My foster, Bobbi, has a wound on her nose that has not yet healed. Best guesses are that she hurt her nose and then prolonged use of a muzzle has prevented it from healing and made it worse. She is a retired brood momma. Anyway, she has been banned from wearing a muzzle (she's too sweet to need one anyway) and I've been putting some super-cream the vet gave me on the wound. My problems are these:
1) She hates, hates, hates having it messed with (I'm sure it's very sore). I have to back her into a corner and hold her mouth to get her to hold still so I can put the cream on. She bares her teeth when I do it (although she does not tense and has not tried to bite me). I think she's just letting me know how much she hates it. I give her cookies and such immediately after and I do my very best to be extremely gentle. Any other ideas?
2) She immediately works at licking the cream off. I have no idea how to prevent her from getting to it. Yesterday and today I have stood holding her nose for 30sec - 1 minute after I put the cream on to at least let it it a little before she starts licking. The cream tastes really nasty, so an "ick" spray won't prevent it. Ideas?
Gratuitous photos
And a link to her foster blog: Bobbi's Blog