E-collars may be purchased from our clinic reception. Ensure that pets are not allowed to roam outdoors without close supervision when they are wearing an E-collar, as this poses a choking hazard if it gets caught in a fence or branch. If you notice your pet licking or chewing at the foot bandage and/or dew claw, he/she will need to wear an Elizabethan collar to prevent this. Your pet should not be allowed to chew or lick at the bandage - if you notice him/her doing so, please place an E-collar on him/her. It is imperative that the foot/paw bandage is kept clean and dry. In some cases, your veterinarian may recommend that the affected paw remains bandaged and she will advise you the frequency in which your pet needs to come back to our clinic for bandage changes. If your pet had a foot/paw bandage applied, this is usually removed by one of our veterinarians. Most, but not all, dew claw injuries may need to be bandaged. Some bruising to this area may be seen when they go home with you however, if this persists beyond 72 hours, please give us a call at the clinic. The shaved area on your pet's front or back legs is the IV sedative and/or IV catheter site. Shaving the affected area around the dew claw also ensures that fur does not poke into the raw nail bed and that the area continues to stay clean after the surgery You will find that we may have shaved the fur around the affected dew claw in order to cleanse it thoroughly prior to trimming the affected nail back. If your pet is discharged on the same day that he/she had the dew claw injury addressed, they may still be a little bit drowsy after they go home with you. There may also be some irritability or incoordination during this initial 24-hour period immediately after the procedure. In order for us to provide this help, we just ask that you have settled your account in full at the time of the first surgery and that you followed, and continue to follow, our treatment advice for the course of treatment.Home Care Instructions for Pets Following Dew Claw Injuries What to ExpectĪfter coming home from the clinic, your pet should be kept in a warm, dry, quiet and ideally indoor location in the 24 hours following discharge. How we treat a complication is decided by our vets who, we promise, will act to get the best result for your pet. It doesn’t include situations where the underlying condition has progressed, or if it is decided in the opinion of one of our vets that a different treatment plan is now appropriate. This help lasts for three weeks after the initial surgery (extended to eight weeks after orthopaedic surgery) and will be there if we need to do further treatment to achieve the initial surgical aim. We can’t help with any costs incurred at another vet, but for further treatment at Animal Trust the reassurance is there. And we make a commitment of charging no more than £100 for this, however much treatment we provide. That’s why when you have a complication after a surgical procedure at Animal Trust, we’ll perform one further corrective surgery and provide the medication and lab tests needed to treat the complication. We understand that the costs of this can be a worry at a time when everyone’s focus is on making sure their pet gets better. It doesn’t mean someone’s at fault, but it does mean further treatment may be needed. Occasional complications are a fact of surgical procedures. We think it is much better to charge a fair price across all our services and to help pets access care whilst ensuring owners do not incur any nasty cost surprises. What we don’t do is offer ‘loss leader’ procedures to lure in new clients, only to charge very high fees in cases of sickness, illness or injury. This is to help animals access the care they need when they need it. We also use ethical pricing to improve access – that means when we are able to lower prices we focus on doing this for emergency or urgent procedures, where owners don’t have time to save up for a procedure, or elective procedures that are part of welfare initiatives. We try and keep these costs as low as possible for the quality being provided – which is helped by us not having shareholders. We also share out the overhead costs such as our buildings and equipment across all of our prices. We aim to keep our prices in proportion to what it costs us to perform a procedure, provide a service or deliver a product.
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