My cat does this thing to herself where she manages to literally take chunks of fur with the skin off of the back of her neck. She somehow manages to get right between her should blades where I dont see how its even possible but she does and its really gross. Anyway, she does this every few months or so and it seems to heal on its own within a week or so. This time she has gotten herself really really bad and its been long enough for it to scab over and start healing and then, probably because it was crazy itchy she scraped the whole scab off and added more fresh wounds to the orginal cut, making it even worse and bigger. I really dont think she can get her tongue back there and Im assuming that she is doing all this with her paws/claws. So my question is, can I use a bit of kids polysporin to help the cut heal and to hopefuly relieve some pain and itchiness for her without doing any harm to her?
Everytime we have taken her to the vet in the past they charged us an arm and a leg just to be seen and then they charge us about $30 for this ointment and I have this sneaky idea that they are just taking me and my wallet for a ride
Thanks in advance
We have used our Bacitracin or Neosporin on our cats when they have scratched eachother. The only exception would be a corneal scratch since you wouldn't use Neosporin for that anyway.
I would use it on the cat. Hope it helps!
We have medicated our dog with polysporin on more than one occasion. Our vet says it's ok, but warns that if our dog licks the wound with the medicine on it, that it may cause a touch of diarrhea. Sounds like that's not a concern with your cat. My sister's vet recommended polysporin for a scratch on her cat as well.
Call your vet and ask if it's safe. Tell them you simply can't afford to bring the cat in, and if the kids polysporin isn't safe, then what OTC ointment is?
Between the shoulder blades?! That's supposed to be a cat-free zone - we always applied the monthly dose of flea medicine back there because he couldn't reach it!
Try the sporin, but if it doesn't improve, get her checked at different veterinarian office for ringworm, mange or other similar skin infections. Pets can even get staph infections like MRSA and pass it and certain types of skin infections on to their owners. So don't mess around if it doesn't get better. She may need something neosporin can't take care of. You wouldn't want the family to be at risk for something that may need a prescription to treat.
What's the name of the ointment? BNP and neopolydex are just other names for plain old neosporin.
we use it on our dogs and chickens (when they have been injured by hawks and dogs) works great. I would suggest getting tubes dseignated for animal only/human only. I would not want to transfer anything from one to the other. also you make want to wash the area with an antibacterial soap 2/3x a day. just with a wash cloth nothing major. gl
thats fine! it sounds like a hot spot. get some bitter bite and spray the area where the cat pulls the hair out.
