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Hi! So last Sunday I woke up to find my male cat Bruce sitting on my chair quietly which was very unusual for him as he is always restless. So i inspected and to my shock found out one of his toes were torn off. Only a little portion of it was dangling. I had no idea how it happened as he tends to go outside at night. I rushed him to the hospital. The attending doctor said the portion that was dangling had to be cut off but since the OT was unavailable that day he asked me to come the following day meanwhile gave him antibiotics and asked me to continue dressing the area with hydrogen peroxide, betadine and an ointment. The next day, another doctor in the hospital told me that the area was heavily infected and they couldn't operate since the infection could spread throughout the entire leg. So again they gave him new antibiotics and told me to keep on with the dressing each day for seven days. I'm to take him back tomorrow.
Now, I've been doing as they told me. Giving him the antibiotics and cleaning the area with the things they prescribed. But since Thursday( which was the fifth day and I've cleaned the area for each day for those five days) , I've cleaned it on alternating days. He seemed fine. Didn't let him outside anymore. Today, however, I noticed he was limping on that leg. He was fine in the morning. But since afternoon he's been limping. I'm so worried. I'm taking him to the vets tomorrow as they asked me. I just hoped that the infection would be better by now so that they could cut the dangling portion and I could bring him home safe. But I'm not sure anymore.
Please has anyone faced anything like this before?
Now, I've been doing as they told me. Giving him the antibiotics and cleaning the area with the things they prescribed. But since Thursday( which was the fifth day and I've cleaned the area for each day for those five days) , I've cleaned it on alternating days. He seemed fine. Didn't let him outside anymore. Today, however, I noticed he was limping on that leg. He was fine in the morning. But since afternoon he's been limping. I'm so worried. I'm taking him to the vets tomorrow as they asked me. I just hoped that the infection would be better by now so that they could cut the dangling portion and I could bring him home safe. But I'm not sure anymore.
Please has anyone faced anything like this before?