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My cat Heidi has a small abscess wound on her cheek she keeps breaking back open (bite from an insect? Botfly? Cat fight? No idea, but I came home from work one day and her cheek was the size of a walnut). It will heal and the fur will grow back, and then it starts to bother her again and she winds up opening it back up. Occasionally when she does that it leads to a minor eye infection. When it first happened two years ago the vet said to use a pet friendly herbal eyewash (I use Eyes So Bright) and pet friendly herbs like chamomile, catnip, and echinacea to wash the abscess. I just washed it tonight with the herbal tea blend and it calmed her right down--normally she's furious and the fight she puts up is Kevlar worthy. Although she was still putting up a massive fight in the blanket I burrito-d her in, her temper about first aid treatments wasn't nearly as bad as usual. I did pull off some of the loose hair and scabs and used two wipes of herbal wash on it. The wound tonight is about an eighth of an inch away from healing over entirely. Right now she's glaring at me every time I even think about coming near her.
This being said, does anyone else have a way to address abscesses in cats naturally without resorting to the cone of shame? She fights so that hard pills and liquid meds are out of the question and she won't eat much by way of soft food. The furballs are on free range for dry food and that also means the dog gets into the dry food, too. I do have some mild calming herbal drops from the vet that I could technically put in the water but there's no point in making the other cats and the dog drink the water too if I don't have to.
This being said, does anyone else have a way to address abscesses in cats naturally without resorting to the cone of shame? She fights so that hard pills and liquid meds are out of the question and she won't eat much by way of soft food. The furballs are on free range for dry food and that also means the dog gets into the dry food, too. I do have some mild calming herbal drops from the vet that I could technically put in the water but there's no point in making the other cats and the dog drink the water too if I don't have to.