My kitty is on day 5 of antibiotics and cleaning of his abscess that broke on 6 days ago. It’s still open without any signs of puss. Just an open wound, no swelling at this point. When can I let him go back outside and romp around again?
My cat has an abscess his wound is healing but he has a lot of puss under the skin
I have a mystery condition that causes cat to violently scratch at his face constantly. He lives in a cone because once removed he scratches violently. He only scratches at two spots. has been treated for fleas/ticks/mites. Skin was UV light tested. X-rays done when a mass popped up behind his ear. Not ear mites. No infections. Eyes were tested. Awaiting biopsy of a mass (removed)behind his ear & lesion under his tongue. Constant head shaking in that Cone has caused an aural hematoma. Vet is mystified!
A few questions. Can I give my cat metacam and trazodone together ? They were prescribed separate times to treat his destructive scratching at his head and face. We’ve since removed a mass behind his ear and taken biopsy of 3 other lesions. One under his tongue. He has been treated for mites and fleas etc. X-rays and UV testing. He has lived in the cone of shame for about 5 months now. He scratches like mad within seconds of removing it. A bloody mess everytime it heals. It is very localized which makes it hard to be (food)allergies?
He just had surgery to fix the aural hematoma caused by his violent head shaking and cone scratching. (No ear mites either)
So he is in an extreme amount of discomfort. He was given a 2 week injection of antibiotic and sent home with metacam. However. The ear now seems very inflamed. It is stitched down to a piece of surgical ‘plastic’ to keep from refilling I think? He is trying to scratch at it so much. He had caused a severe infection in his back toe from scratching at that cone so intensely. It will need amputation.
It is like taking apart an engine. We are awaiting the biopsy results but until then his poor surgery site seems so uncomfortable.
I’m not sure if I should clean it? His head shaking still causes the ears to tap at the cone edges causing such tenderness the poor guy needs to be so sedated to get rest.
Any advice is great advice! Thanking you in advance.
Symptoms started after he started going outside for the first time, one small wound turned into his face being scratched off. so I got him his first set of shots and an antibiotic injection. Medications tried include: numerous antibiotic injections, metacam, trazodone/tramadol for sedating effects to stop scratching. Cyproheptedine. Advantix/flea tick and mite treatment. His X-rays revealed nothing other than an elongated heart. I had his brother who died suddenly at 15 weeks (heart attack?)
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*** update ~vet visit for biopsy results **^
Hello and Thanks so much for your advice! I saw my vet today for the results. Also because My cat has continued to shake his post surgery ear which split the tip open. Healing post-hematoma has been botched. So they will be removing the ear flap and cauterizing the edges.
As for the biopsies I’ll summarize point form the microscopic interpretations.
Skin: ulcerative dermatitis, pleocellular with eosinophils, low grade to moderate with granulation tissue proliferation with superficial bacteria.
Tongue : ulcerative glossitis, eosinophilic rich with collagenolysis.
Mass from behind bottom of ear: hyperplastic/reactive, draining lymph node.
So basically what he said was its food allergy or an external (who knows what) allergy.
However in the report it noted that these types of allergies usually respond to corticosteroids. He was given about 3 cortisone injections which did nothing.
So at this point we try the vet diet like you recommended.
He will be sent home with prednisone for the recovery of his ear once again.
So basically what we face is should we try the blood test 300$ to narrow allergens down?? Or do we try vet diet first. (I’ve gone into debt with these bills )
The most pressing issue is how to calm the scratching at his cone, head and ear shaking. It is constant. To the point where he doesn’t stop unless we snugly bandage his ear/head. And heavily medicated him. (Trazadone) The pressure helps.
I just want him to be able to get some rest. And not have us constantly bombarding him to clean his wounds. Wrap his head. Clean his cone. Ouff. My poor boy. He’s starting to get real annoyed with all of the fussing over him. However he is actually gaining weight!
I also asked about feline herpetic just in case and he said there are no upper respiratory signs present. And X-rays for the chest and head were all clear.
I pray we find something that works for the itch.
I have a cat, a domestic medium hair mix who is about 3 years old. He is indoor/outdoor and four days ago he started limping. I assumed he had sprained his wrist and kept him inside for a while, but he was adament about being let out so I eventually conceded. The next morning I woke up to find a small pussy wound on the top of his paw. I brought him back inside, it healed up and he was walking on it again within a day, so I let him back out. This morning I found that the wound had re-opened and appeared a lot larger than before. I am currently unemployed and have no credit or money to my name so I cannot take him to a vet. I am worried sick, is this an abscess? I cleaned the wound, applied a minimal amount of diluted hydrogen peroxide to the affected area, and applied some coconut oil to the wound, sterilized my room and he is acting completely normal besides the limp. He wants to go outside, but I won’t let him until he’s healed up. Is there anything else I can do?
My cat was treated for a puncture wound almost two weeks ago and is still not putting weight on the injured paw. The current vet did not give an anti-inflammatory as she feels it may cause kidney problems. Another vet in the group did give such an injection with a previous injury and my cat seemed to tolerate it well. Buprenorphine has not touched the pain. What do you suggest?
My dog went outside alone and maybe eaten garbage food or had contact with stray dogs.Now its skin is turned red with severe etching , wounds all over and severe loss of weight since past one month.
Please let me know chemical names of medicnes , antbiotics , antiallergics etc so that i can buy the same in philippnes.
Poor animal is in grave trouble and early answer can help it.
Dear doctor,
My dog died today and I was desperately trying to find the cause because it is the second time happening exactly the same signs and symptoms and rapid death. My dog was a lab 7 yr old fit and healthy had swollen paw noticed 3 days ago which was an infected wound for which it recieved debridement along with antibiotics and antacids, next day it had greenish vomitus and dark stools, no dehydration passing good volume urine but today morning died after passing bloody stools
Okay, we are crazy but we recently lost our Lab and rediscussed getting a German Shepherd that we wanted to get years ago until we wound up fostering/ keeping the Lab. We also have a nearly four year old Yorkie, eleven year old Pug and a five(?) year old Corgie mix who are pretty laid back. Initial introduction to the puppy went well…but, my question is, how do we handle when the smaller dogs snip at/ growl at the puppy (who does back off). Do we allow this? Or intervene at any point? I understand they need to set limits with her, but when/ should we correct their behavior with the puppy that will eventually outweigh them…We got the German Shepherd so I would have some protection where we live out in the country
My cat has quite a wound that has gotten shockingly worse with-in the past week. Until I can get him to a vet, I’d like to put antibiotic ointment on the wound. Any suggestions how I could do this? He’s not what you might call “cooperative”.
I’m pleased your cat is recovering. However if he still has an open wound it could very easily become infected if he goes outside to romp around and play. Cats get into all sorts of things. He needs to stay inside until the wound has totally healed over.
I agree with Julie. Open wounds are invitations to parasites like maggots. Please keep your cat inside until they are healed completely