Advice

[salclalin 240]

Gave my young bitch a run last night.1 run 1 rabbit,unfortunately she knocked up a toe.Other than rest any advice on what to do. Any advice much appreciated.

[Guest trev]

http://thehuntinglife.com/forums/index.php...wtopic=6230&hl=

[Guest merle]

you can either strap it to the next toe or leave it unstraped and it will calas up in about 3/4 weeks

time is the only way it will heel dont be in a rush to run it till the toe has heeled

cheers

merle

[Guest trev]

Can somebody please tell me the advantages of the toe calousing???

Do you actually know what calousing is and how and why it happens and the effects it has when it does happen????

Read the link for anyone that dosent, it does more damadge than good.

[salclalin 240]

Cheers lads,just realised this should have been in another forum.I should have mentioned it is a dislocation and not a break.It is the first joint

[Guest merle]

depending on where the break is if the break is on the joint it will heel but as we are told it will callas causing the joint not to work and normally double the size which i agree could cause some problems

but if it it on the straight bone it will heel ok even if it callases up

im sorry but i dont know what causes it to callas to the size they do but if you read the link from trev it does say why

merle

 

take it to the vet or a ostiopath they will sort it

merle

[Guest trev]

The calous is the build up of blood in the toe, when left in time it becomes hard leaving a lump on the toe which in turn hardens around the liagaments and prevents the toe from working properly.

To stop all this the simple solution is cut the nail off right back to the toe to allow the blood build up be released, this saves the toe calousing, which in turn saves the ligaments, time then is what will heal the rest.

[Guest trev]

Yes max bone radiol(blister) will help speed up the the healing proces, its an ugly effect but it certainly works, the general idea is to brush it on, it burns the hair and skin and stops the dog using the affected area, if he isnt using the affected area the healing process will be alot quicker.

[socks 32,253]

merle with all due respect you shouldnt give advice on health matters if you dont know what you are talking about as this could be detremental to the welfare of the dog ....... salclalin listen to what trev is telling you he has probably treated more dogs than merle has stroked ............

[salclalin 240]

The calous is the build up of blood in the toe, when left in time it becomes hard leaving a lump on the toe which in turn hardens around the liagaments and prevents the toe from working properly.

To stop all this the simple solution is cut the nail off right back to the toe to allow the blood build up be released, this saves the toe calousing, which in turn saves the ligaments, time then is what will heal the rest.

 

I've done as you said Trev mate Hopefully it will be Ok.Many thanks to everybody who gave me advice it is much appreciated.