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barbie1127 · 06-20-2008, 09:35 PM

oh noo! i just woke up (HK time) and found that Torkie's head has this little cut. It's a little bleeding on his skin. oh nooo! what should i do now? should i bring him to vet asap? I have this pix of his cut!

poor Torkie ><

jenbermu · 06-20-2008, 09:37 PM

wow...is that deep??

barbie1127 · 06-20-2008, 09:40 PM

not that deep, just skin came off i guess

LunasMomma · 06-21-2008, 05:43 AM

Awww, poor baby! Do you know how it happened?

I say as long as the cut is not showing any sign of infection, it's probably okay to just treat it at home with a little antibiotic ointment Just keep it clean and he should be just fine

He's not having any other symptoms is he? Like he hit his head or something?

red98vett · 06-21-2008, 05:58 AM

did you have a bow on him ? it could have pulled out the hair - OR - does he have a fence or something he peeks thru ? When my husband and I moved into our house way back when - Chanel cut her little head on a nail sticking out on the fence that I missed when I did a fence check - I felt terrible and rushed her to the vet when I saw it - she was just fine ....it was ME that wasn't....

marcerella02 · 06-21-2008, 11:49 AM

wow. WERIDEST thing.. Layla had that too! one day I just NOTICED it and thus had NO idea where it came from. For about 2-3 months i'd say it scabbed and then healed and scabbed and then healed. I brought her to the vet who thought it was from her hair clip which made me fee AWFUL! Her hair has never grown back there... but that little bald spot is how i know she is mine

mscat · 06-21-2008, 12:11 PM

Could she have been scratching ? If a dog scratches in the same place too long then it is possible she could have got it from that.

I do not know if there is a first aid spray you could put on her cut, to protect her from infection. She is not in any pain is she? I think you can treat her injury at ho

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TLC · 06-21-2008, 12:27 PM

Cuddles had something like that too - YES from her bow/clip...whatever her *original owners* kept tight in her head 24/7

The skin finally healed, but it's scarred - no more topnot thingys though

Wylie's Mom · 06-21-2008, 01:32 PM

If it's a surface wound, I wouldn't worry too terribly - as long as it's not really swollen and/or really red (or, expanding red) around the edges. I'd clean it with some lukewarm water by just dabbing it, pat dry - then put some antibiotic ointment on it. It should scab over in a day or 2.

06-20-2008, 09:37 PM	#2
jenbermu Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: california Posts: 482	wow...is that deep?? __________________ Im Jenn , Hershey's and Kisses Mommy .. R.I.P My little Angels Mommy and I will FOREVER Miss you so much.We would have love to see you grow but someone else upthere needed you both more...

06-21-2008, 05:43 AM	#4
LunasMomma Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida Posts: 4,914	Awww, poor baby! Do you know how it happened? I say as long as the cut is not showing any sign of infection, it's probably okay to just treat it at home with a little antibiotic ointment Just keep it clean and he should be just fine He's not having any other symptoms is he? Like he hit his head or something? __________________ Card Carrying Member of the Crazy AND Pink Clubs

06-21-2008, 05:58 AM	#5
red98vett Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston TX Posts: 30,380	did you have a bow on him ? it could have pulled out the hair - OR - does he have a fence or something he peeks thru ? When my husband and I moved into our house way back when - Chanel cut her little head on a nail sticking out on the fence that I missed when I did a fence check - I felt terrible and rushed her to the vet when I saw it - she was just fine ....it was ME that wasn't.... __________________ Villette, Chanel & Cheri.. AKA Spy-Girls (photos here) Click for LABELS Click for CARDS * SAY NO to PET STORES ! www.designsbyvillette.com USING YOUR PHOTOS !

06-21-2008, 11:49 AM	#6
marcerella02 Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ontario Canada...not California :( Posts: 7,942	wow. WERIDEST thing.. Layla had that too! one day I just NOTICED it and thus had NO idea where it came from. For about 2-3 months i'd say it scabbed and then healed and scabbed and then healed. I brought her to the vet who thought it was from her hair clip which made me fee AWFUL! Her hair has never grown back there... but that little bald spot is how i know she is mine __________________ Layla 's Simon http://misscanam.blogspot.com/

06-21-2008, 12:11 PM	#7
mscat Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Avenal, California Posts: 1,723	Could she have been scratching ? If a dog scratches in the same place too long then it is possible she could have got it from that. I do not know if there is a first aid spray you could put on her cut, to protect her from infection. She is not in any pain is she? I think you can treat her injury at home __________________ "No matter how little money & how few possessions, you own, having a dog makes you rich."

06-20-2008, 09:40 PM	#3
barbie1127 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3	not that deep, just skin came off i guess

06-21-2008, 12:27 PM	#8
TLC Slave to My Rug-Rats Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Long Island Posts: 4,026	Cuddles had something like that too - YES from her bow/clip...whatever her original owners kept tight in her head 24/7 The skin finally healed, but it's scarred - no more topnot thingys though __________________ Nicole *"You Won't Change the World by Saving One Animal..BUT...You Will Change the World for that One"*

06-21-2008, 01:32 PM	#9
Wylie's Mom Marcel + Wylie = LOVE Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 5,860 Blog Entries: 2	If it's a surface wound, I wouldn't worry too terribly - as long as it's not really swollen and/or really red (or, expanding red) around the edges. I'd clean it with some lukewarm water by just dabbing it, pat dry - then put some antibiotic ointment on it. It should scab over in a day or 2. __________________ ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~My Food Blog: Velvet Lava~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Ann ~Mom to Marcel Verdel Purcell & Wylie "Floop" Fitzsmudge We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. ~ Immanuel Kant