a sore finger and egginess!

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Posted by iZ's mom on April 13, 2001 at 11:43:29:

In Reply to: HELP! Injured/sick ig. I need advise! posted by Vanyul on April 13, 2001 at 00:57:40:

regarding the claw: (WOW!!! i'm AMAZED she let you bandage it!!! *grin*) ... but only bandage it if "not bandaging it" causes it to keep re-opening/bleeding ... otherwise, leave it open to the air ... or bandage it during the day + remove the bandage at nite ... make sure to be treating it with topical antibiotics until it is TOTALLY healed ... if there really is bone showing, i'd ask the vet about oral antibiotics (see my long rant below under 'tail problems')
topical antibiotics: betadine!!!! over-the-counter and available in liquid or gel ... Silvadine!!! by prescription and good stuff for deep and/or slow healing wounds ... (igs ARE slow healing + if bone is showing, it's a deep wound in my book! *grins*)

could she be gravid???
most definitely YES! most females DO become gravid every year, whether they've been with a male doesn't matter ... they make eggs ANyway ...
(i'm tempted to compare them to chickens in that way but iZ has too many iggy-girlfriends and i WON'T risk offending them!!!)

gravid igs DO need to be under the supervision of an obstetrician ~ er, i mean ... GOOD ig-vet!!! they are NOT in the wild any more and so you have to help them, this is not something to let her deal with on her own ~ not if you've never been thru it either!

igs CAN DIE from complications of gravidity ... being gravid ... if an egg breaks inside them, the resulting infection will kill them ...

get to the vet, get x-rays to look for eggs! consider having her spayed so this doesn't become a yearly event ... OR ... there's also a TON of info on helping her lay them ~ but she still needs to be checked out 1st + make sure things are OK inside her and that this IS *just* eggs ...

do a search on this site ~ there's been ALOT of posts about eggy-iggies and that can give you ALOT of info!

IF the vet sez "Nope, not eggs!", come back + we'll help figure out why she's so unlike herself lately ~ but i'm betting on hormones + egginess ...

well ... come back ANYway + tell us how she's doing!!! (*grin*)

Bon. who's glad she has a male, even if he DOES attempt to "show her his affection" on a regular basis

and iZ who doesn't understand WHY all his girlie friends are getting EGGS!!! does it have to do with the Easter Bunny!?!? and if so, SOMEone should make that bunny knock it off!!!

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: regarding the claw: (WOW!!! i'm AMAZED she let you bandage it!!! *grin*) ... but only bandage it if "not bandaging it" causes it to keep re-opening/bleeding ... otherwise, leave it open to the air ... or bandage it during the day + remove the bandage at nite ... make sure to be treating it with topical antibiotics until it is TOTALLY healed ... if there really is bone showing, i'd ask the vet about oral antibiotics (see my long rant below under 'tail problems') : topical antibiotics: betadine!!!! over-the-counter and available in liquid or gel ... Silvadine!!! by prescription and good stuff for deep and/or slow healing wounds ... (igs ARE slow healing + if bone is showing, it's a deep wound in my book! *grins*) : : <big>could she be gravid??? </big> : most definitely YES! most females DO become gravid every year, whether they've been with a male doesn't matter ... they make eggs ANyway ... : (i'm tempted to compare them to chickens in that way but iZ has too many iggy-girlfriends and i WON'T risk offending them!!!) : : gravid igs DO need to be under the supervision of an obstetrician ~ er, i mean ... GOOD ig-vet!!! they are NOT in the wild any more and so you have to help them, this is not something to let her deal with on her own ~ not if you've never been thru it either! : igs CAN DIE from complications of gravidity ... being gravid ... if an egg breaks inside them, the resulting infection will kill them ... : get to the vet, get x-rays to look for eggs! consider having her spayed so this doesn't become a yearly event ... OR ... there's also a TON of info on helping her lay them ~ but she still needs to be checked out 1st + make sure things are OK inside her and that this IS *just* eggs ... : do a search on this site ~ there's been ALOT of posts about eggy-iggies and that can give you ALOT of info! : : <big>IF</big> the vet sez "Nope, not eggs!", come back + we'll help figure out why she's so unlike herself lately ~ but i'm betting on hormones + egginess ... : well ... come back ANYway + tell us how she's doing!!! (*grin*) : Bon. who's glad she has a male, even if he DOES attempt to "show her his affection" on a regular basis : and iZ who doesn't understand WHY all his girlie friends are getting EGGS!!! does it have to do with the Easter Bunny!?!? and if so, SOMEone should make that bunny knock it off!!!

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a sore finger *and* egginess!

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