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Hey! I last used this forum when I got my first kitten, Charcoal! He was really rambunctious and enjoyed my eyeballs being his hunting targets. If anyone remembers that - it's resolved! He's been neutered, he's calmed down some, everything is well.
Well, my cousin recently pulled a kitten out of his... muffler? I believe? It's been about two and a half months. When he found Max, he was practically a newborn. Ears still folded and everything. Now my cousin's a dog person, and has the idea that cats are lesser. That's not great, I know, so as soon as I found out about little Max, I wanted him. He'd make a nice brother for Charcoal, and I'd be getting Max away from the outdoors. My mother said no, (this was about a month ago), but between now and then, Max was attacked by a seriously angry opossum and narrowly missed multiple stray, aggressive dogs. Well, my cousin popped by to visit about 4 days ago now, and after learning all of that, my mother agreed to take him.
However, like I said before, my cousin pulled him out of his muffler - Max has a burn on his stomach. It's been there all two and a half months he's been with both my cousin and I (though I've had him for only 3ish days) because it's supposedly infected. I introduced my two cats very very, uh, not the way you're supposed to, but the control in that was taken from my hands. It's been decent sailing despite. A good bit of bullying from Charcoal, but mostly heckling and nothing worse. Half of the scab on Max's burn has been taken off, either by Charcoal, himself, or it just fell off. It's not bleeding per se, but it is uh, wet and drippy and pretty gross all around. Like I said, it's said to be infected. Mac also has fleas, ear mites, and potentially worms (I've seen no telltale signs, but my cousin sent him over with worm medication).
We ARE taking Max to the vet (and also getting some preventative medications for Charcoal due to exposure), but I would REALLY like to bathe Max. He's kind of smelly, definitely dirty deep into his coat (he has a winter coat), and I'd like a little bit of some sort of protective measure for his wound. His ears are VERY hot, so I assume he has a fever. With the scab ripped off of half his wound, I worry his dirty coat will make it become more infected. What should I do? Should I not bathe him? If I can, how should I go about it? I have Dawn dish soap, I've used it on Charcoal before, and it's labelled as "extra gentle". I can post pictures of the burn if requested.
Well, my cousin recently pulled a kitten out of his... muffler? I believe? It's been about two and a half months. When he found Max, he was practically a newborn. Ears still folded and everything. Now my cousin's a dog person, and has the idea that cats are lesser. That's not great, I know, so as soon as I found out about little Max, I wanted him. He'd make a nice brother for Charcoal, and I'd be getting Max away from the outdoors. My mother said no, (this was about a month ago), but between now and then, Max was attacked by a seriously angry opossum and narrowly missed multiple stray, aggressive dogs. Well, my cousin popped by to visit about 4 days ago now, and after learning all of that, my mother agreed to take him.
However, like I said before, my cousin pulled him out of his muffler - Max has a burn on his stomach. It's been there all two and a half months he's been with both my cousin and I (though I've had him for only 3ish days) because it's supposedly infected. I introduced my two cats very very, uh, not the way you're supposed to, but the control in that was taken from my hands. It's been decent sailing despite. A good bit of bullying from Charcoal, but mostly heckling and nothing worse. Half of the scab on Max's burn has been taken off, either by Charcoal, himself, or it just fell off. It's not bleeding per se, but it is uh, wet and drippy and pretty gross all around. Like I said, it's said to be infected. Mac also has fleas, ear mites, and potentially worms (I've seen no telltale signs, but my cousin sent him over with worm medication).
We ARE taking Max to the vet (and also getting some preventative medications for Charcoal due to exposure), but I would REALLY like to bathe Max. He's kind of smelly, definitely dirty deep into his coat (he has a winter coat), and I'd like a little bit of some sort of protective measure for his wound. His ears are VERY hot, so I assume he has a fever. With the scab ripped off of half his wound, I worry his dirty coat will make it become more infected. What should I do? Should I not bathe him? If I can, how should I go about it? I have Dawn dish soap, I've used it on Charcoal before, and it's labelled as "extra gentle". I can post pictures of the burn if requested.
