The major goal in treating burns in your dog, horse or cat is to
relieve the pain and heal the burn without infection or
major scarring.
First degree burns
usually don’t require any medical treatment, since the fur of your
dog or cat will have protected it more than likely from being burned.
Second degree burns
need to be checked by a vet if they exceed an area of more than
two fists. The blisters that usually occur with second
degree burns should be left alone if they look normal. The skin will
start healing on its own underneath the blister. The function
of the blister is to protect the new skin from infections and
further damage. The only thing you can do is applying a light
gauze to the blister. Then, once the blister bursts it is
important to gently remove the dead skin, for example by
washing it off the affected area.
The new skin that formed under the blister lays open now and
needs to be protected. The best way to treat the wound is
applying a wound dressing under sterile gauzes. There are
various wound dressings for burns available.
Active
Manuka Honey
has proven many pet and horse owners how fast and
effective a completely natural wound dressing can help healing
their animals’ second degree burns, without leaving any scarring,
just beautiful new skin and fur!
Before treating the second degree burn of your animal with Active
Manuka Honey, be sure that your hands and all instruments are clean.
Clip back the hair of your pet that could be in the way. If possible
clean the edges of the wound.
Now you can apply Active Manuka Honey to a sterile gauze. Then apply
the gauze with the honey to the wound. Change the honey wound
dressing twice a day, approximately every 12 hours.
If the burn you are treating is already infected it is recommended
to change the wound dressing more frequently.
If your animal has been burned on the leg or paw you will have to
use more than just one sterile gauze.
In order to keep the gauze with the wound dressing in place you can
place cotton balls between the toes and wrap adhesive tape around.
Then you can bandage the leg loosely for a good blood circulation.
If you bandage a leg try to flex the knee to make sure that the
bandage is not too tight and to assure movement of the joints.
If you notice a swelling of the leg or paw, loosen the bandage.
Some people use socks over the gauze or bandage to keep the dressing
in place.
When wrapping adhesive tape around the affected area, try to not
overlap the tape. The tape should stick to your animal’s hair in
order to keep the bandage in place.
