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pstinard · 03-23-2014, 05:24 AM

Bella had a good night sleeping without her E collar, and she pooped on her potty pad in the early morning. I had to give her her daily dose of Metacam. The vet sent me home with a syringe, and the bottle of Metacam. When I looked this morning, I saw the Metacam bottle looked like a squeeze bottle of eye drops and wondered how I was going to get the Metacam into the syringe. I finally figured out that the tip of the syringe fits over the tip of the Metacam bottle and you hold the Metacam bottle upside down and draw the Metacam into the syringe--I felt rather clever after that, LOL!

I removed Bella's bandage, and she looks more comfortable without it. The leg looks stiff and she won't allow it to touch the floor when she walks, but I was expecting that. The bad news is that she started licking the incision, so I had to put the E-collar back on. I checked out the link to the soft E-collar, and will order one for the next time Bella needs surgery. The price of the soft E-collar is the same as the hard plastic one she is wearing now, so it looks like a real bargain! In the meantime, I'll call Petsmart when they open and ask them if they have soft E-collars there. I've seen pictures of ones that look like inflatable beach toys.

I'll take her E-collar off a little later when I offer her more food and water and see if she stops licking her incision, but I'm not hopeful about that.

Question for those experienced with MPL surgery: How long before Bella starts using the leg that was operated on? I'll call the vet tomorrow and ask, but I was wondering what other peoples' experience has been. Thanks for the prayers and well wishes!

03-23-2014, 05:24 AM	#43
pstinard YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Urbana, IL USA Posts: 3,648	Morning update! Bella had a good night sleeping without her E collar, and she pooped on her potty pad in the early morning. I had to give her her daily dose of Metacam. The vet sent me home with a syringe, and the bottle of Metacam. When I looked this morning, I saw the Metacam bottle looked like a squeeze bottle of eye drops and wondered how I was going to get the Metacam into the syringe. I finally figured out that the tip of the syringe fits over the tip of the Metacam bottle and you hold the Metacam bottle upside down and draw the Metacam into the syringe--I felt rather clever after that, LOL! I removed Bella's bandage, and she looks more comfortable without it. The leg looks stiff and she won't allow it to touch the floor when she walks, but I was expecting that. The bad news is that she started licking the incision, so I had to put the E-collar back on. I checked out the link to the soft E-collar, and will order one for the next time Bella needs surgery. The price of the soft E-collar is the same as the hard plastic one she is wearing now, so it looks like a real bargain! In the meantime, I'll call Petsmart when they open and ask them if they have soft E-collars there. I've seen pictures of ones that look like inflatable beach toys. I'll take her E-collar off a little later when I offer her more food and water and see if she stops licking her incision, but I'm not hopeful about that. Question for those experienced with MPL surgery: How long before Bella starts using the leg that was operated on? I'll call the vet tomorrow and ask, but I was wondering what other peoples' experience has been. Thanks for the prayers and well wishes!