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Hello folks, first time poster here.
One of our two cats got tore up bit by a coyote or another cat or something. Both cats are outdoor cats. Rear leg has long cut which bared the skin in a Silver dollar sized area. It has been two days since it happened. Unfortunately, we did not notice right away.
So, typically, sutures are not used from what I read, if a wound is over 12 hrs old. If we had caught this it would have been easy to suture / staple it up in time. However, a vet estimates cost at nearly $500 after all work. I paid $170 to have them shave around wound and clean it up. I backed off when I heard the unreal cost to add sutures-- which, if you read the info on line is not done anyway after 12 hrs. So, present condition is we have a clean wound and my plan right now is just to add in some neosporin or bacitracin and wrap it up. No muscle or bone damage. She is wearing a little collar already which I quickly fashioned together after picking her up at the vet.
Questions:
-- Did I miss anything?
-- Is there anywhere on the internet where you can buy a stapler to close wounds in skin? buy antibiotics for animals?
One of our two cats got tore up bit by a coyote or another cat or something. Both cats are outdoor cats. Rear leg has long cut which bared the skin in a Silver dollar sized area. It has been two days since it happened. Unfortunately, we did not notice right away.
So, typically, sutures are not used from what I read, if a wound is over 12 hrs old. If we had caught this it would have been easy to suture / staple it up in time. However, a vet estimates cost at nearly $500 after all work. I paid $170 to have them shave around wound and clean it up. I backed off when I heard the unreal cost to add sutures-- which, if you read the info on line is not done anyway after 12 hrs. So, present condition is we have a clean wound and my plan right now is just to add in some neosporin or bacitracin and wrap it up. No muscle or bone damage. She is wearing a little collar already which I quickly fashioned together after picking her up at the vet.
Questions:
-- Did I miss anything?
-- Is there anywhere on the internet where you can buy a stapler to close wounds in skin? buy antibiotics for animals?