wat could it be????

[hunt4life 0]

hi all i have a saluki whippet grey ....... i took him out and ran a few big ears wed night was running fine (i had 1 and 1 rabbit ) got him home still fine and in the kennel as normal,and in the morning his foot was swollen about as thick as my wrist i checked his foot over and found nothing.....

 

so i cleaned it anyway and gave him some anti-biotics and when i got in last night and there was a big hole in his foot came from nowhere

 

 

take a look and see wat ya thing iv just benn cleaning it with salt water

 

 

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[martin 332]

It's very hard to tell from the pics,but,do you think it could of been an abcess,and,now it has burst.Or,it might of been a blackthorn spike that he got in there a few weeks ago,and,that turned sceptic,as they do usually a week or two later.Does it look like it is a hole that has more room inside,or,just goes straight through?

[Calli 93]

Stop him licking it, and clip the fur from the wound - hair irritates open wounds.

 

With the saluki grey heritage I would guess he is worrying the open wound.

 

Purple spray is often a good deterrent - iodine based - but so not a good look if you are going out

 

Muzzle if he is used to it - stop the obsessive cleaning that keeps the wound open.

 

Jab of anti Bio if it shows any signs of inflammation.

[BlueCoyote 0]

looks like an abscess to me too.... it may have been picked up at any point and the running around finally brought it to a head, or it just decided to come to a head on its own....

 

if he had a thorn in there between his toes then thats likely all that happened. the pus has probably drained on its own, or had help from him with licking.