My (new to me) 4 year old ewe deveoped a boil of some sort yesterday...it is on her lower jaw, right-hand side. About the size of a quarter, only perfectly round/ball shaped. It does NOT seem to be bothering her at all. My DH and I cornered her (no mean trick - this girl is in excellent condition and about 250 pounds! Just a big breed, I guess...). We lanced it and the nastiest pus and blood came out. The pus was thick and white with a bit of creamy/yellow mixed in. The blood came behind it. I'm glad I was wearing latex gloves and had a clean towel to squeeze it into! The lump was really soft to the touch until I squeezed the pus all out. Then I could feel a hardness under it. We sprayed the whole site with iodine pretty thoroughly and left it open to drain.
I'm picking up penicillin tomorrow at the vet's office (had no transportation today). Is there anything else that I should do? She seemed ticked off, but otherwise okay with it - not rubbing her head or anything. What is it? Is it something that I should be more concerned about? Can anyone tell me what could have caused it? There is no injury to the site or anything other than my incision.
Perplexed and concerned,
Sarah
I'm picking up penicillin tomorrow at the vet's office (had no transportation today). Is there anything else that I should do? She seemed ticked off, but otherwise okay with it - not rubbing her head or anything. What is it? Is it something that I should be more concerned about? Can anyone tell me what could have caused it? There is no injury to the site or anything other than my incision.
Perplexed and concerned,
Sarah