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Takajo
16-05-2006, 01:13 AM
My Femme Harris roughed her leg up bounding through the bush this winter, and her vet lasered the wound. How does this help the wound?



Tim Laycock
16-05-2006, 01:26 AM
kills off the damaged tissue and encourages new to grow I think
Takajo
17-05-2006, 12:56 AM
Cheers for that. It's just that I had to keep the bird on my fist while she was getting smoked, and so she probably associated the whole ordeal with being on my fist:( . But F.Y.I., for big gashes/cuts, my vet prescribes GENTAMICIN, a topical antibiotic cream.......
Sprout
17-05-2006, 10:47 PM
Laser treatment does stimulate new tissue growth and removes the necrotic tissue but how mcuh did that cost you??? Must have been an absolute fortune - I don;t know of a single practice in the U.K with laser treatment - even any of the universities? Are you sure it wasn't just a cauterising gun? They burn and stink like hell?? Gentamicin is ok in a topical treatment but VERY nephrotoxic if given systemically so should NEVER be given to a dehydrated BOP, ie one in shock with severe injuries!
Takajo
18-05-2006, 01:53 AM
Laser treatment does stimulate new tissue growth and removes the necrotic tissue but how mcuh did that cost you??? Must have been an absolute fortune - I don;t know of a single practice in the U.K with laser treatment - even any of the universities? Are you sure it wasn't just a cauterising gun? They burn and stink like hell?? Gentamicin is ok in a topical treatment but VERY nephrotoxic if given systemically so should NEVER be given to a dehydrated BOP, ie one in shock with severe injuries!
It was definitely a laser. Did stink like hell, though. Burning flesh what not. Only cost me 10 quid. The vet's a fellow falconer, so probably let me go with a discount. Only charged me for the gentamacin.