Hello everyone,
My little boy slept next to me nearly all night
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This morning, his wound had become worse and did not look good at all.
I took him to the vets and they said he had be bitten by another cat and had an abscess. He also had a termperature and a swollen gum on the side of the abscess which was making it difficult for him to eat.
The vet lanced the abscess, which was not nice to see; poor little mite must have been suffering and felt relief after. She gave him a jab of slow release pencillin (it would have been impossible to give him tabs due to the location of the bite).
He has to stay in for 4/5 days and I have to remove any scab that forms as the wound needs to heal from the 'outside in'. Not sure if he is going to let me do this but I am assuming that if I bathe the wound with the cooled boiled salt water (vet said twice daily for 2/3 days if he lets me) this will help to remove the scab. Does anyone know if this sounds feasible?
I feel awful because he keeps sitting on the windowsill wanting to go out and won't use his litter tray
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Thanks to everyone for your support and advice, it's nice to know that other people care.
Daisydoo