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how can I treat an open wound on my cat until I can get him to the vet
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TREATING THE WOUND
All wounds are contaminated with dirt and bacteria. Proper care and handling will prevent some infections. Before handling a wound, make sure your hands and instruments are clean. Starting at the edges of a fresh wound, clip the hair back to enlarge the area. Cleanse the edges with a damp gauze or pad. Irrigate the wound with clean tap water. Apply antibiotic ointment. Bandage as described below.
Older wounds covered with pus and scab are cleaned with 3 percent hydro- gen peroxide solution diluted 1 part to 5 parts water. Hydrogen peroxide can damage tissue, so use it only once. Thereafter, cleanse with a Betadine solution (dilute 1 part to 10 parts water). Blot dry. Apply an antibiotic ointment such as Triple Antibiotic Ointment or Neomycin and leave the wound open or bandage as described below.
Dressings over infected wounds should be changed frequently to aid in the drainage of pus and allow you to apply fresh ointment.
Fresh lacerations over 1/2 inch long should be sutured to prevent infection, minimize scarring and speed healing.
Wounds older than 12 hours are quite likely to be infected. Suturing is questionable.
BITES are heavily contaminated wounds. They are often puncture wounds. They are quite likely to get infected and should not be sutured. Antibiotics are indicated. Most wounds incurred in a cat fight are punctures.
With all animal bites, the possibility of rabies should be kept in mind.
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Three per cent hydrogen peroxide may also be used.
It is wise to have all bite wounds examined by a veterinarian, no matter how minor they appear. Very often, there may be more extensive damage to the tissues under the skin that is not immediately evident. Most, if not all, pets with open wounds and bite wounds also require antibiotics to prevent infection.
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SOOOOOOOO want to ditto that! When I adopted my newest cat, he had a head wound (looked like a bite mark) that had gone untreated. Apparently he would often come home with scrapes (mostly was an outdoor cat at his last house), and the previous owner would just give him a bath... Yeah. That's it. Needless to say, that head wound became abscessed and was absolutely foul and painful infection-city! When I got him, the smell was so bad I was starting to regret the whole thing! But after the vet flushed the wound and cut out the dead & dying tissue, pumped him full of antibiotics, and gave me my home meds (he had to have PAIN KILLERS for the wound! Poor baby! And more antibiotics), he turned out fabulous! I just hate to think what would have happened if it had gone untreated. We came into his life at the right time!!!
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(Sorry - what I was ditto-ing was SEE A VET no matter how minor it may seem!)
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:) Definitely see a vet. And you are SO right. The smell is terrible! Your cat most likely would not be alive today if you hadn't taken him in!
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cleaned his wound, put the cone around his head, started him on antibotic, got him to the vet today, she said I did a good job and next time do the same and just call in for the antibotic, unless he needs to be seen.
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try wrapping it with a common wrist wrap or something like that depends where the wound is at put some topical cream so it doesn’t get infected ask your mom or someone they will no what that is not to tight
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thank you for your help, got the wound cleaned, and by the time got Bageera to the vet his wound started to heal, she said I did a good job and if next time just treat the wound and call in for an antibotic.
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Clean it with soap and water. Make sure to rinse it well. I wouldn’t use any human creams etc. as these could be poisous to cats. I’m assuming that it isn’t to deep that other damage could of occured. I’m glad you are going to take your cat to the vet.
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you should just apply some medicine on its wound then take some roll of bandage and tie it around its wound or if you don’t have medicine or a roll of bandage just take some roll of toilet paper and tie it up at the wound until you bring it to the vet
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