Questions tagged [wound-care]
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How can I get my cat to let me study his wound?
My cat seems to have a scratch below his neck, but he is really averse to showing it to me. He seems fine, but at certain angles the wound looks rather big while in other angles his fur covers it entirely. My question is how can I get him to let me…
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Neutering incisions in cat
My kitten just got neutered today and he has been bad about trying to lick his incision. I put a cone on him but he is able to pull it off. How easily is he able to ruin his incisions?
He is on pain medication.
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Cat has a small wound on back of the head, do I need to see the vet?
My 5 year old cat has a small wound on the back of it's head for a about two weeks. The wound has an approximate length of 1/4 inch (6mm) and does not seem to grow.
What worries me, is that the wound is not closing. Normally these close very fast,…
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Dog with leg wound escapes cone and bites leg
Our dog has a wound in the right front leg (nothing severe). In order to treat it, a cone of shame (normal plastic one) is being used, together with a specific spray. For reference, the cone looks similar to this one
The spray does what it's…
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Dogs paw red with scar, maybe washed too much?
I observed things like the wound in the picture on my dog's paw. I take them out to the garden 2-3 times a day and every time I come, I wash their paws and dry them with a towel. does anyone know what this is? Could it be because of drying or…
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How do I care for a freshly neutered cat that hates my guts?
So, I adopted a cat about two weeks ago who was unneutered and abandoned by the person who had had him for his whole life (2 years). I have been told by the vet that he's sweet and the friend who's been the middle man for this adoption told me he…
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How to make sure dog doesn't tear stitches in paw?
My dog stepped on something and now has a pretty nasty cut on the back paw pad. Got stitches there. Now for the next 10 days I need to keep her very calm both indoors and outdoors, so that it could heal, otherwise she'll have to endure month and a…
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How can I remove adhesive bandaging from my dog without hurting her?
My dog recently had surgery and they covered the wound with a bandage that had an adhesive border around the wound site.
We followed the instructions of the vet and when it came to removing the bandage it was so sticky it was pulling at her skin and…
user6796
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Feral Kitten With An Injury
So there's a family of kittens that has been living in my yard for a few months now. I've been feeding them daily and they recognize me, but they won't let me touch them or get too close.
Last week I noticed one of them was not using his front paw…
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Red marks on turtle shell
Red marks on Indian Flapshell turtle shell and rough shell instead of a smooth shell like normal flapshell turtle shells. Thso problem is there with it for 2 to 3 months. I thought they would become normal but they just remained there.
I give it no…
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Stop cat from licking wound?
About three weeks ago, my senior kitty scraped one of her legs and she started bleeding a bit. After cleaning the wound and applying some topical ointment, it was healing nicely and it stopped bleeding.
The problem is that she started licking it and…
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Rabbit is losing chunks of hair in different areas
This rabbit was bought in a pet store. After a month, we started to notice that a part of his skin is going bald, which we assumed to be harmless. However, we were alarmed to see that the baldness started spreading in different areas of his body.…
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Stray/Abandoned/Lost cat wandered into apartment; found fresh wound behind ear
Last Saturday a cat walked into my apartment and wouldn't leave. He was clean, seemed well fed, and had a collar on, so I assumed he belonged to someone in my complex. I took him to the vet and he is not microchipped, posted him on several lost…
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Swim bladder injury
My 18" blue orf has been badly wounded by a heron. Lying on its side. Swim bladder punctured? It is in quarantine tank and I move to salt bath for half and hour a day. Will it survive and be able to swim upright? What else can I do?
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Our cat scratched his head - do we need to go to a vet?
We have an indoors cat who has scratched his head a little bit a few days ago and then scratched the scab off earlier today, resulting in a bit of bleeding.
His behaviour seems unchanged (feeds, drinks and sleeps well) and we haven't noticed any…
