Advice needed about injury FAST

[brydee]

Hi Everyone,

My 9ish month old kitten ripped one of his pads off this morning :eek: , rang the vets and they said to clean it but they couldnt fit him in until this afternoon. I just know they are going to want to inject him with antibiotics, if i dont get a reply on here i will have no other choice as i dont know enough about preventing infection, i think he did it in the early hours of this morning looking at it, its not pouring with blood but its seeping. I would just like to know for future reference or so i know before i go in a couple of hours what the alternatives are, i've read just about everything for and agaisnt injections and I personally am against them, but if anything happened to my cat because i didnt have enough knowledge and just decided agaisnt WITHOUT having a back up plan, i couldnt forgive myself.

Thanks everyone:(

[cherries]

Poor kitty, I hope everything goes well. I don't know much about antibiotics and cats.

[shashibala]

A one time use of antibiotics could be appropriate in the case of an injury. Perhaps you could use a topical antibiotic so it doesn't affect his whole system. See what the vet says. I tend to trust doctors in cases of injury. It's chronic and lifestyle issues that they fall short on. Best wishes to you and kitty. Whatever you do will be alright!

[Gittel]

If he were my kitty, I would treat him homeopathically. A dose of hypericum for throbbing; a dose of arnica for swelling and tissue trauma; then a dose of calendula for the open wound. I would also put calendula cream or ointment (not gel--it burns) on the wound itself. Repeat hypericum and arnica. Then repeat calendula.

That's it. That's what I would do.
Good luck!
Gittel