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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 381316" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>When it broke open, it was probably a good thing. It sounds like he had a hematoma in there (cats get this, especially from fighting) and it really would have needed to be drained. I remember once at work, one of the professors brought in he pet cat to operate on it himself to open up and drain a huge abscess on the cat's neck which started as a battle-related hematoma.</p><p></p><p>Peroxide is good. Bandaging it up is good (be careful to not tie it too tight). Whatever you put on it has to be non-toxic. If he were a human patient I would recommend (to avoid infection) soaking the foot in hot salty water every three hours, over three days (you can take a rest overnight). But I don't know how a cat would take this.</p><p></p><p>I was talking to someone today about Aussie bush remedies. I've also heard tat spiderweb is good for staunching a wound, but I think it would be fairly limited success, plus how do you sterilise it?</p><p>An Aussie remedy that you could try, is packing the wound with paperbark. If you have a paperbark tree in your area, it will be obvious. The tree appears to be wrapped in brown tissue paper and when you peel it, the bark can be peeled off in tissue-thin patches. One thin piece of tissue makes a fabulous band-aid.</p><p>But for practical purposes, if you have some more conventional dressing gels (especially if you can find one with ti-tree in it, aka melaleuca) it would help.</p><p></p><p>Possibly the easiest and most accessible (and natural) wound dressing you could get, is honey. Don't use honey from the supermarket (unless you have no choice) but get it from a beekeeper. Smear the boney onto the gauze pad that goes directly over the wound, and then bandage it as usual. If the cat licks the honey, the worst that happens is the honey gets licked off and you have to re-dress the wound. But honey is a good antiseptic/antibiotic as well as helping keep the wound clean (because it is also a barrier).</p><p></p><p>When I had radiation burns form my cancer treatment, smearing honey onto the dressings was one option. I also was using aloe vera gel (cut from inside the leaf) and a spray of ti-tree oil and cold chamomile tea. But they were specific for burns, and healing skin damage. The thing is, honey is a good healing aid for so many reasons.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 381316, member: 1991"] When it broke open, it was probably a good thing. It sounds like he had a hematoma in there (cats get this, especially from fighting) and it really would have needed to be drained. I remember once at work, one of the professors brought in he pet cat to operate on it himself to open up and drain a huge abscess on the cat's neck which started as a battle-related hematoma. Peroxide is good. Bandaging it up is good (be careful to not tie it too tight). Whatever you put on it has to be non-toxic. If he were a human patient I would recommend (to avoid infection) soaking the foot in hot salty water every three hours, over three days (you can take a rest overnight). But I don't know how a cat would take this. I was talking to someone today about Aussie bush remedies. I've also heard tat spiderweb is good for staunching a wound, but I think it would be fairly limited success, plus how do you sterilise it? An Aussie remedy that you could try, is packing the wound with paperbark. If you have a paperbark tree in your area, it will be obvious. The tree appears to be wrapped in brown tissue paper and when you peel it, the bark can be peeled off in tissue-thin patches. One thin piece of tissue makes a fabulous band-aid. But for practical purposes, if you have some more conventional dressing gels (especially if you can find one with ti-tree in it, aka melaleuca) it would help. Possibly the easiest and most accessible (and natural) wound dressing you could get, is honey. Don't use honey from the supermarket (unless you have no choice) but get it from a beekeeper. Smear the boney onto the gauze pad that goes directly over the wound, and then bandage it as usual. If the cat licks the honey, the worst that happens is the honey gets licked off and you have to re-dress the wound. But honey is a good antiseptic/antibiotic as well as helping keep the wound clean (because it is also a barrier). When I had radiation burns form my cancer treatment, smearing honey onto the dressings was one option. I also was using aloe vera gel (cut from inside the leaf) and a spray of ti-tree oil and cold chamomile tea. But they were specific for burns, and healing skin damage. The thing is, honey is a good healing aid for so many reasons. Marg [/QUOTE]
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