Akela got some infection on its tail. With Anjali now in Delhi we now have to look after it - and I must admit I am not very good with it. But I noticed it gnawing away at its tail and went and took a closer look and found that it had some infection on it and it turned black. I sent a pic to Anjali and she contacted the vet and they said - bring her in asap.
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| I know what to do! |
The good vet told me that it was an infection probably caused by a flea bite and which Akela aggravated by biting and scratching. He cleaned it up and gave medicines and a collar to keep it from scratching the wound. It should heal he said, but tails are always tricky since there is less blood circulation there. If it not get better they will have to debraid it or something, which meant taking off the dead skin which they said would be a painful affair and would involve multiple dressings etc. The last option was to amputate the tail.
By the next visit the tail looked worse. The doctors seemed in favour of an amputation which we said would be the last option - let's try all else before. We went back home fearing for Akela and its tail. It did not look good.
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| Told you didn't I? |
The next morning I woke up and to my horror found that Akela had somehow got her collar off which means that she would have scratched or bitten her tail. I checked the tail and found raw, pink skin instead of dead skin. did not know what it was - good or bad - though it looked good. I took a pic and sent it and then took her to the vet.
'It's healing nicely,' he said. Akela seemed to have figured that we would in all likelihood mess it all up and somehow got her collar off and self-medicated herself. She is much better, the tail does not seem under threat and I suspect that in a few days her collar will be off and she will be fine.
Nature, knows best.
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