202. Should i wet poultice or dry poultice?

So this morning after a rather restless nights sleep worrying about whether or not i'd done the right thing by poulticing Spices leg i arrived to find out i had.

On removing the poultice i found that the swelling had gone down which was a good sign and that what puss there had been in the wound had definitely made an escape onto the poultice - another good sign.

So in view of the fact that poulticing had helped draw out the infection i decided to apply a dry poultice to protect it from getting re-infected. I cleaned the wound, sprayed it with Purple spray (on the basis that all the infection was out) and then let Spice go out for a couple of hours whilst i went went to buy some more vet wrap and lintex. A couple of hours later i came back to apply a dry poultice (simply to protect the wound from bacteria) since it was still open and therefore easily prone. There was no puss whatsoever coming from the wound just a a tiny drop of blood so it definitely looks as though the infection is out. However, i guess only time will tell if this truly is the case.

I am going up later tonight to see what the dry poultice looks like and depending on whether it is pussy or just bloody i will make a decision of whether to apply another wet poultice.

If by tomorrow morning there is still puss coming from the wound i think i will have to call the vet out to re-assess it as Spice had her last dose of antibiotics today so i might well need some more if it is still infected.