We've just come back from the vets' and it's all fine. The vet says she just scratched it and he gave her an antibiotic injection to prevent infection and a steroid injection to speed up recovery. We are all feeling a lot more reassured and actually quite glad we didn't call out the emergency...
Thank you for that quick reply!
She really does not seem any different in herself, and when I have looked at the wound it seems not any worse. I am going to wait until tomorrow and apply the compress' you have all suggested. Unfortunately in the past when we have had to keep her in it cause far...
Thank you all very much for your help, but I am afraid I am rather confused now, should I or should I not take her the emergency vets'.
I'll try the hot compress.
Her name is Poppet, and we've had her since she was born when my other cat who we had recently adopted turned out to be pregnant, and...
I would desperately like help with this problem.
Here's the problem:
My kitten recently came in from going outdoors (she has a catflap) and we noticed she had a small scratch, and there was a little blood, on the left of her shoulderblade, on her neck. We wiped it with a cotton ball in...