A couple of days ago I noticed Piccolo was licking her paw. ( Since that was a first symptom of her Cutaneous Vasculitis four years ago, I was concerned). But, after looking at her paw, I saw a pink irritated area. It did not get better overnight and after discussing with Ladyjane, I took her to the vet yesterday.
For now, she is being treated for an infection. One of her toes is very swollen, poor thing. She is on Clavamox and has to have her paw soaked in an Epsom salt solution twice a day for twenty minutes. Anyone ever to do that before? (Interesting carrying through with that - ha.)
The vet thinks maybe her nail split or something like that. I think it might have happened when she was trying to get up our wood floor steps and lost her footing and had to claw her way, before I could run up and get her.
Anyway, has anyone dealt with an infection like this before? I am hoping it is going to clear up, but it looks worse this morning.
Please keep her in your thoughts. Thanks!