scarlett got into a fight with an opossum a couple of weeks ago on her first visit out side. two things happened from this visit. one, she will never go outside again, and two she got a wound in between her little cat shoulder blades that got infected. the infection is gone, but she keeps scratching the area and will not let the wound heal.
I asked my vet, and they gave me two obvious solutions. one, cover the wound somehow to keep her claws off of the wound. the problem with this is that they also told me that cats use their ribs in their breathing quite a bit so the cover had to be kept loose. the location pretty much makes it impossible to cover and still be loose enough to not mess with her breathing.
The other solution was to cover her back paws. this worked for a while using fingers cut out of cotton gloves with some tape to secure them, but she eventually found out how to remove them herself.
I can have those claws covered for a few days, but it only take a second for her to get a claw free and scratch the area to break the healing skin and cause it to bleed negating the efforts that had kept the area safe for days.
anyone know a good way to prevent her from scratching the area to allow it to heal? i appreciate any input you could give me.
I asked my vet, and they gave me two obvious solutions. one, cover the wound somehow to keep her claws off of the wound. the problem with this is that they also told me that cats use their ribs in their breathing quite a bit so the cover had to be kept loose. the location pretty much makes it impossible to cover and still be loose enough to not mess with her breathing.
The other solution was to cover her back paws. this worked for a while using fingers cut out of cotton gloves with some tape to secure them, but she eventually found out how to remove them herself.
I can have those claws covered for a few days, but it only take a second for her to get a claw free and scratch the area to break the healing skin and cause it to bleed negating the efforts that had kept the area safe for days.
anyone know a good way to prevent her from scratching the area to allow it to heal? i appreciate any input you could give me.