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Jul 6, 2015

 SM from foot injury

My female glider, Lotus, started attacking her foot after the circulation was cut off from the foot (she'd gotten it tangled up in a rather worn pouch--in hindsight, I really should have replaced it sooner). She'd been on pain meds, an anti-inflammatory, and an antibiotic, and both my vet and I believed she was really making a recovery. But about two weeks after the initial injury, about the time that I had to start pulling back on her pain meds because she wasn't eating (dropped 87g-83g in a little under a week), she started attacking the foot. She'd exposed two bones and ended up needing the digits amputated.


Surgery went well, but she hasn't been adjusting well to the e-collar they put her in (I was advised to leave it on at least 3 weeks). She fights it constantly and has even managed to rip off one of her nails fighting it. It kills me to see her so miserable. I've read that e-jackets may be an alternative to the e-collar, but will it prevent her from getting at that hind foot?


Thanks in advance for any advice!


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