Lucy has bad back teeth but vet doesn't really think extraction is good at her age. She was also on a thyroid med and that caused terrible itching and she ripped the space between her ear and eye up. Vet said it could take some time for the med to exit her body. She has seemed to tame the itching in that area but now she is digging at her jaw....I'm guessing because of her teeth. I JUST am seeing this tonight and it's alarming. She is on an antibiotic to help prevent infection and is in the middle of a script for meloxicam. She has a hard time eating dry food, naturally, and she's been eating canned just fine. She's 19 so she isn't terribly active but she comes out of the bedroom sometimes to play and will ask to go outside (strictly supervised...,she just wants to eat grass!).
Is there anything I can put on this to help these heal? And, I'm concerned about a cone for her. We have a soft one, but I can't even imagine what it would feel like needing to scratch at something and not be able to....that would be torture...what an awful feeling.
Also, with very little pain-med options, would a steroid help eliminate the need to bat/scratch at herself? I know when I had prednisone with fibro, it was quick and it worked wonders for me. Not sure this all works with cats. I'm desperate. I want to help her...I just don't know how.
Is there anything I can put on this to help these heal? And, I'm concerned about a cone for her. We have a soft one, but I can't even imagine what it would feel like needing to scratch at something and not be able to....that would be torture...what an awful feeling.
Also, with very little pain-med options, would a steroid help eliminate the need to bat/scratch at herself? I know when I had prednisone with fibro, it was quick and it worked wonders for me. Not sure this all works with cats. I'm desperate. I want to help her...I just don't know how.
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