Cut on wrist--vet visit necessary?

[AHBD]

That looks pretty irritated and it's too bad that it's right on the part that flexes constantly. If you hadn't been able to keep it covered it might have gotten a bit worse. If you'd feel better with a vet visit, that might be the best thing. Like you are thinking, a few stitches may close it up and then it could be bandaged to protect it . I think it would do well like that.

 

[KendraA]

I made an appointment for him for Monday. My husband first noticed it last Monday and if it hasn't started to heal on its own by now, it probably needs some help. Hopefully they'll be able to give him some stitches or temporarily immobilize the wrist. At least it doesn't seem to be hurting him at all.

 

[KendraA]

Here's an update on Wallace's cut wrist. Took him to the vet this morning after some more waffling--thought the cut looked better, then it looked worse. The vet said, "it's not terrible," but was glad I'd brought him in. $200 later, I received a four-day supply of oral pain killer/anti-inflamatory, an antiseptic solution meant to be mixed with water in which the cut is soaked for five minutes twice daily for two weeks, a cream made from silver which goes on the cut after soaking, and ten days worth of oral antibiotics (I'm also going to start giving him probiotics to balance out his gut from the antibiotics). I'm supposed to leave his wrist unbandaged at night so the cut can breathe. The vet said reptiles take a looong time to heal surface wounds, up to six months. She also said the swelling, which was hardly noticeable to me, could have increased to the point of cutting off circulation to his fingers. I'm to watch his fingers closely for discoloration. She said it's possible she might have to do some sort of surgery to get the wound to heal if it does not improve; I'm really hoping it doesn't come to that. I'm supposed to return for a follow-up in two weeks, but I'm hoping the improvement will be great enough that that won't be necessary, since it costs $75 just to walk in the door.

If anyone has a similar problem at any point, message me and I can tell you the exact names and details of the medications, some of which, the topical ones at least, might be available over the counter. This was no cheap cure, but better this than Wallace lose his fingers!

 

[AHBD]

So no stitches then ? Well, the silver cream is good but the honey would have worked just as well. The antibiotics will probably help, and good that you have some probiotics for him. The meds. might ruin his appetite, but hopefully he'll get through it O.K

 

[KendraA]

Yep, I was worried about his appetite since he is already a finicky eater. Luckily he has been pigging out on hornworms all week so he's a little plumper than usual. I wasn't expecting the oral antibiotics to be necessary but recently the cut did start to ooze a little bit overnight. Hard to say whether I could have achieved the same results as the vet on my own, sigh..