Scraped His Nose

[Mim]

Sarge has managed to scrape the skin off the top of his nose. Can't get a photo of it because our cameras are broken but it's just a shallow scrape about 1cm long and a little less in width.

I washed it with warm salty water and I've put betadine on it and some antiseptic powder but he just licks it right off! Any tricks to stop him? He doesn't care if it tastes bad :rolleyes: Does it matter if he licks it off? I'm worried it will get infected because he eats so many gross things (wee, cat poo, rabbit poo, guinea pig poo, bird poo, poo, poo) and keeps licking it.

Can eating antiseptic hurt him at all?

I can't find what he's scraped it on either.

Borrowed a camera and got a picture of his nose

Edited March 8, 2009 by Mim

[puggy_puggy]

Is it really deep or superficial?

Paw Paw ointment might help.

Perhaps give him something to distract froma ctually licking his nose like a bone or treat filled kong.

Might be a good idea to keep him contained for the next few days so he can't eat crusty things and can't scrape it again.

If you catch him pawing at it an elizabethan collar might be needed.

[Erny]

I was about to suggest Paw Paw ointment as well, but see that puggy-puggy has beaten me to it. Either that or Ungvita. I wouldn't be applying antiseptic powder to the nose. An unprofessional opinion, but the nose is meant to be moist and I can imagine the powder would be too drying for it.

Edited March 6, 2009 by Erny

[Mim]

I have some Paw Paw ointment so can try that.

I've put socks on his front paws as he was scratching at it and didn't want his dew claws getting it.

Puggy it's shallow so nothing to serious, I just don't want it to get infected.

Thanks erny - I just put the powder on out of habit I guess. If I hurt myself it's always betadine + antiseptic cream and then some powder.

Got a nice marrow bone in the fridge but nothing for the girls to have except carrots :rolleyes: they're going to give me looks of "what? why does he get a bone!?"