Vet won't give me cream!

ben500

pulliptears wrote: »

Most human medicines and creams can be used on animals without a problem, in fact, its quite possible to take your vetinary prescription into a normal pharmacy because the treatments are almost always exactly the same.

If the dog is licking his paw its irritated. Nowhere did I say "DONT TAKE THE DOG TO A VET!!" I offered a simple, easy soloution to take an animal out of pain in the interim. If a child was scratching his hand you would put sudocrem/savlon on it to ease it until such a time you can take him to the Dr, its no different with an animal.

Um your words not mine. So no qualification to impart this medical advice then?

pulliptears

You really are being rather ridiculous and pedantic here arent you ben? What harm will sudocrem do to the animal until the OP can get it to a vet?
Or would you rather the animal suffer some more until it gets there? And actually my friend is a vetinary nurse, it was her that originally advised me to use it on my westie who was having similar problems.


Edited to add:
You have the right to take your prescription free of charge to anyone who has a licence, and that could include a high street pharmacy, or an online pharmacy - Chris Laurence, Veterinary Director of the Dogs Trust.

ben500

pulliptears wrote: »

You really are being rather ridiculous and pedantic here arent you ben? What harm will sudocrem do to the animal until the OP can get it to a vet?
Or would you rather the animal suffer some more until it gets there? And actually my friend is a vetinary nurse, it was her that originally advised me to use it on my westie who was having similar problems.
So you choose to insult me rather than admit you have no qualification to impart medical advice albeit with regards to a domestic animal rather than a human, the consequences for the animal could be equally damaging, this is the reason the site specifically forbids such advice.


Edited to add:
You have the right to take your prescription free of charge to anyone who has a licence, and that could include a high street pharmacy, or an online pharmacy - Chris Laurence, Veterinary Director of the Dogs Trust.

So you choose to insult me rather than admit you have no qualification to impart medical advice albeit with regards to a domestic animal rather than a human, the consequences for the animal could be equally damaging, this is the reason the site specifically forbids such advice.
If I wanted to be ridiculous and pedantic I would simply have reported your post after pointing out that your advice was unsound, personally I think the op should be aware there is sound reasoning behind the vet's action to protect both himself and the animal from administering unqualified advice.
I prefer to take the viewpoint that pet owners are equally responsible for their pets as parents are for children, the animal cannot seek assistance for itself so this responsibility falls to the owner, to just slap some cream on an ailment because "someone on the web said it would be alright" hardly constitutes reasonable care and I'm sure the owner would not wish to deprave their pet of the best possible care available, if they cannot afford it then assistance can be sought from the PDSA. For example how do you know this is not a tumorous growth? what history do you personally have of the animal? what restoration are you going to make in the event the op follows your advice and something goes wrong?

OP I would say to you if you don't have the funds to attend the vet then contact the PDSA there are several organisations that may be able to help you out, hopefully it will cost you a consultation fee and an extortionately priced prescription and no more, if it is a serious problem and it is not tended to the cost could run to thousands or worse still your pet.

longforgotten

I should add that the vet suggested bathing it in salt water and putting a sock on it. So 'socks' must be the in thing ben.

I took for granted that the vets would have non-prescription items. Surely there must be useful cream available for dogs that is not prescription only. You can't go to the vet for every minor ailment......

ben500

longforgotten wrote: »

I should add that the vet suggested bathing it in salt water and putting a sock on it. So 'socks' must be the in thing ben.

I took for granted that the vets would have non-prescription items. Surely there must be useful cream available for dogs that is not prescription only. You can't go to the vet for every minor ailment......

Any wound that fails to heal by itself in such a manner should be examined, wouldn't you be worried for instance if your child had such a wound that refused to heal naturally? A dog licking it's wounds is part of the natural healing process for that animal and should not prevent it healing, I really think the vet is acting in the animals best interests here, yes he or she is going to make money out of it but hey ho that's how they earn a living, if your concerned about exorbitant prescription rates (and a natural concern that would be as they generally are) then as posted once diagnosed you can take your prescription and shop around.

pulliptears

ben500 wrote: »

If I wanted to be ridiculous and pedantic I would simply have reported your post after pointing out that your advice was unsound, personally I think the op should be aware there is sound reasoning behind the vet's action to protect both himself and the animal from administering unqualified advice..

So, you think that applying a cream that is used on millions of babies, and probably ingested by thousands as well is unsound? Tell me, aside from giving the animal relief what possible harm can baby cream do to a dog? I simply suggested the OP use the cream and a small sock to ease its discomfort. My vet herself has always recommended sudocrem for healing because she is so impressed with the results.

As for licking its wound, that itself will cause additional trauma, and add infection to the site. This is why vets use elizabethan type collars, to stop the animal from traumatising the wound area further. So I think your advice there is more than a little unsound.

OP, let us know how your dog goes on! You used to be able to get a product called "Bitter Bite" from the vets, it was a spray you used primarily on furniture but could also be used on the animal itself. It tasted rather foul! Do let us know what your vet says

ben500

I am not going to get embroiled in a debate with you, I have tried to reason with you to no avail, I have now reported the posts and will leave it to the admin team to decide if they are comfortable with your posts Dr pullip

pulliptears

How is she today OP? Better I hope

asea

what if the dog is allergic to the cream? i know that cat, dog & human physiology differ so much & i would imagine that the doses in human medicines are much higher than in animal ones so i think the OP should err on the side of caution and just to be on the safe side should take her pet to the vet.

grannybroon

I really think you must take your dog to the vet - there must be a reason for the continuous licking. Hope everything works out fine.

GB