Forgot to add, those pics are from last night. Right now more scabs formed around where you can see the skin on the pictures. So I don’t know if it’s healing and I can wait or take her tomorrow and start seeing who can redo the tail before she’s older and feels more.
Bad tail docking and infected?
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Hello everyone!
I please ask you to not be rude. I rescued a now 12 day old female puppy. The “breeder” worked most of the day and the puppy would not latch on to mom. She was giving away the puppy for free and even provided milk replacer and bottle. I’ve had her since 2 days ago but I barely noticed that her docked tail seems infected. I rinsed it off with warm water and a scab was falling off and then I noticed I can see her bone. (So there is no extra skin to heal properly) 😶 I’ve seen forums here where they say they can wait until ear cropping or until spay/neuter to re-crop and fix the issue. Since I don’t like how it looks and I believe is infected, can I take her at this days old to get the tail redone. Will they use anesthesia or would it be without just like if they were 2-3 days old? I will not attach a picture of the bone because I am not sure if there are very sensitive people here. The bone is right under that scab. It’s not sticking out from the skin but it’s right there in the edge.
Side note: I am keeping the “breeder” updated with her and mentioned this to her yesterday night (that it seemed infected). I sent her a picture and she sent it to the “Vet guy” (I’m not sure if it IS really a Vet or not) and that the “Vet” said it was normal and that it would heal nicely and the hair will grow while healing. I attached the pictures I sent her. The purple seen one the tail is “blue lotion” Mind you I had not noticed the bone at the tip at that time (yesterday). My vet of choice that I have gone to my whole life doesn’t do crop nor dock so I think will need to find another one that does so that they can redo the dock.
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Hello everyone!
I please ask you to not be rude. I rescued a now 12 day old female puppy. The “breeder” worked most of the day and the puppy would not latch on to mom. She was giving away the puppy for free and even provided milk replacer and bottle. I’ve had her since 2 days ago but I barely noticed that her docked tail seems infected. I rinsed it off with warm water and a scab was falling off and then I noticed I can see her bone. (So there is no extra skin to heal properly) 😶 I’ve seen forums here where they say they can wait until ear cropping or until spay/neuter to re-crop and fix the issue. Since I don’t like how it looks and I believe is infected, can I take her at this days old to get the tail redone. Will they use anesthesia or would it be without just like if they were 2-3 days old? I will not attach a picture of the bone because I am not sure if there are very sensitive people here. The bone is right under that scab. It’s not sticking out from the skin but it’s right there in the edge.
Side note: I am keeping the “breeder” updated with her and mentioned this to her yesterday night (that it seemed infected). I sent her a picture and she sent it to the “Vet guy” (I’m not sure if it IS really a Vet or not) and that the “Vet” said it was normal and that it would heal nicely and the hair will grow while healing. I attached the pictures I sent her. The purple seen one the tail is “blue lotion” Mind you I had not noticed the bone at the tip at that time (yesterday). My vet of choice that I have gone to my whole life doesn’t do crop nor dock so I think will need to find another one that does so that they can redo the dock.
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Hypo 5 to 10 ml/cc size from Amazon also. You already have bottles to heat milk in. Important part is getting pup over hump to eat solid. At Vets: some vets will not give little guys saline, because it will drop their Temps. Get some other opinions on DT. Before you go if you can. Personally if they need fluids, this young, they are not thriving, And I say some please, just a little.. fill up latex gloves with very warm water and put on both sides of pup to keep warm. Still, cold saline is risky so ask the experts here. Good luck. If your pup starts to fade, emergency vet may not save her. So take her now. My heart goes out to you!
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