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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone here had ever experienced something like this. A friend of mine has a kitty that likes to rub his upper eyelid against things furiously to the point where it's rubbed bloody/raw. It's like a stress/nervous thing. In the past, the vet gave him a steroid shot and it would heal, but now, the steroid shots don't do much and the cat is ripping it open every day.
My friend has tried many things, including kitty prozac to try to keep the cat more calm. He has also tried putting cream that the vet gave him to help promote healing and keep it from getting infected. If he blocks the stuff that the cat is scratching his face on, he finds something else to rub his face on. He also tried an Elizabethan collar and the cat still found ways to bust his eye wound open with that on. The problem that he is facing is that as soon as the wound starts to heal, it becomes horribly itchy and the cat just immediately picks it open. He is pretty much at the end of his rope and the vets have just been shrugging and saying "I dunno"... so I thought someone here might have experienced something like this and might have SOME info on what can be done.
Thank you in advance for any insight that you are able to provide. It is greatly appreciated.
I was wondering if anyone here had ever experienced something like this. A friend of mine has a kitty that likes to rub his upper eyelid against things furiously to the point where it's rubbed bloody/raw. It's like a stress/nervous thing. In the past, the vet gave him a steroid shot and it would heal, but now, the steroid shots don't do much and the cat is ripping it open every day.
My friend has tried many things, including kitty prozac to try to keep the cat more calm. He has also tried putting cream that the vet gave him to help promote healing and keep it from getting infected. If he blocks the stuff that the cat is scratching his face on, he finds something else to rub his face on. He also tried an Elizabethan collar and the cat still found ways to bust his eye wound open with that on. The problem that he is facing is that as soon as the wound starts to heal, it becomes horribly itchy and the cat just immediately picks it open. He is pretty much at the end of his rope and the vets have just been shrugging and saying "I dunno"... so I thought someone here might have experienced something like this and might have SOME info on what can be done.
Thank you in advance for any insight that you are able to provide. It is greatly appreciated.