Hi,
I have a 15 year old neutered male cat. For the past 6 years he has had a patch of skin about 2 inches long on his right flank that he worries all the time by licking and biting so it is literally an open sore leaking blood. Every now and again I take him to the vet and he gets antibiotics and cream and it calms down but it never goes away. As he's got older it's got worse and worse. It's particularly bad at the moment and he's off to the vet this afternoon. I've tried just about every cream and ointment but nothing seems to work. He is a bad tempered old thing generally and I feel so sorry for him. Does anyone have any ideas what options are open to me so that I can make him better?
Thanks,
Andrew
I have a 15 year old neutered male cat. For the past 6 years he has had a patch of skin about 2 inches long on his right flank that he worries all the time by licking and biting so it is literally an open sore leaking blood. Every now and again I take him to the vet and he gets antibiotics and cream and it calms down but it never goes away. As he's got older it's got worse and worse. It's particularly bad at the moment and he's off to the vet this afternoon. I've tried just about every cream and ointment but nothing seems to work. He is a bad tempered old thing generally and I feel so sorry for him. Does anyone have any ideas what options are open to me so that I can make him better?
Thanks,
Andrew