Bleeding

[alicia]

I put Barry and Kiki in the run and went to check on them 30 minutes later, and Billy was in the run too, he'd managed to break the door on his hutch and get out. There were a few spots of blood in the run and on their toy tunnel, so I picked up the nearest guinea-pig, which was Barry, and checked him over, he seemed fine so I put him back in his hutch, and checked Billy, who was bleeding on his side. I couldn't see the cut, he kept squeaking whenver I tried to touch the part of fur that was covered in blood, so I took him inside, and got some kitchen roll and started wiping the blood (I wasn't really sure what to do because this has never happened here before) I think I got most of the blood off and I put him back in his hutch, with lots of grass and cucumber, water food etc. I checked on him about 30 minutes later when I went to feed them, and Billy didn't squeak when I tried to look at his cut, and it wasn't bleeding. I still couldn't see the hutch, but I am going to try and look again tommorow. I have left him for tonight, but should I have done anything else and is there anything I can do for him tommorow that will help his cut?

[Dawn - Admin]

Did you bath his cut? To clean it and get any dirt out there might be in it warm salt water is the best.

[abby]

You could buy some small animal wound powder, pets at home sell it. Hope he's ok, sounds like a fight over their lady friend!

[alicia]

Thank you for the help, I've moved him into a different hutch so he can't escape into the run again, and I checked on him this morning and he seems fine, he doesn't squeak if I try to check his cut is Ok.