On Tuesday night our cat Wicket was attacked by a dog. After ALL night at the emergency vet, she was patched up (sort of) and we were referred to our vet the following afternoon. When we got there, he was frustrated because of the poor ER care and because she needed emergency surgery but it was too late. We went back again Thursday morning to close the superficial wound, explore the abdomen (it was punctured and she has a localized peritonitis) and repair a hernia on the other side also caused by the bite. We took her home Friday night but she's still not right. She's eating a little, drinking a little but otherwise just laying around and her temp this afternoon is still 103.6. She's on Clavamox BID. The external wounds look good but she's extremely tender over both sides where she was bitten.
There's no where to take her right now--I WON'T take her back to the ER vet for a number of reasons but we'll call our vet first thing in the a.m.
Any ideas? Is the oral Clavamox not enough? Is this typical post dog-bite? I, and the vet, expected her to bounce back much more quickly. She's been in a 48" kennel pretty much the whole time and is wearing her E-collar most of the time, and she doesn't mind at all. That's bothersome.
Any ideas I can share with the vet? Anything I can try tonight?
Thanks for your help,
Tiffany along with Willow, Whisper and Wicket (convalescing)
There's no where to take her right now--I WON'T take her back to the ER vet for a number of reasons but we'll call our vet first thing in the a.m.
Any ideas? Is the oral Clavamox not enough? Is this typical post dog-bite? I, and the vet, expected her to bounce back much more quickly. She's been in a 48" kennel pretty much the whole time and is wearing her E-collar most of the time, and she doesn't mind at all. That's bothersome.
Any ideas I can share with the vet? Anything I can try tonight?
Thanks for your help,
Tiffany along with Willow, Whisper and Wicket (convalescing)