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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / October 2006Missing flesh on neck?
Our cat came home with a size of flesh missing from his neck abhout the size of a quarter. He does not appear fazed at all and the area does not appear sensitive to him, nor is it bleeding. We are quite concerned about infection, and that scratching may start bleeding. It is late at night and we can't go to a vet until tomorrow, but I am hoping someone has some insights. Is it strange that this area is not bothering him? It looks like a piece of hair and the top layer of skin were just cut right off. Until you can get to the vet tomorrow, I would clean that wound with peroxide once, then apply betadine or iodine, or an antibiotic cream. He might feel that area more when it starts to heal or if it becomes infected -- I would take it as a good sign that it's not bothering him right now! Hope you can get in to the vet first thing, Rhonda Ryan Feeley wrote: > Our cat came home with a size of flesh missing from his neck abhout the > size of a quarter. He does not appear fazed at all and the area does [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > It looks like a piece of hair and the top layer of skin were just cut > right off. > Ryan Feeley wrote: > > Our cat came home with a size of flesh missing from his neck abhout the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > It looks like a piece of hair and the top layer of skin were just cut > > right off. Here's a picture of one of my strays with the exact same thing: http://spiretech.com/~guynoir/livestock/fork.jpg I treated it for a week with antibiotic ointment. The wound didn't close up or get any bigger. I took him to the vet, who said that it was infected, but that there was no "pocket" under the skin. They gave me Clavimox as I expected. After another week with no apparent improvement, the wound finally started to scab over. After that, it healed rapidly. John Kimmel
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