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Anti-Scratch sock
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[QUOTE="Spider8ait1994, post: 2014871, member: 101939"] Thought I’d post about what I’ve done for my eldest rescue Spike in the hopes it might be useful to someone else. Spike currently has an eye issue that is a suspected blocked tear duct that has resulted in some swelling, watery eye and discomfort. He now has a special eye cream to treat this that seems to be working well. As a result of the discomfort he’s scratching at his eye region and yesterday had to go back to the vet because he was bleeding and I didn’t want to take any chances. It turned out that he’d managed to scratch his eyelid and make it bleed but thankfully his actual eye was undamaged. First thing I did upon getting home was see him a custom ‘anti-scratch sock’ to prevent that happening again. I used fabric from an old T-shirt which I cut into a square then into a rectangle slightly larger than what it took to wrap around his lower leg and foot. I then cut the fabric further so the length was to just below his knee. With the length correct I sewed the long sides together and transitioned that stitching down across the bottom to form a rectangular pouch. That done I turned it inside out to hide the stitching then simply slipped it on over his foot and secured it in place with some plaster tape (leukoplast). I’ve used this tape before to secure custom dressings on my beardies and it doesn’t cause them any issues. It’s not secured tight but more just gently stuck to his leg so that way it’s secure but not compromising his circulation. Thankfully he doesn’t hate his sock and in fact seems to quite like it. I also saw him having an attempted scratch at the eye this afternoon and was able to confirm that his sock is effective at preventing him doing any damage to the eye area. With any luck he won’t need the sock for long but in the meantime it’s definitely handy. Admittedly it’s not the prettiest sock but it does the job, doesn’t affect his movement and he doesn’t seem to mind it being on. [/QUOTE]
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