aww poor jess 🙁
well …. i know some vets will full cast a broken weight bearing toe (7-10 days atleast, some re-plaster after this too) but you cant do that if she’s still got swelling there and you dont really want to restrict the knee fully or she’ll be stiff and lose muscle there. i would go for poultice with adh. wrap over – it comes in pink too 😀
when you put the vr on i would make a poultice rectangle to wrap leg in and cover in vr then use seperate bits of vr to keep it in place that way you can take it on and off a bit like horses travel boots. dont vr over her pads or claws – you can leave poultice extended over the top to help if someone treads on her again – but if you wrap those bits she’ll get infected feet and ohgod they smell ! take it off to air the leg at her quiet times – its there to support and stop her doing too much. oh and dont leave her alone if her or trix will chew it.
assume you given her arnica for swelling ?
are you giving any painkillers i bet its sore 😉
claire x
p.s. far as i know healing is same as us izzie 4-6wks to be sure in a healthy adult – i’ve known vets to reccommend all this time lead walks only but she’ll need physio after if you put a fixed splint or cast on for this long – plus if you cant air the leg it’ll probably get skin problems.
