For those who have been reading, Gem is my diabetic 13 year old who was just diagnosed with heart and kidney problems. In addition to all that, she seems to have an open sore on her hind leg. Her legs are kinda bony, she has arthritis and she's lost some fur on them. So I don't know if it's just rubbing, or something else. It doesn't seem to bother her, meaning she's not licking at it or anything, but I don't know if I should be attending to it at all.
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One other problem with Gem - sore on her leg
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Lying in her pee really won't help. I would show the sore to the vet next visit, which presumably is fairly soon. In the meantime gently bathing with warm slightly salty water might help.
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Yes, of course, the pee doesn't help. Like I said in my other post, now that she's not in the cage hopefully that won't be a problem (hasn't been in the half day that's gone by). Now it's more that she's not doing a lot of grooming. I do try to clean her often with wipes and dry shampoo, but she doesn't love being pet on her hind legs. I guess I was wondering if there was something more…medicinal I guess to do until we get to the vet. Will try some salt water.
Personally I don't like the idea of either wipes or dry shampoo on a cat. You can never comb all the shampoo out, and as the cat grooms itself... If I wanted to clean her, a flannel or microfibre cloth wrung out in warm water would be as far as I would go, or I would gird my loins and bath her except she sounds quite an ill cat, and bathing is stressful for cats that are not used to it.
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Thanks, I see what you're saying. To clarify, though I don't think it matters in terms of what you're saying, it's a foam shampoo that you don't have to wash out. That said, she really is not grooming at all so…. I tried bathing her years ago when she was younger and she didn't like it at all. I can't imagine putting her through that when she is not well. Hopefully if her condition starts to improve a bit, she will start grooming again.
I have been reading all kinds of wonderful thing about Colloidal Silver being used to treat wounds on cats (and people). Here's a very interesting thread on it (albeit long): http://www.thecatsite.com/t/240011/colloidal-silver-usage-for-cats-health-in-some-occasions
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Thanks, I'll check it out!
