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Wounded Cat Anonymous
Hey /an/, so my boyfriend and his roommate have a cat. A few days ago one of them noticed some spots of blood on a chair, but figured it was just the cat having its period, today, however, he spotted a nasty gash on the cat's shoulder.
Luckily, the cat otherwise appears very healthy, isn't whining about it or otherwise expressing any pain and does not appear to be infected, but the wound is very deep. It's approximately the size of a nickel, a very bright red, not oozing, but tissues are exposed. Most importantly though, there's been no sign of blood loss since the initial spotting.
The wound is on the forward area of her left shoulder...very hard to bandage and impossible to keep from stretching, no vets are open until Tuesday.
After consulting the internets, we dabbed it with hydrogen peroxide and attempted to cover it with gauze and an ace bandage, however we can't figure out how to effectively wrap it.
Wrapping suggestions? Cleaning suggestions? Should we be attempting to close it with butterfly bandages?
>> Anonymous
Sadly, no I am not.
Needless to say, neither I nor my boyfriend (who I really hope would know better) was around for this or aware of it.
>> Anonymous
Period? Sweet christ are you stupid?

Just try to keep the wound uninfected if you're having trouble wrapping it, sometimes its best to not to wrap it, that said, keep the cat indoors.
>> Anonymous
Well, yeah, even the one who thought cats have periods knows to keep it inside now... (and dude, yes, that was profoundly stupid, I told him this many times today, it was not me, I don't live with the cat...flame elsewhere)
Obviously they're trying to keep it from getting infected...any suggestions as to how?
>> Anonymous
Won't the cat try to keep it clean himself? Considering they wash and all. Unless the wound gets painful, in which case it'd already have become infected.

Not a lot you can do at this point. Though, cats sometimes lose things like ears and eyes and pull through, so maybe this isn't such a huge thing to worry about if the animal seems to be in OK shape otherwise.

A deep wound might leave a scar though.
>> Anonymous
When my grandmother's cat got a wound on his shoulder, I wrapped those long bandages around his chest and across his shoulder, and taped it. It did the trick.