campin4kids
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Hello all,
I just discovered my cat has a swollen place on her leg. There is a rawish area in the middle where the fur has been licked off or the original injury was made. I know she came face to face with a neighborhood cat the other night but I didnt know if there was contact made between them before I brought her in.
At this point she flinches at the least little contact. My vet can't see her until tomorrow. I put some antibiotic cream on it but she wants to lick it off. What should I do?
I think it's an abscess.
Once when my other cat got a cat bit on her cheek and it resulted in an abscess, the Doc stuck a pointy syring into it and squirted peroxid into it. The puss bubbled out with the peroxide and it got better. I did this several more times at home on said wound.
I wonder if I should try this on my other cat now?
I'm just afraid to wait unitl tomorrow. I suppose I should.Deb
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campin4kids wrote:Hello all,
I just discovered my cat has a swollen place on her leg. There is a rawish area in the middle where the fur has been licked off or the original injury was made. I know she came face to face with a neighborhood cat the other night but I didnt know if there was contact made between them before I brought her in.
This is the danger of letting cats roam around alone outside. Not to mention the diseases and parasites they can pick up out there. 
Quote: At this point she flinches at the least little contact. My vet can't see her until tomorrow. I put some antibiotic cream on it but she wants to lick it off. What should I do?
I think it's an abscess.
She needs to see the vet as soon as possible since you really don't know what this is.
Quote:Once when my other cat got a cat bit on her cheek and it resulted in an abscess, the Doc stuck a pointy syring into it and squirted peroxid into it. The puss bubbled out with the peroxide and it got better. I did this several more times at home on said wound.
I wonder if I should try this on my other cat now?
I'm just afraid to wait unitl tomorrow. I suppose I should.Deb
You can do more harm than good. Let the vet check it out first.
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1995brave
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Get a roll of no stick tape. Don't know the name of it right now, but it is about 2 inches wide and comes in several colors(my Bliss likes blue). Should be able to find it in a pet shop, it sticks to itself but not to the fur or wound.
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campin4kids
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1995brave wrote:Get a roll of no stick tape. Don't know the name of it right now, but it is about 2 inches wide and comes in several colors(my Bliss likes blue). Should be able to find it in a pet shop, it sticks to itself but not to the fur or wound.
Great idea! Thanks
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1995brave
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Found it at Petsmart tape
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campin4kids
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1995brave wrote:Found it at Petsmart tape
We actually have some of this in the house. I'm going to see if I can get it to stay on the area.
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Don't use peroxide much anymore, except to clean around the wound/abscess. We ususally flush with a non-irritating solution, usually saline. Sometimes if it's real infected betadine initially.
Soak the foot/leg or wrap in a warm moist towel for as long as you can manage, 5-10 minutes each time. The best thing is to get her in now.
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campin4kids
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dturm wrote:Don't use peroxide much anymore, except to clean around the wound/abscess. We ususally flush with a non-irritating solution, usually saline. Sometimes if it's real infected betadine initially.
Soak the foot/leg or wrap in a warm moist towel for as long as you can manage, 5-10 minutes each time. The best thing is to get her in now.
Tomorrow morning is the first they can see her. If she was bit by another cat it would have been over a week ago. I will do the warm compress again. I did that about an hour aqo. Thanks for the info.
Deb
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I would not cover the abcess, what it needs is to drain and dry out.
But, yeah, agree with the vet that she should see a vet.
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campin4kids
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Ok, We did the warm moist compresses and after a while it began to ozzz. With very gentle presure all the puss came out. So now what? We put her in a well ventilated cage so the extra ozz would not get on the furniture. I rince the outside with saline and she is resting on a clean soft sheet. SHe keeps licking it. So I don't really know what to do at this point. Maybe there is nothing more to do. It seems so much better than before. Still at best we can't see our vet for 17 more hours. I'm wondering if we will need to al all now.
Thanks Dr. Doug....
Deb
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