Hi, I'm hoping one you lovely people can help me and give me some advice,
I posted about this time last week asking about my baby rats lump on his throat. I took him to the vets last Monday and the vet gave antibiotics (zithromicin I think) as well as taking a sample of the really thick puss that came out when he prodded it. The lump had been getting softer over the last few days and yesterday looked small. when I looked closer it had a head on it, like a scab on a spot. I left him be and carried on with the antibiotics.
Today I've got him out for playtime and the abcess burst (with barely any pressure the scab came off on my hand). I'v cleaned it out with warm water and get as much as the puss out as I can. It looks like a healthy wound...pink, a bit of blood, but it's quite a large opening. It's not bothering him, he wasn't even bothered about me cleaning it out (wriggling as a baby does).
I will be carrying on the antibiotics for tomorrow and of course calling my vet to see about the wound, but never having dealt with a burst abcess on a rat (or indeed any other animals) before I'm unsure about what i do next. will I need to take him to the vet ir is it normal for it to look like an open wound? I'd say the opening is about a cm long.
I can't get him to the vet until tomorrow obviously as it's 10pm here, so is there something I need to do tonight? His cage was only cleaned out yesterday, and I've put some kitchen towels/paper towels in his bed incase the abcess bleeds in the night.
Tonz
I posted about this time last week asking about my baby rats lump on his throat. I took him to the vets last Monday and the vet gave antibiotics (zithromicin I think) as well as taking a sample of the really thick puss that came out when he prodded it. The lump had been getting softer over the last few days and yesterday looked small. when I looked closer it had a head on it, like a scab on a spot. I left him be and carried on with the antibiotics.
Today I've got him out for playtime and the abcess burst (with barely any pressure the scab came off on my hand). I'v cleaned it out with warm water and get as much as the puss out as I can. It looks like a healthy wound...pink, a bit of blood, but it's quite a large opening. It's not bothering him, he wasn't even bothered about me cleaning it out (wriggling as a baby does).
I will be carrying on the antibiotics for tomorrow and of course calling my vet to see about the wound, but never having dealt with a burst abcess on a rat (or indeed any other animals) before I'm unsure about what i do next. will I need to take him to the vet ir is it normal for it to look like an open wound? I'd say the opening is about a cm long.
I can't get him to the vet until tomorrow obviously as it's 10pm here, so is there something I need to do tonight? His cage was only cleaned out yesterday, and I've put some kitchen towels/paper towels in his bed incase the abcess bleeds in the night.
Tonz