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Question about scars and fur growth...
A stray kitten turned up last week, and I've been caring for her.
She's becoming very friendly, and I was trying to clean her up... She had a spot of crusty matted fur between her eyes, so I moistened a tissue and touched it to the spot for a few minutes to soften it up. I was horrified when several minutes later the whole mess just sloughed right off and left an angry red wound about 1cm across. Turns out it was a scab. Now I feel awful. She'd apparently had some sort of scuffle or injury, and I just set her back. I'm keeping it covered with Neosporin now and it's coming along nicely. It's not serious, and I'm sure it'll be completely healed in a week or so. What I was wondering, and I was hoping someone could provide some insight, is whether she's likely to have a bald scar on her face for the rest of her life, or if will will grow fur again... She's young, so I'm hoping it will grow back... Any thoughts? |
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"Alan" wrote in message
... A stray kitten turned up last week, and I've been caring for her. She's becoming very friendly, and I was trying to clean her up... She had a spot of crusty matted fur between her eyes, so I moistened a tissue and touched it to the spot for a few minutes to soften it up. I was horrified when several minutes later the whole mess just sloughed right off and left an angry red wound about 1cm across. Turns out it was a scab. Now I feel awful. She'd apparently had some sort of scuffle or injury, and I just set her back. I'm keeping it covered with Neosporin now and it's coming along nicely. It's not serious, and I'm sure it'll be completely healed in a week or so. What I was wondering, and I was hoping someone could provide some insight, is whether she's likely to have a bald scar on her face for the rest of her life, or if will will grow fur again... She's young, so I'm hoping it will grow back... Any thoughts? It depends on whether the wound is superficial or not. I'm fostering a kitten that had a superficial wound on her tail, and the fur grew back after a few weeks. Time will tell. I wouldn't put Neosporin on the cat unless advised by a vet because cats will ingest whatever you put on their fur when they groom themselves. That's why vets often put Elizabethan collars (E-collars) on cats to keep them from doing this. Bill |
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"Alan" wrote in message
... A stray kitten turned up last week, and I've been caring for her. She's becoming very friendly, and I was trying to clean her up... She had a spot of crusty matted fur between her eyes, so I moistened a tissue and touched it to the spot for a few minutes to soften it up. I was horrified when several minutes later the whole mess just sloughed right off and left an angry red wound about 1cm across. Turns out it was a scab. Now I feel awful. She'd apparently had some sort of scuffle or injury, and I just set her back. I'm keeping it covered with Neosporin now and it's coming along nicely. It's not serious, and I'm sure it'll be completely healed in a week or so. What I was wondering, and I was hoping someone could provide some insight, is whether she's likely to have a bald scar on her face for the rest of her life, or if will will grow fur again... She's young, so I'm hoping it will grow back... Any thoughts? It depends on whether the wound is superficial or not. I'm fostering a kitten that had a superficial wound on her tail, and the fur grew back after a few weeks. Time will tell. I wouldn't put Neosporin on the cat unless advised by a vet because cats will ingest whatever you put on their fur when they groom themselves. That's why vets often put Elizabethan collars (E-collars) on cats to keep them from doing this. Bill |
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