Anitra Gaines
Posted : 3/26/2007 8:51:50 PM
Thanks everyone for your opinions/advice. But after further research I decided to put honey & tea tree oil on her laceration and have been floored by the results. When in contact with skin, Manuka honey (or even supermarket-bought honey) emits a low amount of hydrogen peroxide (2% less than what is sold in stores as medicinal hydrogen peroxide). Just enough to help it heal, but not so much that it damages tissue.
On Sunday afternoon I was seriously considering taking her to the vet because it hadn't seemed to start healing at all. But just one night with the honey & tea tree oil in the wound & on the gauze, it's likely that she'll be out of her bandage by the end of the week. I know this sounds like I work for a company that produces it, but I don't. (That's why I haven't provided any links.) It is just impressive!