Cat wound

[Chelsey]

use Hydrogen Peroxide to clean the wound.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: Scouzer
so i took it to the vet. i wait an hour. i wait 15mins while the vet dicks around and talks to her friends who've shown up (shes 40ish) and she FINALLY comes in and takes one look at the wound and says 'meh, its minor, wash it with some hydrogen peroxide and then use polysporon' and im like 'ok can you show me how' and she dumps it on the wrong foot. i was like 'uh...can we do it ont he right foot' and shes like 'we did' and leaves. she was behind so she didnt give a sh!t she just wanted to go home

...

im really pissed off. guess ill do what she said for a couple days and see if it improves

Sounds like your vet is smoking catnip to keep her anti-social and animal hating tendencies at bay. Sounds like she failed out of human medical school and somehow compensated by going to animal medical school.

Find a new vet.

From what I've heard...vet school's harder to get into and to get through. Human Docs just make more $$$ 'cause people are willing to spend much more on their onw well-being (duh). Of course, I work in Animal Care so I interface with vets much more often than regular docs.....so I probably hear biased rhetoric.

Dude, I'd start spreading word around town about that vet. I'd rant to everyone I know about how much she sucks, and all your experiences while volunteering there. Get that b!tch run outta town.

 

[myusername]

:music: Ohh Baby I'm thinkin' about your cat wound ... Oh baby I'm thinking about your gash ... :music:

 

[hg321]

Update on kitty?

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Scouzer


can i polysporon for the time being? or would he just lick it off ya think?

What is polysporin?

Clean the wound. See if you can figure out exactly what type it is. Make sure she didn't just step in something foul smelling or something.

If you clean the wound and it is still rotten smelling, your cat is in need of immediate medical attention.

I'm no vet, but that's just common sense. Rotting flesh is a very, very bad thing.

LOL

Its a Canadian thing. Topical antibiotic. Helps wounds heal faster.

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">link</a>

 

[dethman]

yum

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Scouzer


can i polysporon for the time being? or would he just lick it off ya think?

What is polysporin?

Clean the wound. See if you can figure out exactly what type it is. Make sure she didn't just step in something foul smelling or something.

If you clean the wound and it is still rotten smelling, your cat is in need of immediate medical attention.

I'm no vet, but that's just common sense. Rotting flesh is a very, very bad thing.

LOL

Its a Canadian thing. Topical antibiotic. Helps wounds heal faster.

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It's called Neosporin here.. lol

 

[Scouzer]

Well, update. I have been applying hydrogen peroxide, letting it dry, then polysporon 3 times a day since the vet told me to. The swollen part of the wound is gradually shrinking--but it still smells bad. But not as bad. My mom is going to try to go down to the OTHER vet today to make sure. It definitely isn't getting worse, and he clearly is no longer in pain...except when we apply the hydrogen peroxide, that hurts...

 

[whoiswes]

your original vet sucks - get a second opinion, and then write a letter to your local papers complaining about what she did.

also write a letter demanding a written apology and a refund for any and all charges.

vets like her should be drugged and shot - i cannot stand lazy health practitioners, whether they be for us or our pets.

 

[Azraele]

I would definately be writing a letter of complaint. That kind of "care" could end up in the needless death of someone's pet.

 

[Scouzer]

Well, update again. We were doing as vet #1 said and it was improving. Hardly smelled bad anymore, etc. Then my mom went to work on Monday and school for me on Tuesday. The cat is a two person job (he will annihalate anyone who tries to hold with one hand) so we could only do it once or twice a day. Was clearly rapidly getting worse by Monday evening. So I went into the other vet here in town today. Sure enough, he needs a toe amputated.

I realize I could have done more...but I still felt the Vet #1 in person would know a little more than you guys who haven't seen it (no offence to you guys, I'm sure you can see it on my side..) even if she was a total b!tch...

All the same, poor cat.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Well, update again. We were doing as vet #1 said and it was improving. Hardly smelled bad anymore, etc. Then my mom went to work on Monday and school for me on Tuesday. The cat is a two person job (he will annihalate anyone who tries to hold with one hand) so we could only do it once or twice a day. Was clearly rapidly getting worse by Monday evening. So I went into the other vet here in town today. Sure enough, he needs a toe amputated.

I realize I could have done more...but I still felt the Vet #1 in person would know a little more than you guys who haven't seen it (no offence to you guys, I'm sure you can see it on my side..) even if she was a total b!tch...

All the same, poor cat.

Wow.

Sue vet#1 for the amuptation cost.

:|

 

[ironcrotch]

Yeah, what are second opinions anyway?

Edit: Typo

 

[Scouzer]

well, i dont know if anyone cares or is still following this thread...but his surgery is done. only a small part of the toe was cut off. he is ok, but he has to wear a cone right now and hes just running into walls left and right...

the bad news is the vet obviously got a better look at the toe when it was cut off and decided to send it away for testing for cancer. so...we'll see...

 

[Azraele]

Ouch. Hopefully kitty makes a full recover.