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What should I do if my cat is injured and loses a piece of skin?

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This article is provided by Veterinarian Dr. Benjamin Miller
If a cat is injured and loses a piece of skin, it can be treated in the following ways. First, you need to rinse the wound with normal saline, then use iodophor to disinfect the wound. After rinsing and disinfecting, apply anti-inflammatory drugs, saprophytic and myogenic drugs for treatment, and finally use gauze. Just cover the wound. In order to prevent the cat from licking the wound, the cat needs to wear an Elizabethan ring during this period. At the same time, the cat needs to be supplemented with nutrients to help the cat recover from the wound faster.

1. Rinse and disinfect the wound

In the case where the cat is injured and loses a piece of skin, it is recommended that the owner first remove the hair around the cat's wound to prevent the surrounding hair from contaminating the wound, and then use physiological Rinse the cat's wound with salt water, and then apply iodophor for disinfection after the wound is dry. During this period, the cat needs to wear an Elizabethan ring to prevent the cat from frequently licking the wound and aggravating the infection of the wound.

2. Bandage the wound

After flushing and disinfecting the cat’s wound, you need to bandage the wound. The owner needs to fix the cat first, then apply anti-inflammatory drugs and antiseptic and myogenic drugs to the cat's wound for treatment, and finally wrap the wound with sterile gauze. Afterwards, the owner also needs to change the gauze on the cat regularly to keep the wound dry.

3. Supplement nutrition to the cat

After treating the cat’s wound, the owner can feed the cat some foods that it usually likes to eat, such as chicken breast, canned cat, nutritional paste, etc. . These foods can supplement the cat's nutrition very well. If the cat's nutrition keeps up, the wound will naturally recover better.