Miura has a growth or... something... on the webbing in between her toes. It's about the size of a marble and the area around it is red and swollen. There is a growth beginning on her other foot too, I can feel a firm mass on the other foot in the webbing and see what looks like a callous starting to form. The skin around both front pads is pretty red.
She's going to the vet tomorrow and for the time being I have socks on both front feet to keep her from licking. I was thinking of giving her some Benadryl for the swelling and when she's knocked out from that, soak both front feet in water with epsom salt for as long as she'll let me and put fresh socks back on her while we're still awake to monitor her.
With any luck, trying to teach an 11 month old Great Dane wearing athletic socks to keep a foot resting in an empty basin is the oddest thing I have to explain for awhile.
I have no idea what's wrong. She could easily have been bitten by any number of different insects while playing in the yard, maybe got something imbedded in the skin, have an infected cut, I really don't know. It doesn't seem to be bothering her, she was running and playing yesterday like nothing was amiss. I didn't notice until she started licking it a lot today.
Any ideas? Benadryl, epsom salt soak and socks seem like a good strategy until we can get her in to see the vet? The emergency vet didn't seem to think it was anything to panic over despite how horrible the picture looks.
She's going to the vet tomorrow and for the time being I have socks on both front feet to keep her from licking. I was thinking of giving her some Benadryl for the swelling and when she's knocked out from that, soak both front feet in water with epsom salt for as long as she'll let me and put fresh socks back on her while we're still awake to monitor her.
With any luck, trying to teach an 11 month old Great Dane wearing athletic socks to keep a foot resting in an empty basin is the oddest thing I have to explain for awhile.
I have no idea what's wrong. She could easily have been bitten by any number of different insects while playing in the yard, maybe got something imbedded in the skin, have an infected cut, I really don't know. It doesn't seem to be bothering her, she was running and playing yesterday like nothing was amiss. I didn't notice until she started licking it a lot today.
Any ideas? Benadryl, epsom salt soak and socks seem like a good strategy until we can get her in to see the vet? The emergency vet didn't seem to think it was anything to panic over despite how horrible the picture looks.
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