Leesa
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My redfoot (about 14yo, about 19 lbs) has a foot injury that happened yesterday. I think he stepped on the threshold of our sliding glass door and it pulled at a "scale" (I don't know what it's called but that's what it looks like) on the bottom of his foot. It's not near the nail, toward the back/inside of his foot. It was bleeding quite a bit and he left a trail of blood as he walked. I rinsed and held a tissue to it to stop the bleeding but as he walks around I think it gets aggravated and starts bleeding again. This morning it was bleeding quite a bit so I put a bandaid on it and then some tape (the white medical tape you would use to hold a bandage on a large scape or burn) over it and around his ankle (not tight, circulation okay) to hold it on. It seems to be doing the trick and not bleeding any longer (past 3-4 hours). I don't see any blood coming through the tape.
I called our vet and he hasn't returned he call so I started looking around online and there doesn't seem to be any info about this. The "scale" on the bottom of his foot is still attached on one side but I don't know if it will heal back on, or should be removed. I don't want to try to pull it off and hurt him, or start more bleeding.
I'd post a pic but I don't want to take the tape and bandaid off right now, unless I really need to. And now I'm worried about hurting his skin when I have to take the tape off.
Anyone know anything about this?
I called our vet and he hasn't returned he call so I started looking around online and there doesn't seem to be any info about this. The "scale" on the bottom of his foot is still attached on one side but I don't know if it will heal back on, or should be removed. I don't want to try to pull it off and hurt him, or start more bleeding.
I'd post a pic but I don't want to take the tape and bandaid off right now, unless I really need to. And now I'm worried about hurting his skin when I have to take the tape off.
Anyone know anything about this?