2007-02-02 01:54:51 · 7 answers · asked by Edy 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
DON'T, you should prevent a cat from licking it's sore...it's helping it to heal. Cats are very self-sufficient and clean their own sores so that they heal.
I have a personal example to support this (but if you check into some research, you'll see it too).
I adopted a kitten about 4 months ago and it started developing a large bump on it's front leg. I figured it was a sprain or a broken bone and called the vet. They asked if it was infected or if there was any sign of infection. There wasn't so he said to give it a couple of days to see if the swelling went down.
The swelling didn't go down but I had to go away from a weekend and when I came back, the hard lump had opened and it was infected. I cleaned the open sore with salt water several times a day. The whole was big enough you could see her muscle underneath. The poor kitten had no enegry from having such a huge infection.
Anyways, over the next couple of days the kitten proceded to lick all of the hair off from around the sore so that she could keep it clean. The hole healed really quickly and she hasn't had any more problems.
Cats didn't have vets in the wild remember so they still have innate wild behaviours - such as cleaning their sores.
If you haven't seen a vet yet, I would because they may need an antibiotic but please let the cat keep licking.
2007-02-02 06:35:49 · answer #1 · answered by PAWS 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a cat is continually licking at a place it sounds almost as if the animal may be experiencing some sort of pain in that area - maybe under the skin or a joint or a bone or something else. It is alos true that cats that overgroom are sometimes experiencing some sort of anxiety so it could really be any one of these things. Basically though - the one thing that is true of cats and probably dogs as well - that once an area is raw and irritated, the behavior will continue because the cat is essentially just continuing to react to the pain or itch and this just continues to make it worse. I really think that your solution here starts with a trip to the vet. Then you can do a full investigation and hopefully "nip it in the bud".
2007-02-02 02:14:50 · answer #2 · answered by ineeddonothing 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
depending on where the sore is, clean it and get one of the collars that a vet puts on a animal. the one's that kinda lookmlike a lamp shade. some pet stores now sell them
2007-02-02 02:03:19 · answer #3 · answered by ♥ cat furrever ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there any practical way to keep my cat off its overgrooming habit? It worsens the sore.
2007-02-02 02:07:19 · answer #4 · answered by Kiosk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clean it with 10% iodine 90% warm water and then bandage it up. She will probably pull at the bandage to get it off so watch her.
2007-02-02 02:00:30 · answer #5 · answered by Krispy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did you get the idea that will make it worse? An animal's saliva has medicinal value for it.
2007-02-02 02:03:17 · answer #6 · answered by Benji 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to the vet, E collar,
2007-02-02 02:14:47 · answer #7 · answered by kat_luvr2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋