I stopped, and it was hard to really tell. Thinking about applying it to his second wound but he shows discomfort in applying since it’s so sticky, I thought about heating it some to be easier to apply. What I did notice however is that that foot found had a black spot, before the vet gave me anti fungal to treat it and it never did anything, I did two applications of the honey, and now with this shed the black spot is completely gone however that foot is still a bit hard and inflamed. That being said I think it cleared out the infection or inflammation on that foot quite a lot. The major foot wound is healing great and I’ve gone back to diluted iodine for cleaning and the silvadine to add a layer to it. I noticed on major foot wound it would cause his skin to yellow a bit and feared it adding more bacteria to it.
. One step ahead, two fall behind! Ugh poor guy. Seeing about maintaining his original recheck tomorrow instead of next week
Put him back in the hospital bin today View attachment 246429came home from work to find his sore foot (not major one from before ) has busted open and was bleeding. Used diluted iodine and manuka honey to see how it helps. His foot was pretty raw after being subjected to damp towels in his hospital bin throughout the day. I am just going to keep it dry with damp towels on the sides and tops and putting him at the bottom of his main enclosure a few times a day for a good misting.
Yes. Before I changed his paper towels 3-4 times a day because I was misting in there. Now I am putting some damp towels around the enclosure to try to keep humidity in, by dry towels inside. It’s so hard to maintain the hospital bin and regulate him but his feet are now bleeding and need to heal. Ugh ugh ugh. So similar to what happened with his first foot. I am wondering if the jungle vines in his main were too rough and with his shed it wa afresh baby skin which let the new wound open
Before it was just sore, now it’s opened up.
Like bed sores. Humidity here in Texas is so so, depends on the day where I’m at.
I’m almost wanting to say screw it and perch him up where he is happy. Bleeding stopped with the manuka honey. He has his fortaz shot tonight. He is in full shed and i hate what this hospital bin does for him with moderation of his temps and humidity. But I know that it probably hurts too? Ugh this is so effing hardWas able to maintain the recheck visit for tomorrow. Poor little buddy.
Think I’ll wrap the vines with this soft mesh I got so it’s not so scrapey on his feet
it’s raw and open and I think there is something going on here with that, I do not think it was from being grounded so long. There is tissue softness with his feet, the new shed on 2 out of 4 has shown improvements while the other 2 show more tenderness. feeling like an over analytical crazy person at this time.
I can’t even begin to explain how heart wrenching the last two months have been. Now on to vet number two and I’m sure they both think I’m a crazy person by now because I explain every detail and am questioning everything at this point. I’m relieved I can see this guy tomorrow for a real conversation on what he sees in his bloodwork, what he thinks of swelling in his elbow down since first visit, and his weight gain. Hoping to rule out MBD but I’m keeping my mind open and literally over here doing everything suggested and making changed and waiting on Lou by hand and knee. I’ve had upmost patience but it’s really hard when something like this happened today, it looks as bad as his initial foot wound.
I put him in this enclosure because of the dampness and not chance to dry out from paper towels. The ones on bottom of main enclosure is more cushion Incase he does fall but they are changed 2x a day, a whole paper towels worth just to cushion hard spots. I’ve melted all the zip ties days ago. The jungle vines I added are pretty rough so I wrapped those all with a soft and fast dry mesh fabric today. They’re helping with his grip for sure. I thought the hospital bin he was in for three weeks definitely weakened his feet which is a reason why I put him back in here (main enclosure), but it wasn’t a scab before, it was soft and tender for sure and a wound in the making, which may be caused by being grounded for so long.
