How to treat a large dog's open, draining chest ulcer until vet?

Place an e-collar (cone) to prevent licking. Keep the area clean and dry. A dab of a triple antibiotic ointment once or twice daily may help. Monitor for swelling, discharge or discomfort associated with the area. Ideally, he should be examined by your veterinarian. Since the skin is broken, he is at risk for infection and may need antibiotics. If he is painful, your vet can prescribe or dispense a pain medication also.

This is large and ulcerated as you said. Since it's on the elbow area that is difficult to bandage. You can put a long sleeve Tee shirt on Foster to keep the area protected from licking. I recommend cleaning it daily with a warm damp cloth and applying a thin film of antibacterial ointment on it. Talk to your veterinarian about trying a course of antibiotics. They will reduce any infection which may help it dry up or make it less inflamed. This would be difficult to surgically remove at this point due to its size and location but getting a second opinion from a surgical specialist is what I would do if you want to consider surgical removal. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you care for Foster.

Sorry to hear that Didis is having these issues. Based on the photo, that appears to be some sort of mass that is now ulcerating. The area should be treated as if it were an open wound that is infected, and thus, she should be receiving antibiotics orally. The only way to obtain these will be with a veterinary examination and a prescription. If this is not possible, the best thing you can do is shave the hair that is surrounding the lesion, scrub the area with dilute betadine or chlorhexidine, and keep it as clean as possible. You can also apply something topically to the lesion such as triple antibiotic, though his may or may not be effective. Do not bandage or cover the area, as this will only serve to trap bacteria into the area. Hope this helps.

Not much you can do, this is likely a tumor that needs surgical removal, it will likely just get worse and worse without treatment. you can clean it, apply an antiseptic cream on it 2-3 times a day in the meantime.

Poro Bartly! Skin ulcers require medications from the vet to treat, so I would have him seen by a vet for these medications. In addition, skin ulcers are a sign of underlying disease or infection, so it's best to have a health check done on him as well. Take him in first thing Monday for it.

The tumor has become very ulcerated and necrotic. It needs to be removed, likely by a specialist. In the meantime, she should wear a cone to prevent licking and a t-shirt to prevent it from rubbing on the ground. She may need antibiotics to treat any underlying infection and pain medication. I would have her assessed by a veterinarian asap.

An ulcer in a tumor happens when the tumor grows so aggressively , that it is taking away space from itself to grow and then the cells squish each other to death and an ulcer occurs. This is also the reason why this will not heal by itself. Only debulking (taking as much of the tumor away surgically) or taking the whole tumor would help here. The antibiotics are given to prevent infection or fight infection of the ulcer. tumor ulcers usually are not very painful, if painful at all.