Wounds in cats

Wounds in cats occur more often due to accidental collision with stitching or cutting objects. Sami cats very carefully protect themselves. Even if the knife from the table falls on her, she is able to cunningly and skillfully dodge the sharp blade.

Cats themselves are able to cure themselves. Wounds they lick, than accelerate the processhealing. A conventional medical device will not prevent infection like a cat's saliva, so if you are able to soberly assess the scale of a cat's wound, do not start panicking beforehand. Shallow wounds pass very quickly, but the wounds can be disinfected deeper.

If the wound is deep, try to clean it of wool, dust and dirt. You can even cut the wool. It will eventually grow, but during the healing period it will be bad if the wool will fall into the wound. This can lead to corrupting. After you have prepared a wound for treatment, apply iodine to the wound. Do not be zealous to not make a burn. If a burn occurs - the cat will constantly scratch on hard surfaces, and the risk of infection is increased. After this, it is worth using a gauze dressing for dressing, having pre-ironed it with a hot iron with steaming. If there is no gauze - use napkins or strips of fabric.

If you use dressing, try to fix it as much as possible, given that the cat will not be constantly lying. In order to quickly recover and go out, The cat should move exactly as much as she wants, so do not put her to bed if she is torn to freedom. On the contrary, if she wants to spend time on the move, then soon there will be full healing of the wound.

For disinfection you can use hydrogen peroxide, zelenok and various ointments. there is special ointments, which quickly heals wounds in cats,for example, levomecol and the liniment of sitomycin. Using ointments, you need several times a day to change the bandage so that the ointment does not dry out. In addition to the above antiseptics, you can use furatsilin, Dioxydinum, chlorhexidine, manganese. To impose a treated area, use baby powder or ordinary powdered sugar.

If the wound is gaping, be sure to use antiseptics andbandages. Constantly wipe the wound with cotton wool and use powders of sulfonamides or penicillin, iodoform, boric acid, necessarily changing bandages. Remained after a deep wound, the scar will heal for a long time, but then the cat will take care of itself. The main thing is that the infection does not get caught and the young connective tissue becomes a connective mature.

Thus, the wounds in cats do not representspecial danger. Well, if you noticed in time and prevented the infection. It is not necessary to panic and abundantly lubricate the wound with antiseptics. As we have already said, cats are themselves healers. Try to provide the cat comfort. If you notice that she stopped eating andactively move, - better consult a veterinarian. From a normal wound, the cat does not behave suspiciously. She continues to play, being in search of new adventures. Your task is to make these adventures less dangerous.