Dog attack

[TIPPY THE HIPPY]

A friend of mine has an alpine doe that was attacked by her dog over a month ago. She was mauled on the face and a lot of skin is missing. She has been treating her under a vets care advice and the wounds are beginning to heal. She had been cleansing the wound and wrapping daily and giving pain meds/antibiotics as needed. Now where I come in.....This friend is being forced to move and cannot take her doe and the kid with her. She has asked me if I would like to take the goats since she knows me. I do have experience with farm animals, have a working hobby farm....but never deal with a face wound on a goat. Had horses before, so I do know wounds! LOL

Her vet expects a full recovery around July. I will try to get pictures uploaded tonight after work.

But would you continue to wrap or maybe try to allow it to heal in the open air? I worry taking the bandages off daily is hindering healing, by tearing off what new skin is trying to attach! What would you use on a large face wound? The skin was torn off, so it needs to form new. Plus...we are going into fly season! eeekkk.....

 

[BrownSheep]

I would really need to see how it looks before recommending anything.

 

[TIPPY THE HIPPY]

Ill get pictures up tonight when I get home

 

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These photos are about a month old now. She said the vet told her to stop wrapping the wound to try to promote scabbing as it is now fly season. Ill try to get newer pictures. Im getting her next weekend and just trying to be prepared!

 

[Sweetened]

Keep that wrapped, imho, but maybe with a thinner more breathable material. This is fly season coming up and youll want to keep that as clean as possible. Where its located itd get full of hay and everything else you can imagine.

Good God thats awful. I have had goats mauled by dogs with VERY LITTLE injury die from stress. To see that doe alive is amazing.

Hmm maybe blukote?

 

[TIPPY THE HIPPY]

Ikr!? She was pregnant at the time of the attack and managed to keep the pregnancy and deliver a healthy doeling! The girl who currently has her said she hasnt used blue kote but something else...cant remember the name. I plan to use blue kote tho...it helped my horse out any times.

 

[BrownSheep]

If the pictures are a month old and the vet said to leave it unwrapped I would leave it unwrapped. We've used scarlet oil and a fly-spray which name escapes me.

 

[Southern by choice]

Keep it wrapped if it is still very open and I would not use blue Kote.
I guess it depends on how well it is healing.

Since the vet is seeing the progress and if the vet thinks the doe has progressed enough to take off the bandage then do what the vet says. But be careful as they can rub and rip scabs open and then there are all those issues with flystrike and gross things getting in.