The next day KC took him to the vet who couldn't explain how the lesion came about. Racoon has a bone to chew every other day. The vet told us to stop giving him bones. I also started a new pack of dog food before leaving for Singapore. Told KC to stop that food also. It's quite frustrating not knowing how he got the lesion.
Had to be shaved around the area. Looks quite bad. It's still like this today. He had an injection and given antibiotics (two different tablets). It's not easy getting the tablets down his throat. Yesterday....he managed to spit them all out. Wasted. Today, I waited for KC to help me force it down his throat.
My handsome Racoon and I. He is itchy around the lesion and wants very much to bite, lick it. In the beginning, it was quite difficult for him to get to it but he seems to be able to get to it easily now. Looks like the cone of shame is still not able to keep his tongue off the lesion.
Dan calls it cone of shame. Saw in the the movie UP....the dog was punished by wearing a cone similar to this. KC calls it the Elizabethian collar. Lacks lace and frills. CK calls it lampshade!
The vet gave some sort of smelly cream to apply on it. But KC uses the trusty yellow solution which he uses on all of us whenever we have a cut. It helps because he seems to scratch it lesser after applying the solution.
All in all, the visit to the vet cost us RM60. Just like our kids, we'll do anything to ensure he is fine and happy.
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