I think the shaved toe may have contributed to this while mess!). So I absolutely will not hold you responsible for any recommendation, but would you give the antiobiotic? (And of course I am happy to hear opinions from everybody else, too!)
Hi Marianne
If it is not red or inflamed looking I think I would hold off. No fluctuant areas to indicate a collection under the skin??
Flynn has had a couple of inter digital cysts, they did take quite a while to get back to normal. He had antibiotics and I remember it was not totally back to normal by the time they finished. He is hopeless with creams as well and I would usually put the cream on and sit next to him with the paw under the blanket until it had at least 'sunk' in a bit and not have a big blob of it on there. Think I would keep on with that. It was weird as I was sure something was in there, but they had a real good look with a big set of magnifier glasses thingamy and turns out they were right! Sounds like it has got re irritated with the cleanup... so think if it was me I would give it a bit of time.
What are the antibiotics you have?
Back in action again after my brief dinner break :)! Just checked your thread, so we are still awaiting news on Flynny!
Yes, I'm inclined to agree with you re: Luna. Nothing sinister that I can tell under the skin. The oral antibiotic is simplicef for cellulitis. The ointment is a bit more complicated, because AMA I did not apply what the vet gave me :o :o. ( I always confess, and thank goodness my vet usually forgives me). But when I got home, I found he had given me a quadruple thingey that included neomycin. When Hubby had a basal cell taken off his nose, his surgeon specifically said no, no, no to neomycin because it triggers so many allergic reactions. So I had some Polysporin on hand (which the surgeon had approved) and used that instead. The loss was a steroid component, but I could mix some cortizone cream in with the Polysporin...:o