Hello, i'm hoping someone can give me some advice please. I took my 12 year old Greyhound Arthur to the vets recently about a separate issue, but while I was there I mentioned that one of his dew claws was really long and asked the vet if she'd be able to cut it for me, which she did. A few days later the pad around the claw was swollen up and quite red. We went back to the vets and they gave him antibiotics and anti-inflammatory meds.
After a couple of weeks the claw was no better, so I took him back to the vets, where they took a sample from the swelling and said it was just bloody, so thought it might be a tissue problem.
Tonight the swelling has started bleeding, so i've bandaged it up and it looks like we'll be going back to vets on Monday, but dos anyone have any experience of anything like this? The vet did say if it doesn't get better we might have to remove the claw, but i'm not happy about him having to go through the op at his age, and also the cost of it, when he was fine before they cut it!
After a couple of weeks the claw was no better, so I took him back to the vets, where they took a sample from the swelling and said it was just bloody, so thought it might be a tissue problem.
Tonight the swelling has started bleeding, so i've bandaged it up and it looks like we'll be going back to vets on Monday, but dos anyone have any experience of anything like this? The vet did say if it doesn't get better we might have to remove the claw, but i'm not happy about him having to go through the op at his age, and also the cost of it, when he was fine before they cut it!