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Healing an Injury
We have a stray cat we have adopted. He came to our backdoor with a
cut behind his ear. It has scabed over a couple of times and when it looks like it is going to heal, he scratched off the scab anad we are back to square one. Is there anything we can put on the scab to keep it from irritated him? Thanks |
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Take it to the vet and have it looked at. They can tell you if it needs
anything. Celeste |
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Since he's reopened the wound several times, I am hoping it's not
infected. Is he friendly enough to let you pick him up and examine the ear? Is it red, inflamed, pussing? If it's infected, he'll need to be seen by a vet for treatment. If it's truly just a cut/scrape, you can put a tiny amount of neosporin on it and rub in. He can't lick his ear to ingest it. |
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c1gmlm wrote:
We have a stray cat we have adopted. He came to our backdoor with a cut behind his ear. It has scabed over a couple of times and when it looks like it is going to heal, he scratched off the scab anad we are back to square one. Is there anything we can put on the scab to keep it from irritated him? Thanks Probably needs to wear a Queen Mary hood for a day or 2 to prevent him from using his paw to disturb the scab - cats can and do clean behind their ears so some how you have to prevent this for about a week. A visit to the vet is really the best option especially if there is an infection. A simple concoction you can make to help the healing process is a teaspoon of Vaseline jelly and mix in 4 teaspoons of sulfur Mix to a stiff paste and apply thinly over the wound. It is benign and won't hurt if the cat manages to lick it. A pre anti-biotic treatment for humans as well as animals! Still works. You should be able to get a small quantity of sulfur from the local chemist shop - you don't need a big bag and it keeps forever. |
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It isn't infected. We have cleaned it out with peroxide and were able to use a spray antiseptic. We even used a liquid bandage spray. It starts to heal nicely but at a certain point the scab must start borthering him and he scratches it off and we start all over again. It started out about the size of a 50 cent piece and now about a quarter. Thanks Mike |
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"c1gmlm" wrote in message ... It isn't infected. We have cleaned it out with peroxide and were able to use a spray antiseptic. We even used a liquid bandage spray. It starts to heal nicely but at a certain point the scab must start borthering him and he scratches it off and we start all over again. It started out about the size of a 50 cent piece and now about a quarter. Mike, we can't help you. Your cat needs to see a vet, and you are too cheap or stupid to take him. |
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"c1gmlm" wrote in message
... It isn't infected. We have cleaned it out with peroxide and were able to use a spray antiseptic. We even used a liquid bandage spray. It starts to heal nicely but at a certain point the scab must start borthering him and he scratches it off and we start all over again. It started out about the size of a 50 cent piece and now about a quarter. Thanks Mike You said it is near his ear? Have his ears checked, they could be dirty, or have ear mites. That could be the cause of the scratching. Your vet could tell you. -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) comcast (dot) net http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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My opinion is you need to take the cat to a VET. It may not be infected, as
we humans refer to it but, it must contain some sort of bacteria so probably needs something stronger than you can give. "c1gmlm" wrote in message ... We have a stray cat we have adopted. He came to our backdoor with a cut behind his ear. It has scabed over a couple of times and when it looks like it is going to heal, he scratched off the scab anad we are back to square one. Is there anything we can put on the scab to keep it from irritated him? Thanks |
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c1gmlm wrote:
We have a stray cat we have adopted. He came to our backdoor with a cut behind his ear. It has scabed over a couple of times and when it looks like it is going to heal, he scratched off the scab anad we are back to square one. Is there anything we can put on the scab to keep it from irritated him? Thanks The problem is purely mechanical - the cat naturally will try to remove foreign bodies ie the scab. The fact that a scab has formed means the cat's own defense system is fixing the problem if it is dry and not weeping. So the solution to the problem is to prevent the cat from getting to the scab. You may need something like this http://pethealth.today.com/files/200...recovery_1.jpg Your vet may have some other mechanical solution |
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