poshpoodle
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My red foot was discovered today to have a bite to the neck presumably due to another red foot breeding with it and biting her. She was fine yesterday so it is a new wound. It is to the right side of her neck. When she pulls her neck in the skin hangs outside while her head is drawn inward. The bite is substantial meaning that the skin is a bit thick that is hanging down but the part where the skin is missing does not look deep at all. The area is about an 1". There are no tort vets close by and well it is Saturday so I assume they are closed as well as tomorrow. I soaked her to remove all debris and then patted dry. I went to buy long cotton swabs, gauze pads to help in cleaning and polysporin with pain reliever. Hope all of that is safe!! I tried to push the clean skin up to cover the wound but every time she sucks in it pushes it off again. I did apply the antibiotic ointment and was even going to apply a small butterfly band aid to see if that would work as i figured it would be safer than her ripping the skin off. The bandaid would not stick. I have her in a clean , dry container with no substrate because i do not want it to get into her wound. My thoughts were to wait until the wound dries well and try to use the butterfly bandaid but i am truly clueless. Please, no rude comments. I am doing the best i can but if anyone has any info please advise!! Thank you!