The cats who are especially walking on the street often are wounded: scratches, stings, cuts. From pokusa, deep cuts, heavy frostbites it is better to address the veterinarian at once. The insignificant wounds can be treated in house conditions once again not to irritate an animal visit of clinic.
Instruction
1. Accurately and reliably record a cat by means of the assistant. In case of an injury of an extremity it makes sense to put it on a back. It is possible to fix an animal, having taken for a nape and having connected pair of paws "in the lock". Especially violent or frightened animal can be swaddled in a towel or a cover, having left access only to the struck place.
2. Examine a wound. It can be freshen or old. In the first case from it blood can exude or be allocated an ichor. Chronic wounds are characterized by inflammation, traces of pus or a scab.
3. Cut off wool around a wound sharp scissors. Also the area around a wound can be greased with neutral cream or vaseline. All this is necessary in order that the hair did not get to a wound. The fresh cut or a scratch needs to be washed with peroxide of hydrogen or chlorhexidiny. Remove with carefully cotton tampon from a wound surface all pollution and wool.
4. Treat the wound antiseptic spray. Veterinarians apply Terramitsin, it freely is on sale in vetapteka. But you can use any other medical analog of this medicine. Superficial scratches can just be greased with brilliant green.
5. If blood of a cat has bright red color and comes out pushes, then, most likely, it injured an artery. In this case it is recommended to impose a plait above the place of wound and to address immediately the veterinarian.
6. Chronic wounds with traces of inflammation or pus treat ointment with an antibiotic, for example Mizofen. Apply ointment on a gauze napkin, apply to a wound and bandage. The bandage needs to be changed every day until inflammation takes place.