Shrimp
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Ok, so about a month ago, Shrimp developed a very nasty foot abscess and after three weeks there was still pus coming out. We had the vet out three times, xrayed twice which showed no foreign object so the vet and us decided to take him up to Leahurst veterinary hospital which is literally next door luckily for us!
His foot was xrayed again and you could see where the infection had underun the foot so together with the vet and specialist farrier it was decided that the best option was to take off part off his sole
to make sure that there was no possible way off any infection staying put and so far since then, no more pus has come out.
So nows he's bandaged up though he's barely sore on it considering whats actually been done to it.
So, my question is, if anyone has had similar experiance of this, how long did it take to heal and any tips that would help it heal? Any help would be much appreciated
Here is the pic (a bit squeamish) You can see on the right hand side, the large part of the sole that has been taken away. The yellow clour is due to manuka honey we have been putting on the help get ride of the infection
His foot was xrayed again and you could see where the infection had underun the foot so together with the vet and specialist farrier it was decided that the best option was to take off part off his sole
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So nows he's bandaged up though he's barely sore on it considering whats actually been done to it.
So, my question is, if anyone has had similar experiance of this, how long did it take to heal and any tips that would help it heal? Any help would be much appreciated
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Here is the pic (a bit squeamish) You can see on the right hand side, the large part of the sole that has been taken away. The yellow clour is due to manuka honey we have been putting on the help get ride of the infection
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