Chinchilla Nation » hydrogen peroxide http://www.chinchillanation.com The small and furry blog Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:47:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Skin Tumour .. Gone! http://www.chinchillanation.com/2010/05/16/skin-tumour-gone/ http://www.chinchillanation.com/2010/05/16/skin-tumour-gone/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 04:56:22 +0000 Ippo456 http://www.chinchillanation.com/?p=1013 Earlier this year, I noticed that Joy had something that looked like an abscess on her tummy. After conservatively treating the area with antibiotic & Hydrogen Peroxide, the lump wouldn’t go away. So on the 19th of April morning, Joy went in for a surgery to have it removed. The procedure wasn’t too life threatening because it was the surface of Joy’s skin that was being operated on. The surgery was a success; Joy bounced back fast & managed not to chew on the stitches. The vet explained that operating on such a small creature requires some improvisation. For the Oxygen mask, he had to cut the tip of a small syringe; the cut syringe tip was placed over Joy’s face, secured with a small piece of latex cut from a latex glove. I think it would’ve been neat if I could have watched the operation :-)

Joy went home later that afternoon & acted as if she didn’t have the surgery at all. 2 weeks later, she returned to the clinic to have her stitches removed. Today, she is herself and is tumour free!!!!

Joy skin tumour free

I know Joy has no fur on her chest & on her belly, I think that’s because she constantly pees on the wheel & her chest & tummy rub against the wheel. At least she looks much better now than she did a month ago.

]]> http://www.chinchillanation.com/2010/05/16/skin-tumour-gone/feed/ 0 Possible Skin Tumor? http://www.chinchillanation.com/2010/03/16/possible-skin-tumor/ http://www.chinchillanation.com/2010/03/16/possible-skin-tumor/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:02:17 +0000 Ippo456 http://www.chinchillanation.com/?p=910 Earlier this year, I noticed that Joy had something that looked like an abscess on her tummy. She had probably popped it herself & it was already scabbing up by the time I saw it. I cleaned the area, applied some aloe vera & thought nothing much of it.

Joy bleeding1

Just last week, I noticed that the abscess has returned & it’s bigger. I cleaned the area again, applied more aloe & waited for a couple of days to see if it would get better.

Joy bleeding2

Since it didn’t scab up, I took her to the vet today. Vet suspected that it’s skin tumor because he felt a lump. He wanted to be conservative, so he just prescribed Joy with some antibiotic cream. For a week, I’m supposed to clean the area twice a day with hydrogen peroxide & subsequently apply the antibiotic cream. If that doesn’t help, vet said that he could surgically remove the skin tumor & it won’t be a difficult procedure as the tumor is in the skin layer, no need to open her up.

So we’ll see how she’ll do with the antibiotic cream for a week.

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