Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Bichon Frise | Female | spayed | 10 lbs
Looks like puncture wound.
2 Answers
Published on August 12th, 2017
This does look like a puncture wound or injury of some sort. I would recommend cleaning it with some dilute iodine solution or dilute hydrogen peroxide. You may also want to apply some topical antibiotic ointment on it as well. If the wound does not appear to be healing over the next 24 hours or if there are multiple areas like this throughout the skin, then I would recommend taking her in to the vet because she may need some oral antibiotics to help the area heal.
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Published on September 30th, 2019
Poor girl. Rani has a puncture wound here cause by either a bite or a sharp object. She needs to see your vet for proper cleaning and probing of the área and a course of antibiotics so that this heals. No topical ointment or creams should be placed on this puncture wound without specific instructions from your vet. Until you can get Rani seen you can clean this with Betadine diluted 50:50 with warm water only. I hope Rani’s puncture wound heals well soon! Take care.
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