| Animal wound care is extremely important for your | | | | to the point of injury, but do not use a tourniquet as |
| pet. If you do not take care of their wounds | | | | to prevent amputation. If a tourniquet is absolutely |
| immediately, they can lead to long term injury, | | | | necessary, make sure to loosen it every twenty to |
| sickness, and even death. Veterinarians get paid well | | | | thirty minutes to allow blood to flow to the limb. |
| to take care of these tasks because dealing with a | | | | Otherwise, consider a tourniquet to always be a last |
| hurt animal is nothing to take lightly. | | | | resort. |
| They might not allow you to come near the wound | | | | First try to get something you can use to apply |
| in order to treat it, even though it needs to be | | | | pressure with by pressing down on the wound. |
| attended to. If your dog or cat is this way, don't let | | | | Since wounds are painful to the dog, be prepared to |
| their temperament keep you from helping to care for | | | | restrain or muzzle before you treat the wound. A |
| their wound, even if they growl or bark or hiss at | | | | muzzle can be very cheap if you buy one at your |
| you. | | | | local Petsmart or other pet store. |
| Many people don't take their animals to the clinic for | | | | Keep one handy in case you ever need it. The last |
| the simple reason that they believe that the injury | | | | thing you would want to happen in the event that |
| will heal itself. | | | | you do need to care for the wound of an animal that |
| Often times when this is the mentality of the pet | | | | will bite, is to sustain an injury to yourself as well! You |
| owner, the animal sustains long term injury because | | | | also may want to consider buying good animal |
| the wound, or broken bone has healed improperly, | | | | healthcare insurance. Many new animal health care |
| and no longer functions the way it once did. In order | | | | insurance providers are springing up around the |
| to fix it once that has happened, you may have to | | | | country and you can possible find some car insurance |
| pay major money to have surgery done on the | | | | companies to agree to pay for your animal health |
| animal. So what does the person who can't afford to | | | | care in the event of a car accident too. |
| go to the vet do in order to properly care for their | | | | Don't overlook these services. Surgery and other |
| animals wounds? In the care of wounds, the two | | | | animal health care issues can be very expensive if |
| most important objectives are first to stop the | | | | your animal is not covered. When treating a wound, |
| bleeding, and then to prevent infection. | | | | it's always nice to be able to go to the vet/ animal |
| This is much the same as treating a human being. To | | | | clinic immediately knowing your pet will receive the |
| stop the bleeding you simply need to apply pressure | | | | proper care, and not having to worry about the cost! |