I am horrified/sick for my stray kitty we found last weekend. I have another post about both strays (titled: vibes for two strays please) but just spent some time trying to bond with the black kitty and found out some disturbing things.
1. He is declawed
2. His gash is worse then I though. It is a long gash with an actual open hole about the diameter of a pencil eraser and probably about 1/4inch deep. It is healing...not bleeding anymore, but not healing closed either.
I feel horrible to just notice it now...and even more horrible that we can't afford a vet visit! Does anyone know an *average* price of stitches/treatment of a wound?
Tomorrow morning I am calling the rescue that we have spoken with and asking if she has any vets she works with that do discounted treatments for strays...and also calling around a couple vets to see if they can quote me a price on cleaning his wound and possibly stitching it...idk if it is too late for stitching it but he needs something. He is the sweetest cat. We posted a found ad, because we thought that maybe if someone had cared enough to neuter him (I can't say "cared" and "declawed" in the same sentence but he WAS someones pet at some point clearly)...but no responses yet.
Also does anyone know of any home remedies or things I can do for his gash until I can get him somewhere to check it out? We did put some peroxide on a cotton ball and dabbed at the wound as much as he would let us but he was getting scared and upset so we let him back down.
**backstory on this black kitty...last weekend hubby and I heard a cat meowing in our shed where we keep blankets, cat food and a heat lamp for strays, and noticed a small black cat horribly starved meowing in the shed. We fed him and were able to pick him up and pet him...but he ran away. We looked all week for him and finally on Thursday he came back into our yard and we were outside...he meowed until I walked over to him and picked him up. We decided to bring him into our guest room where he has stayed since. He is awesome...so friendly and sweet, uses the litterbox like a champ and as soon as we walk int he room runs out to greet us. He just got comfortable yesterday evening with us really picking him up so today we kinda did a body check on him to see his wound and make sure he was neutered and check his claws (idk why we hadn't thought to check his claws before we have had to find 2 other strays homes because they arrive around us declawed..)**
1. He is declawed
2. His gash is worse then I though. It is a long gash with an actual open hole about the diameter of a pencil eraser and probably about 1/4inch deep. It is healing...not bleeding anymore, but not healing closed either.
I feel horrible to just notice it now...and even more horrible that we can't afford a vet visit! Does anyone know an *average* price of stitches/treatment of a wound?
Tomorrow morning I am calling the rescue that we have spoken with and asking if she has any vets she works with that do discounted treatments for strays...and also calling around a couple vets to see if they can quote me a price on cleaning his wound and possibly stitching it...idk if it is too late for stitching it but he needs something. He is the sweetest cat. We posted a found ad, because we thought that maybe if someone had cared enough to neuter him (I can't say "cared" and "declawed" in the same sentence but he WAS someones pet at some point clearly)...but no responses yet.
Also does anyone know of any home remedies or things I can do for his gash until I can get him somewhere to check it out? We did put some peroxide on a cotton ball and dabbed at the wound as much as he would let us but he was getting scared and upset so we let him back down.
**backstory on this black kitty...last weekend hubby and I heard a cat meowing in our shed where we keep blankets, cat food and a heat lamp for strays, and noticed a small black cat horribly starved meowing in the shed. We fed him and were able to pick him up and pet him...but he ran away. We looked all week for him and finally on Thursday he came back into our yard and we were outside...he meowed until I walked over to him and picked him up. We decided to bring him into our guest room where he has stayed since. He is awesome...so friendly and sweet, uses the litterbox like a champ and as soon as we walk int he room runs out to greet us. He just got comfortable yesterday evening with us really picking him up so today we kinda did a body check on him to see his wound and make sure he was neutered and check his claws (idk why we hadn't thought to check his claws before we have had to find 2 other strays homes because they arrive around us declawed..)**