- Bella:
- Half a bottle of disinfectant shampoo .............................. £3.00
- Half a tub of antiseptic cream .........................................
£3.00
- Anti biotics
.................................................................... Donated
- Big comfy cushion
................................ Donated by
Reggie's Den
- TLC by Rescue
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Priceless
Bella arrived on Thursday 28th September 2006, hugging the ground as she
walked, scrared to come when she was called and skin that was so infected it
came off in big chunks of yellow dried puss. The fur on her back was growing in
skin that was so infected it could be pulled out in lumps. A nail in her back
foot had grown at least 3mm into her pad. She been bought from an advert in the
paper, her young family loved her but had no idea how to deal with her problems.
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| The nail has grown round and back into the
foot |
You can see the infection just above the nail |
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| Now the nail is cut you can clearly see the
wound caused by the nail |
The sharp section to the right was inside the
foot |
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This photograph actually doesn't
show how yucky the skin actually was. The yellow is dried infection, the
pink is completely bald where the infection has damaged the fur growth. Even
her name tag and collar buckle is covered in yellow pus
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Bella's treatment seem pretty drastic but in cases such as this
it is the best way to help the fur to recover
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| First up a bath in SporalD disinfectant
shampoo. This shampoo kills bacteria, fungus and any other nasty bugs that
are lurking in the infection |
Washing the yellow muck away was hard but
already the skin looks calmer |
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Being dried was her favourite bit |
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| We then set about completely removing her fur |
As drastic as this looks it allows the dead
fur to re-grow through. She was a really really good girl as Jason held her
and fed her gravy bones throughout. |
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| With the fur gone you can see the patches of
infection |
She's not amused! |
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| Another wash in disinfectant shampoo |
And then her whole body is covered with
antiseptic cream. The Equimins MSM cream we use is a horse cream, but it
soaks in much quicker than sudocrem, it will also help with her fur
re-growth |
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| A quick ear clean (which she really wasn't
happy about) |
A brand new comfy cushion (which she'll
probably wee on) and back to bed with a five day course of anti biotics |
On Monday 30th October Bella went to her new home. Thank you
to everyone that supported her treatment
