Peppa's injury

[emmajane]

As some of you might remember Peppa had a high speed run-in with an immoveable object last week which ended up with her having staples to a cut on her knee (which has healed brilliantly) and a large cut on her thigh (which hasn't). The injury on her thigh broke down over the weekend and the skin pulled away from the staples The vet did a bit of a patch up job with more staples, but said the same thing may well happen again and if it does then we'll just leave it open to heal in its own time.

We go through lots of cuts and bruises with Pep, so we're fairly used to keeping wounds clean etc etc etc, but I wondered if anyone had any good tips for speeding things up. The wound is about an inch across and hasn't gone through muscle - just pulled the skin away She is modelling a wonderful array of children's pj bottoms to stop her licking although I have had to up the ante and fashion a patch to stick on them with a sandwich of deep heat in an attempt to keep her away from it. She is with one of us all the time so we can keep an eye on her, and sleeping on our bed (therefore neither of us is getting any sleep, although judging from the amount of snoring Peppa is enjoying a little luxury).

So any advice on helping to speed up the healing process and tips for stopping her licking as well as keeping horrid flies away would be most appreciated. It needs to heal asap because Peppa + no exercise = whirling, screaming, trouble causing coo-beastie

[andywillow]

Have you tried the sterile adhesive dressings on her? I've used them successfully before to stop licking etc. Andy used to cut his legs and simply lick himself a nice hole in them, if we bandaged them his toes always swelled up so I used to put an adhesive dressing on and they stayed on really well but also came off without any trauma.

If it is in a place where you could use one use manuka honey to help it heal. Think I also used the adhesive dressings on Juno with her all her pressure sores and also the honey

[emmajane]

Is there a special type of manuka honey Sue or can I just waltz down the honey isle at the supermarket? Do I just slap it on a dressing and stick it on the wound? I might end up with 3 other dogs all following her around trying to have a taste of the honey pmsl.
I never thought to put some in her food either - I'll try that (she's going to be as fat as butter lol)

[andywillow]

I think the higher the strength the better, I think I've used 15+ before. I'm sure someone told me you can get it in aldi now!

Just slap it on and pop a dressing over it, none of mine ever bothered with the dressings with it underneath.

[mtbbuxton]

Gap vet Ralf advises using cooled camomile tea to clean a wound with as it has antiseptic properties   We've used it successfully on various cuts and grazes and it could be used alongside the manuka honey treatment.
Hope Peppa heals up very soon.

Moira x

[Rachel and Daisy]

Alot of supermarkets now sell 15+ manuka honey and yes, it is usually in the honey isle - just don't look at the price (they are worth it! LOL). The higher the number the stronger it is but I have been told not worth getting any under 15+. Apparently Holland and Barrett do 40+ but it costs about £40.00. Mind you if you consider it as meds then you can easily pay that for some treatments and the honey will last longer too (and you can have a sneaky spoonful!)

[emmajane]

Thanks guys, she's got the manuka slapped on today, so when I'm at the vets getting the dressing surgically removed because she's eaten it, it'll be your fault pmsl

I feel so sorry for her as she's on house/office arrest because every step she takes affects the wound, good job she is happy to snooze a lot I'll keep you posted as to how she's doing