What to look out for after a dog breaks a bone

Things to keep in mind after a dog breaks:

1. Pay attention to rest: After the dog fractures, pay attention to rest. At this time, the dog's body is in the recovery period and needs to supplement enough sleep. It is best for the owner to keep the indoor air circulation, so as to help the recovery of the disease. Regardless of whether it is external fixation or internal fixation, the dog's movement must be restricted within 2 weeks after the operation to allow the bones to be repaired and healed, and the dog can move freely after 2 weeks.

2. Prevention of infection: It is very important to prevent infection after a fracture. Antibiotics should be used according to the doctor's advice to prevent and control infection. Do not use drugs casually. If the dog has any symptoms of discomfort after the operation, you must pass the news to the doctor as soon as possible, so that the doctor can provide professional treatment. Keep your dog's wound away from water or other contaminants.

3. Check the affected area: 24-48 hours after the external fixation operation, the owner should check whether there is edema under the fixed affected area of ​​the dog. If there is swelling, it means that the affected area is bandaged too tightly and the blood circulation is not smooth, so it should be bandaged again . External fixation generally takes 45-60 days to remove the bandage, and internal fixation takes 180 days. The bone marrow needle or bone plate can be surgically removed after X-ray examination.

4. Reasonable diet: After the fracture, the dog is in a weak state. At this time, the intake of dietary nutrition should be strengthened. The owner can prepare some high-protein, high-calcium food for the dog, such as bone soup and the like. Pay attention to supplementing vitamin A, vitamin D and calcium preparations for dogs, and the diet should be reasonable and comprehensive.

The diet management after the fracture of the dog is as follows:

1. Supplement some calcium for dogs, you can eat some calcium tablets, pork bone soup, and supplement vitamin D to help the recovery of bones. Choose calcium-rich dog food as the dog's staple food.

2. Give the dog some medicines to protect the bones and joints. If the dog has pain, you can also take some painkillers and limit activities to avoid the second damage to the bones, which may also lead to non-healing of the bones situation occurs.

3. It is recommended to avoid seafood and other foods as much as possible to avoid allergies in dogs. During the dog’s fracture period, you can properly increase the dog’s nutrition. You can try to feed the dog nutrition cream, chicken breast and other foods to promote the growth of the dog’s fracture site and speed up the dog’s recovery.

4. In addition to bones, there are actually many foods high in calcium, such as milk, goat milk, milk cakes, tofu, bean skin, shrimp skin, etc.