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One week later, the stitches come out, the dog
gets into a fight with a opossum and the opossum wins. The stupid dog split
his neck open and cuts his leg. Crap. I just bought a Myler bit thinking I was
done donating to the vet. So, I perform the surgery myself with my daughter's
assistance. We scrub up and pull out the tools. Butterfly strips, Teflon pads,
Vetrap and duct tape. Total cost: $12.99. When the duct tape falls off, the
cuts are healed
*Your post was hysterical....and very true. I
actually like that duct tape idea....my 2 year old cut her knee....into vet
for stitches, lovely job on the stitches and wrap job-two days later she chews
it all off.....and stitches out. Couldn't be restitched, so pressure
wraps.....kept chewing those off too....took a month for the darn thing to
heal-maybe I should just have ductaped the whole thing. Cost over $300
for a li ttle cut...but hey, my most expenseive horse, so didn't want a
scar. Would not have mattered with the other horses...
Karen