As much as we try to avoid it, sometimes our cats present themselves with the odd injury, which may have been done even without leaving the house: it may be that playing with another furry dog has been injured, or that, without knowing how, it An object has fallen on you and caused a small cut.
What can be done in these cases? That is, How to heal wounds in cats?
Look closely at the wound, is it serious?
Before treating it, it is very important to observe it, see if it is serious or not.
- Serious injury: are those that cause intense pain. Normally, they are bleeding. The cat may have trouble walking well, and may not even want to get up. In more serious cases, and depending on where the wound was made, you may have trouble breathing.
In these cases, we have to take him to the vet to be cured there. - Minor injuries: are those in which, although a little blood may have come out, it does not cause more than a small annoyance to the furry one. It may limp a bit, but when I touch its paws it doesn't complain, or not much 🙂.
These wounds are what we can heal at home without problem.
Healing wounds to cats
To heal the wounds you will need: scissors, physiological saline, sterile gauze and iodine. The step by step to follow is as follows:
- With the scissors, carefully cut the hair in the area affected.
- Clean the wound with the serum and gauze.
- Dilute the iodine in water (at a ratio of 1:10, that is, one part iodine to ten water), disinfect the wound with the solution and a new gauze.
- In order for it to heal as soon as possible, it is highly recommended put a elizabethan necklace. This will prevent you from licking the painful area. On this article we tell you how to make a homemade one.
In a few days he will surely recover 🙂.