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Okay, I have a cat that is somewhere between feral and stray that was literally born in my yard. On Friday afternoon I noticed that he had a horrible compound fracture that had to come from either a dog bite or being run over and I did my best to catch him and take him to the vet to know avail. With the holiday weekend it was my only chance to try to get the leg set for him but even on three legs he was too fast to me. I knew where he was holed up under a vacant house but I could not see him, much less get to him; so I left him wet food, dry food, and water and hoped for the best.
Today, he limped up to the house to eat with his bothers and sisters in the morning and the evening in fairly good spirits. His leg looks worse; swollen, gnarled, and with a hole in it, as well as possibly gangrenous with a maggot on it. The best I can do for him at this point is feed him and spray him with first aid spray. I was hoping to start adding some fish penicillin to his wet food to give him the best possible chance to recover. Money is tight and I can't afford the bills to treat his injury at the vet. And, again, he is too wild to live indoors during his recovery. He lets me pet him on his terms, but he is still too feral to do more than that. The fact that he is eating and defecated on his own today gives me hope, but I think it will be touch and go for him at best.
I'm in California so there is no way to get liquid antibiotics for him from the pet store and I was wondering an anyone knew the dose of penicillin powder to add to the food for him?
Today, he limped up to the house to eat with his bothers and sisters in the morning and the evening in fairly good spirits. His leg looks worse; swollen, gnarled, and with a hole in it, as well as possibly gangrenous with a maggot on it. The best I can do for him at this point is feed him and spray him with first aid spray. I was hoping to start adding some fish penicillin to his wet food to give him the best possible chance to recover. Money is tight and I can't afford the bills to treat his injury at the vet. And, again, he is too wild to live indoors during his recovery. He lets me pet him on his terms, but he is still too feral to do more than that. The fact that he is eating and defecated on his own today gives me hope, but I think it will be touch and go for him at best.
I'm in California so there is no way to get liquid antibiotics for him from the pet store and I was wondering an anyone knew the dose of penicillin powder to add to the food for him?