On Aug 10, 10:10 pm, "-L." wrote:
Matthew wrote:
Clean the area with peroxide and a clean cloth put some Vaseline on it to
keep dirt out

Sigh. Cleaning a wound once with peroxide is ok - after that, the
peroxide will kill any healing tissue.

Do not ever put vaseline on a wound. if it is infected with anerobic
bacteria, vaseline will cause it to abscess. It is much better to let
it dry naturally, and see the vet.

-L.

Yes, yes, yes. This is all true. I spend an entire summer having to go
to a
wound clinic to heal an incision. Peroxide kills the new cells that
are trying to
form as the wound tries to heal. Never use peroxide on any wound
except for
the initial cleaning of the wound.
FWIW, I had a cat who had a minor scab on his head once, and ended up
losing
hair around it the size of a dime or so. The vet said a bacterial
infection caused the
hair loss, gave us some Panalog to put on it, and it cleared up.
Weirdly enough,
the hair grew back in white. (this was a black cat).

Sherry