Let me start off by saying I appreciate all your peoples helpful advice and support.
Ok, last week Wed we came home from work and smelt something unusual and I thought my 15 yr old step some had decided to try something funny. He was sitting at the kitchen table working on his car models. Upon quesitioning him, we found out that our baby (2yr old female) Precious had jumped on the woodstove. We heat the one side of the house strictly with wood heat. The boy said that he was just sitting there and she just jumped up on it for no reason that he could see. She jumped down and tore off like crazy
. The trooper she is she didn't yowl or hiss or growl or anything. That was about 10 min before we came home. When we were told we tracked her down - she was hiding in our room (safe haven). She is an almost all black cat with black pads - her left front paw has two pads which were shiny pink and one had the layer of black just hanging there
This had happened to our 4yr old male Mandarin Orange but it wasn't this bad and it was his left front paw. We didn't really do anything with it - he seemed to take care of it himself by licking it. He was back to normal in no time. These were much worse. We figured we would check them everyday to watch there progress. I carried her everywhere she needed to go and cuddled with her for the whole weekend. As well as putting aloe vera plant gel on them. The first time I did it she wasn't to happy with me. The second time she licked it off and went for the leaf....so I haven't been doing anything. The pads are now icky looking as they are scabbed over and looking like they are on the mend. I didn't think as I've been worried about my boy with his urinary blockage....when it rains it pours.
So my question is ... is there anything else I can do other than baby her?
Ok, last week Wed we came home from work and smelt something unusual and I thought my 15 yr old step some had decided to try something funny. He was sitting at the kitchen table working on his car models. Upon quesitioning him, we found out that our baby (2yr old female) Precious had jumped on the woodstove. We heat the one side of the house strictly with wood heat. The boy said that he was just sitting there and she just jumped up on it for no reason that he could see. She jumped down and tore off like crazy
This had happened to our 4yr old male Mandarin Orange but it wasn't this bad and it was his left front paw. We didn't really do anything with it - he seemed to take care of it himself by licking it. He was back to normal in no time. These were much worse. We figured we would check them everyday to watch there progress. I carried her everywhere she needed to go and cuddled with her for the whole weekend. As well as putting aloe vera plant gel on them. The first time I did it she wasn't to happy with me. The second time she licked it off and went for the leaf....so I haven't been doing anything. The pads are now icky looking as they are scabbed over and looking like they are on the mend. I didn't think as I've been worried about my boy with his urinary blockage....when it rains it pours.
So my question is ... is there anything else I can do other than baby her?