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Hi I'm new here and hope I am doing this correctly. I have a stray cat that I have been feeding for a couple of months. We have lived here for 9 years and I have watched Animal Control try to catch this cat ever since I have been here. I thought he was an outdoor cat that lived across the street. Anyway after putting food out for him for a few weeks he now hangs out on my porch most of the day. About 2 weeks ago he let me put his head when I put his food down. A couple of days after that he lifted his head up high so that I could pet him and I saw that his throat was cut open from ear-to-ear about a 16th of an inch and he has a hole at the end torn out and his cheek above that wound was very swollen and looked like it was full of fluid. I have no idea what could have caused this but I don't think it was any animal. He is missing most of his left ear and he has scars that start from his head all the way down to his tail. He had a lot of missing hair at the very end of his back by the tail that looked like mange but it is almost gone now. He was loaded with fleas too. I wish I could get antibiotics to speed up the healing but my vet will not prescribe without seeing him first which is impossible. Should I just keep doing what I'm doing or try to get an antibiotic online if so what kind and how many milligrams. Thank you I appreciate any help.