First off,
I know people will typically have a response of "Go to the Vet! TAke the cat to the vet!" I'm not going through the trouble of posting on this forum to get those stock answers and know very well that going to the vet is a consideration. Plus, that is possibly one of the least helpful answers ever; it's like someone asks a question and someone else says 'Look it up!" like that's an answer? Go to the vet is not an answer to aquestion.
Here's the situation. My cat slightly burned his left paw. I put a bandage on it and some skin is peeling off. I let him lick it instead of bandage and it started bleeding, but now looks much better after he allowed to lick. I'm not allowing him to go into litter (don't want litter on his paw) for awhile.
The question is: is it better to bandage a paw or to allow the cat to lick it with his own natural salivatory antibiotics. AFter doing bandages for 2 days, I think it's in a better phase of healing (I used tons of disenfectant and wipes, and cleaning it, and sanitizer). So I think it's a good phase-out of bandage (past 24-48 hours) and now in lick mode (self-cleansing) seems proper.
If it doesn't improve in awhile will consider vet.
TL;DR is it better to bandage a cat's paw or let the cat lick it (licking it seemed to be healthier for it).
I know people will typically have a response of "Go to the Vet! TAke the cat to the vet!" I'm not going through the trouble of posting on this forum to get those stock answers and know very well that going to the vet is a consideration. Plus, that is possibly one of the least helpful answers ever; it's like someone asks a question and someone else says 'Look it up!" like that's an answer? Go to the vet is not an answer to aquestion.
Here's the situation. My cat slightly burned his left paw. I put a bandage on it and some skin is peeling off. I let him lick it instead of bandage and it started bleeding, but now looks much better after he allowed to lick. I'm not allowing him to go into litter (don't want litter on his paw) for awhile.
The question is: is it better to bandage a paw or to allow the cat to lick it with his own natural salivatory antibiotics. AFter doing bandages for 2 days, I think it's in a better phase of healing (I used tons of disenfectant and wipes, and cleaning it, and sanitizer). So I think it's a good phase-out of bandage (past 24-48 hours) and now in lick mode (self-cleansing) seems proper.
If it doesn't improve in awhile will consider vet.
TL;DR is it better to bandage a cat's paw or let the cat lick it (licking it seemed to be healthier for it).
