Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
Keymaster
Hello - and I'm sorry that you are having this problem with your dog. I wonder whether, wherever you are, the level of healthcare we would take for granted may not be available. For example, I am confused how you are getting antibiotics without proper veterinary treatment - in the uk, antibiotics can only be prescribed by a vet. This is because different antibiotics are appropriate for specific problems and only transported to specific places in the body. Giving a 'wrong' antibiotic won't work, even though I am very suspicious that your dog may have an infection from a bite wound. Furthermore, the antibiotic needs to be given for long enough, so can take a few days to help. Your dog may also need pain releif. If this is a bite wound deep in the tissues, I wouldn't expect antibiotic ointment to touch it and bandaging is generally not appropriate, although there will be exceptions. It is therefore very difficult for me to give helpful advice, other than it sounds as though this bite wound may have led to infection and needs veterinary attention. As a UK vet, I cannot instruct you to give drugs without examining your dog, or without that dog being my patient. Please will you let me know what happens?
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