I hope this isn't one of those "comes in threes" deals. Rocket jumped up on the stove while I was heating up a burner and stepped on the burner and burned a paw pad. I thought he was in the other room and turned around to get the pot out of the cabinet and when I turned back, there he was. I think I made it worse, because I lunged for him, and he flinched, which put him in contact with the burner for a half second longer. He's got some singed hair and one paw pad burned. The surface of the pad has an open wound about 1/8 inch wide.
I ran cold water over it for several minutes (which I'm sure was 10 times as traumatic for him as the burn itself, struggling with me to get away.) Then put topical antibiotic ointment on it and wrapped it thoroughly in self-stick first-aid wrap to keep it clean and so he wouldn't lick it.
Tomorrow, I'll evaluate it and decide if he needs to go to the vet. I probably wouldn't go to the doctor for a burn like that. But he's a cat, and he doesn't know not to use it for scratching in the litter and so forth.
Anybody here have an experience with a cat that burned a paw pad on a stove? What should I be looking for in terms of complications, healing, treatment, etc? Thanks....
I ran cold water over it for several minutes (which I'm sure was 10 times as traumatic for him as the burn itself, struggling with me to get away.) Then put topical antibiotic ointment on it and wrapped it thoroughly in self-stick first-aid wrap to keep it clean and so he wouldn't lick it.
Tomorrow, I'll evaluate it and decide if he needs to go to the vet. I probably wouldn't go to the doctor for a burn like that. But he's a cat, and he doesn't know not to use it for scratching in the litter and so forth.
Anybody here have an experience with a cat that burned a paw pad on a stove? What should I be looking for in terms of complications, healing, treatment, etc? Thanks....