WHEN YOUR PET HAS HAD AN AMPUTATION, HELP FOR STOPPING THEM LICKING THE INCISION OR CHEWING OUT THE STITCHES
When you have to make the hard decision to have a Limb removed you do not need the extra worry of your dog / animal chewing or messing with the scar / incision ??? When Fizz came home that’s the 1st thing that she tried to do !!! Below is how I coped with it and in the end actually Managed to stop her messing with the Incision and allow the scar time to heal and in turn gave me a little breathing space !!!
When or if your dog or cat gets stitches, the normal thing for them to want to do is Chew them out !!!
This is when your vet will give you the delightful flower pot that your dog or cat will be asked to wear !!! Now if you have a laid back dog or cat then they may not be bothered by the collar, and they will then allow the stitches time to work and your dog/cat will heal themselves quickly.
But if you have a NORMAL Dog/Cat then they are like Fizz !! and they will hate a massive Flower Pot attached to their head
( not that you can blame them ) I personally would not like to have a Flower Pot stuck around my neck ???
It’s a bit like having an itch you can’t reach, which is very annoying !!!
When Fizz had her leg removed with the Bone Cancer, the need for healing and not chewing out stitches was Critical !! Well she came home with a Flower Pot and promptly smashed it into piece’s by whacking it into my leg !! She did this to the next one as well ??
So I began thinking I would have to sellotape her mouth together !!! As I was so panicked that she would open the incision I was willing to try anything.
I tried the normal things Flower Pot Collar she just either smashed them up or whacked them off. Then I tried Oil of Cloves she just licked it off …………. I was nearing hysteric’s
I then had a brain wave I suddenly thought of things that taste disgusting
( I didn’t think Faggots would offend Fizz as much as they do me ??? ) So the next thing that came to me was BiCarbonate of Soda ( the white powder which is used in cooking )
If in doubt taste it yourself !!!!
My daughter Emma doubted and I made her taste some on the tip of her finger !!! wish I had done it while filming !!!!
What I did next was to rub some BiCarbonate of Soda around the area NOT on the stitches themselves as it may have stung her ??? But I rubbed some around the scar and as its a powder it didn’t run into the incision and it stayed on the skin like Talcolm powder on us !!
I looked her straight in the eye and removed her sellotaped Flower Pot off her head !! She looked at me and almost shrugged her shoulders and promptly turned around to lick at the stitches !!! Well Walt Disney would have been proud of her !!!
She scrunched up her entire face and her whole body just shuddered , she turned away from her Minus Leg !!!
Glared at me, huffed and then she lay her head down and closed her eyes and ignored me for the rest of the day !!!!!
It was the funniest thing I have ever seen and it makes me smile just to think of it !!
I then put some more on the next day but to my knowledge she never even turned her head towards her leg, let alone chewed it !
If it could stop a Rottweiler ripping out stitches I think it would work on anything ……. and it will give you the chance to have that little breathing space that anyone going through this needs !!!
If you have any other tip’s on how you dealt with the stitches or scar then please comment and I’ll add them to the page