I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in Behavior, but here goes.
Our recently adopted, almost 17 year old cat George had an abscess on his head which was drained yesterday. He was given an antibiotic and is wearing the collar. I forgot to ask how long he needs to wear it (duh!). The wound looks good and is scabbing up. Our only instruction was to keep it clean and put Neosporin on it twice a day.
We've only had George for a week, but prior to today he was using the catbox just fine. Today he has urinated just outside of it twice and was going for a third time but we managed to plop him into the box just in time. He's a diabetic and urinates what seems like buckets so we definitely need to get a grip on this. I can only guess that the collar is causing this. Does that make sense?
How long should I keep the collar on? The wound is just below his ear on the front of his head, so bandaging it would be VERY difficult. TIA.
Our recently adopted, almost 17 year old cat George had an abscess on his head which was drained yesterday. He was given an antibiotic and is wearing the collar. I forgot to ask how long he needs to wear it (duh!). The wound looks good and is scabbing up. Our only instruction was to keep it clean and put Neosporin on it twice a day.
We've only had George for a week, but prior to today he was using the catbox just fine. Today he has urinated just outside of it twice and was going for a third time but we managed to plop him into the box just in time. He's a diabetic and urinates what seems like buckets so we definitely need to get a grip on this. I can only guess that the collar is causing this. Does that make sense?
How long should I keep the collar on? The wound is just below his ear on the front of his head, so bandaging it would be VERY difficult. TIA.