Help No Vets Open Till Am

[Catmommy2019]

My mouthy cat has spent most of this week hiding and I haven't seen him till I finally caught him tonight. He has an odour and his back paw looks extremely bad. Help I don't know what to do until a vet opens!

 

[Mamanyt1953]

This is horrible, but not immediately life-threatening. Get to a Walmart, or other all-night store, and buy Neosporin Ointment WITHOUT PAIN RELIEF, non-stick gauze pads, and some of that bandage stuff that sticks to itself. Place the ointment on the pad, then wrap firmly enough to stay on, but do not wrap so tightly that you cut off blood supply. Better for it to come off than to risk that.

Vet in the AM. He may lose the leg. I've seen them get over worse, but I'm neither a vet or onsite to really judge this. But be prepared. If he does, he will adjust just fine, and won't remember ever having four legs within 6 weeks or less.

 

[epona]

If I phone my vet out of hours there is a recorded message with the phone number of the nearest 24 hour veterinary hospital for emergency/out of hours treatment, that may not be much help if you live somewhere remote though.

 

[Catmommy2019]

Theres no 24hr near me and unfortunately no stores open after 11pm either. I have gauze and medical tape at my disposal and the only cream I have in my household is Websters E cream

 

[LTS3]

I'm not familiar with Websters E cream. Are you outside the US?

I would not put anything on the wound except maybe a small sock or gauze wrapping to keep debris out of the wound until you can get the cat to the vet.

Does your cat go outdoors?

 

[di and bob]

that wound is extremely infected, He does need a vet ASAP. I'll pray for your little one.....

 

[Maria Bayote]

Oh no! Please let us have updates.
Praying here as well.

 

[Catmommy2019]

He's an indoor cat, around here anyone sees a siamese cat and he'd be taken. I'm in a small town in Canada so I have limited options compared to the bigger cities. They can't see him till 430 so not much I can do till then.

 

[LTS3]

Is this your only cat? Do you have any idea how the wound might have happened? Does your cat normally hide for days? Personally, if I don't see my cats for more than a few hours, I go looking for them to make sure they are ok.

The vet will be able to clean the wound and assess the extent of the injury. Antibiotics may be needed to prevent infection. Don't let the vet give Convenia. That antibiotic is known to cause serious reactions in cats.

 

[Kieka]

I'd limit what you put on it until you see the vet. You can try holding a warm compress on it to help encourage the infection to drain. Betadine if you have it in the warm water may help keep it from getting worse. But he really needs to be seen as soon as possible.

Is there anyway you can ask to be called if they have an opening? Another option might be to just hang out at the vets office incase another apointment takes less time and they can see him between. My vet has offered to let me bring in my cats and they will see them between patients if time allows in urgent situations.

 

[Catmommy2019]

This is my only cat yes. And honestly not a clue what happened which freaks me out. And he's usually one for keeping to himself sleeping under blankets or on chairs under the tables, but he's also a talkative attention seeking feline. He was hiding so good that I literally could not find him that's why I forced myself to stay up longer hoping to see him pop out

 

[She's a witch]

maybe tell the vet office that it is an emergency, as it clearly is... surely they won't make you wait till afternoon, I would hope..... Or just go there, if they will see the wound the vet should take care of it right away

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Let us know how he is, PLEASE!

 

[Margret]

Let us know how he is, PLEASE!

We worry.

Margret

 

[Catmommy2019]

So the vet went good. He'll keep his foot. They're taking him in the morning for surgery to remove the dead skin and clean it all up and bandage it. They gave him a shot and some meds for him to have at home. They also put a cone on him so he won't go after the paw anymore. They even gave him a nail trim, he even let them do his injured paw.

 

[DreamerRose]

That's wonderful! I am so relieved for you. Let us know how the surgery goes.

 

[Catmommy2019]

He's all done today. Walking around and talking lots. Staff kept raving about how he such a sweet boy the whole time

 

[FelisCatus]

He's all done today. Walking around and talking lots. Staff kept raving about how he such a sweet boy the whole time

He has such a beautiful coat

 

[DreamerRose]

That is wonderful! So happy for your beautiful boy!

 

[epona]

He's a lovely looking boy, I am glad you could get to a vet and that the outlook is good for him!

I hope you manage to work out how it happened so that you can prevent it in future - anything sharp he could have caught his foot on, or maybe took a nap with his foot on a hot radiator or heating vent or something? I once got a really nasty burn from rolling over onto a hot water bottle in my sleep - like serious 3 inch wide blister and burned skin around it.

Best of luck to you