How to treat a rabbit wound
If the rabbit’s wound is only slightly The main time is to clean the rabbit’s wound a little and disinfect the wound. It is recommended that pet owners prepare disinfectants such as hydrogen peroxide and normal saline at home.
But if the rabbit’s wound is relatively large or deep, in addition to the necessary debridement and disinfection above, the rabbit’s wound should be bandaged to prevent the bacteria in the air from harming the rabbit. Wounds cause infection. However, one thing to remind pet owners is: if the rabbit’s wound is particularly serious, it is best not to rashly treat it by yourself. This situation may require injection of anti-inflammatory needles. For rabbits scratched by sharp objects, rabbits fighting and biting each other, and small wounds of unknown origin, pet owners can help rabbits deal with these relatively minor rabbit traumas.
1. Preparations for treating rabbit wounds:
1. Prepare for treating rabbit wounds Medicines and other items needed, such as absorbent cotton balls, bandages, breathable tapes, emery cloths, needle-removing syringes and other items, as well as 1% iodophor, saline or hydrogen peroxide and other disinfectants.
2. Put the cotton ball into a clean container, and then pour iodophor into it until the cotton ball is completely submerged, and use it as a spare; try to prepare a larger syringe, and then fill it with a syringe of normal saline and hydrogen peroxide for backup; stick the tape in a convenient place in advance.
Second, the specific steps:
1. First, the best Someone helped to immobilize the rabbit and put a hood on the rabbit to prevent it from struggling or biting in pain while it was being sterilized.
2. If the rabbit’s wound is deep, you can put a soft glass tube on the needle tube containing hydrogen peroxide, and try to insert the tube into the wound to thoroughly clean the wound. Repeat the cleaning several times, and wipe the wound with gauze after cleaning is complete.
3. If the rabbit’s wound is shallow, you can directly use a absorbent cotton ball soaked with the liquid to gently wipe the rabbit’s wound until the wound and the surrounding skin are covered with the liquid.
4. Follow the above steps to rinse the wound repeatedly until there is no more foam after rinsing the wound with hydrogen peroxide, then dry the wound and surrounding skin with gauze, and put an Elizabethan ring on the rabbit after the treatment.
5. Generally, if the wound of the rabbit is relatively light, it can be cleaned and then coat
ed with iodophor.
6. If the wound of the rabbit is large, after cleaning the wound, apply an appropriate amount of Yunnan Baiyao to the wound to help reduce inflammation, and then wrap the wound with gauze. But be careful not to make the gauze too thick, keep it breathable, and finally fix the gauze with tape. Also, be careful not to tie it too tightly, so as not to cause poor blood flow to the rabbit. After that, repeat the above treatment steps for the rabbit every day, and change the medicine and gauze.
Warm reminder: No matter the rabbit’s wound is minor or serious, before the rabbit is healed and the medicine is stopped, the rabbit must be put on a headgear to prevent the rabbit from licking Lick wounds cause inflammation.
