> I am a little concerned that unnecessary amputations could cause
> complications, including infection that was not there before.
I agree that this, as well as veterinary inexperience, are very
serious problems.
But my question is this: What about blood loss? When Tootsie's tail
was "de-gloved," she lost a great many drops of blood, and she's such
a small animal that it did concern me. I finally held her in my hand
and applied pressure above the wound to stop the bleeding, but it was
the blood loss that prompted me to take her to the emergency clinic
for an amputation. Was this unusual? Or do many gerbils lose a good
deal of blood in degloving? And if they do, what kinds of measures or
first aid should the owners consider?
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