Hi All, Nice to find this website!
BoyBoy is a stray cat we trapped and castrated a few months ago. He had some severe scratches on his face so I kept him in a catio for 5 weeks and released him when he was 95% perfect. I wish I'd kept him longer! I released him with the very last of almost a dozen deep scratch wounds not fully healed. There was a slight scab and trace of the last scratch and the hair had not regrown. Unfortunately this area has been repeatedly scratched in the last 3-4 weeks. He visits every night for food,affection and play. A few nights ago I tricked him back into the catio as the wound/scab area was getting worse.
It is driving him and my household nuts as he wants to be free and wants constant attention. I've segregated him to my veranda catio & bathroom with a wire door blocking his entry into the main house but a view of us for company. I really would like some advice on getting these scratch wounds healed ASAP - we need sleep! My indoor cats hate him!
The white mark in the scab photo is a little of the white cream Neodermol an antiseptic/healing cream readily available where I live - rural Paraguay. I apply it twice a day and before that most nights he visited to prevent infection (hot, humid summer here).
The centre of the scab is where the months old scratch is located. Like the first time, it is surrounded by fresh scratches.
He doesn't bother with the wound excessively but enough to scrape a small bit of the scab here and there.... I'm wondering if I should upset him anymore by putting a sock on his back paw
He has other tiny scratches which are almost gone but seem to generate itchiness. I've given him his anti-parasite / flea etc treatments regularly and he mostly scratches around the head/neck area where the little scratch/scab marks are so I assume its that not a parasite.
He did lose weight but he went from living in a catio with breakfast in bed to hiding in the forest and visiting for dinner. However, his face and neck are thinner and less fluffy The scratched areas lose fur so maybe that's all it is
Of all the food I offer him he basically only likes my chicken raw food mix, which with the added vitamins, is as close to his natural diet as possible. He nibbles at a few biscuits and a little tuna now and then, but ignores most everything unless it's tilapia in my fish-burger, then he's starving.
So, any advice on how to encourage this scabby wound to heal fast would be appreciated!
Keep in mind with any suggestions that while there are more pet products to be found in rural Paraguay than on the Moon, that's not really saying much!
BoyBoy is a stray cat we trapped and castrated a few months ago. He had some severe scratches on his face so I kept him in a catio for 5 weeks and released him when he was 95% perfect. I wish I'd kept him longer! I released him with the very last of almost a dozen deep scratch wounds not fully healed. There was a slight scab and trace of the last scratch and the hair had not regrown. Unfortunately this area has been repeatedly scratched in the last 3-4 weeks. He visits every night for food,affection and play. A few nights ago I tricked him back into the catio as the wound/scab area was getting worse.
It is driving him and my household nuts as he wants to be free and wants constant attention. I've segregated him to my veranda catio & bathroom with a wire door blocking his entry into the main house but a view of us for company. I really would like some advice on getting these scratch wounds healed ASAP - we need sleep! My indoor cats hate him!
The white mark in the scab photo is a little of the white cream Neodermol an antiseptic/healing cream readily available where I live - rural Paraguay. I apply it twice a day and before that most nights he visited to prevent infection (hot, humid summer here).
The centre of the scab is where the months old scratch is located. Like the first time, it is surrounded by fresh scratches.
He doesn't bother with the wound excessively but enough to scrape a small bit of the scab here and there.... I'm wondering if I should upset him anymore by putting a sock on his back paw
He has other tiny scratches which are almost gone but seem to generate itchiness. I've given him his anti-parasite / flea etc treatments regularly and he mostly scratches around the head/neck area where the little scratch/scab marks are so I assume its that not a parasite.
He did lose weight but he went from living in a catio with breakfast in bed to hiding in the forest and visiting for dinner. However, his face and neck are thinner and less fluffy The scratched areas lose fur so maybe that's all it is
Of all the food I offer him he basically only likes my chicken raw food mix, which with the added vitamins, is as close to his natural diet as possible. He nibbles at a few biscuits and a little tuna now and then, but ignores most everything unless it's tilapia in my fish-burger, then he's starving.
So, any advice on how to encourage this scabby wound to heal fast would be appreciated!
Keep in mind with any suggestions that while there are more pet products to be found in rural Paraguay than on the Moon, that's not really saying much!