pet ten year old bluey has cut his belly how can i do first aid

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pet ten year old bluey has cut his belly how can i do first aid

Postby Gtrain123 » Tue Sep 07, 2021 8:51 pm

How can I clean and help wound healing without infection
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Re: pet ten year old bluey has cut his belly how can i do first aid

Postby splashy07 » Wed Sep 08, 2021 4:42 am

All depends on how serious...bad wounds should be treated by a qualified exotic animal vet, everyday cuts and whatnot I use peroxide and keep off substrate until healed. Could you post a picture? What caused this?
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Re: pet ten year old bluey has cut his belly how can i do first aid

Postby Gtrain123 » Wed Sep 08, 2021 3:29 pm

splashy07 wrote:All depends on how serious...bad wounds should be treated by a qualified exotic animal vet, everyday cuts and whatnot I use peroxide and keep off substrate until healed. Could you post a picture? What caused this?

Hey splashy thanks for your advice hes got about 5ml cut on middle of belly was bleeding a fair bit I washed the blood off him and not sure what to seal wound with ,it's leading into summer and he's become heaps active he climbed over a piece of glass to try escape out of enclosure and I think that's how it happened been in there for years and never happened before he's eatingg and moving around just worried about infection I'm at work can send a photo later mate

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