Wound care and hygiene at home

Wound care and hygiene at home  

Pet Owners Advice:

* Wound care and hygiene at home *

You can do this to reduce the risk of wound infections:

The first week:

+ Keep the animal's lying area clean by changing the surface every or every other day.

+ Keep the animal indoors.

+ Keep the cat's drawer clean.

+ Dogs must be restrained.

Throughout the healing period:

+ The animal must not lick the wound or its vicinity, use a collar or other protection.

+ Avoid the animal lying down in dirty places e.g. inside the front door.

+ Rest the dog where it is as clean and dry as possible. Avoid muddy areas such as ditches  

   or the stable hill!

+ Protect the wound with a clean blanket / T-shirt or similar if it is minus degrees outside, then  

   the wound edges very easily get cold damage.

+ Protect the wound from other pets.

+ Avoid touching the wound. If you still need to wrap the wound, wash your hands thoroughly

   before and after contact and use rubbing alcohol. Feel free to wear disposable gloves.

+ Avoid resting in dense terrain / tall grass where the dog risks stinging or tearing itself in the wound  

   on branches or that foreign objects such as seed capsules get stuck in the wound.

Contact me about the wound:

+ Gets more painful than expected.

+ Turns red or gets a different color.

+ Gets more swollen than expected.

+ Liquids heavily.

+ Smells bad.