crated or not after bite

angeldaisy

elly our collie got a bite to her leg this evening. the wound is approx 1cm in diameter. it seems clean but I'm going to take her to vets in morning anyway.
she's limping quite a bit, it's on her front leg, I have her crates at moment. should I leave her in it to rest it, or allow her to move around on it?

VonVix

That's a toughie.

Is she typically good in the crate? If she is relaxed in there, I would have her in there for the night. But if she is pawing to get out/whimpering/etc. I wouldn't leave her in.

But I would be worried that if you have her in the crate, she will be licking/at the wound if she does not have a cone on, while if she's out she might be a bit more distracted and less likely to be at it.

Is the wound high or low, near her paw?

angeldaisy

VonVix wrote: »

That's a toughie.

Is she typically good in the crate? If she is relaxed in there, I would have her in there for the night. But if she is pawing to get out/whimpering/etc. I wouldn't leave her in.

But I would be worried that if you have her in the crate, she will be licking/at the wound if she does not have a cone on, while if she's out she might be a bit more distracted and less likely to be at it.

Is the wound high or low, near her paw?

she's very good in the crate thankfully and it's big enough for her to stand up in and turn round.
the wound is near her armpit as it were. I have it covered with a peice of gauze and some paper tape to stop her licking it as she freaks out when she has a cone on.

VonVix

angeldaisy wrote: »

she's very good in the crate thankfully and it's big enough for her to stand up in and turn round.
the wound is near her armpit as it were. I have it covered with a peice of gauze and some paper tape to stop her licking it as she freaks out when she has a cone on.

Has she been good at leaving it alone? I'd probably keep her in the crate for the night so she isn't irritating it with the friction of her leg moving back and forth when walking.

angeldaisy

VonVix wrote: »

Has she been good at leaving it alone? I'd probably keep her in the crate for the night so she isn't irritating it with the friction of her leg moving back and forth when walking.

thanks for that, she's been licking it a bit, but it's still on. I'll keep her in it so as she seems quite settled.

thanks for the advice☺

VonVix

angeldaisy wrote: »

thanks for that, she's been licking it a bit, but it's still on. I'll keep her in it so as she seems quite settled.

thanks for the advice☺

You could see about popping a t-shirt on her if she's bothering it much, or give her a chew to occupy her for a while. My boys (especially at this time of night) tend to fall asleep after I give them a pre-bedtime chew.

angeldaisy

she just had to be carried outside for a wee like a baby! she's asleep now so fingers crossed for an uneventful night and a not too expensive trip to vets!

Knine

I left my Border in a crate after she was badly bitten. There was a lot of blood. The vet visit was not too expensive, too many bites to stitch up. She was also limping but was given painkillers and antibiotics. She felt a lot better after the painkillers.

angeldaisy

she pulled off the dressing so I put her in a t-shirt. it looks ok but trying to get hold of the vets now.
there's a huge amount of tension in the house between the two of them again, so it's safer to have her crated.
just hope we can sort out the aggression between them. we hadn't an incident for about 6 months. hoping to get a behaviourist out to help us as I'd hate to have to rehome one of them.

then when she's sorted need to head to the drs myself to see if I need antibiotics/tetanus as one of them bit me breaking the skin this time.
the joys of owning pets!

Knine

Unfortunately my Border moved in with my parents. A huge amount of damage was done in the time it took me to run downstairs. One bite just missed the jugular. Borders have very strong jaws. Keeping them separate was not working either. Bitches can be lethal in certain breeds if they take a dislike to each other.

Everybody is much happier now.

angeldaisy

Knine wrote: »

Unfortunately my Border moved in with my parents. A huge amount of damage was done in the time it took me to run downstairs. One bite just missed the jugular. Borders have very strong jaws. Keeping them separate was not working either. Bitches can be lethal in certain breeds if they take a dislike to each other.

Everybody is much happier now.

That must have been tough Knine. I don't know what we would do, there's nobody really that would take her for us. I don't want to head down that route, so I'll do my best to work it out for them.

Just got back from vets, appears to be superficial damage, nothing structural. She got 2 injections, painkillers and antibiotics and a week long course of each. Cost 67 as I didn't want her to be sedated and have the wound cleaned by the vets. So he was happy enough to let me clean it a couple of times a day instead.
She was such a baby in the vets, he had to examine her whilst she was in my arms as she wouldn't sit on the table for him!

Knine

angeldaisy wrote: »

That must have been tough Knine. I don't know what we would do, there's nobody really that would take her for us. I don't want to head down that route, so I'll do my best to work it out for them.

Just got back from vets, appears to be superficial damage, nothing structural. She got 2 injections, painkillers and antibiotics and a week long course of each. Cost 67 as I didn't want her to be sedated and have the wound cleaned by the vets. So he was happy enough to let me clean it a couple of times a day instead.
She was such a baby in the vets, he had to examine her whilst she was in my arms as she wouldn't sit on the table for him!

It was very tough but I can see her whenever I want. Vet left me to sort her out/clean her up too. When she was here in the same house it was causing a lot of tension. The other girls are related to each other and the tension was causing them to spar. Peace is restored now. She recovered pretty well too. I had to clip off her neck and chest area. She was also starting the fights, the other bitch had not a mark on her.