DH said no vet, I disagree!

[Kamma89]

Hi

Our 5 year old cat Hilly has obviously been in a fight, I think she needs to see a vet. DH said not necessary. What would you do?

I'm on bed rest at the moment so would need him to agree

She's eating, drinking, behaving normally. Maybe a bit more clingy than usual.

Any advice appreciated

Personally I would stick a bit sudocrem on it and out with the tuna!

My cats are always scrapping. I no longer take them to the vet straight away - I soon discovered they would always treat them whether they needed it or not and it would cost me £100 a pop. I have some metcalm here which I give them a dose of and clean them up with cooled boiled salty water. I then keep a very close eye - if they seem remotely poorly or it gets at all worse then it's straight to the vets cos cat mouths are full of nasty germs that can cause infections.

Only thing I would say as its a friday, if your cat does take a turn for the worst over the weekend it'll cost a fortune!!

If she's behaving normally and eating and drinking likely she's fine and it will heal

Are you sure it's from fighting? My cat got a spot just where your is on that pic. It actually happened twice. The first time the vet squeezed it, gave antibiotics, inflammatory injection and charged me £160. The second time I washed it and put sudocrem on and it healed over fine in a few days. I read that using plastic food bowls can cause spots on cats chins.

Nah. I wouldn't go to the doctor for that, myself. Keep an eye on it but it should be okay without attention.

No doesn't need a vet for that I'm sure. I'd clean with cooled boiled water and some salt in it and give it a clean each day. If it was hanging off and al the way through then yes, but the fact it's not bothering them also would point towards not needing a vet

I wouldn't even think to go to get for that unless cat unwell

Another one here saying to clean it with cotton wool and just keep a close eye to check it doesn't get infected. Otherwise it'll cost you £80 or more for the vet to do the same and give a precautionary antibiotic jab.

Obviously if it shows any signs of getting worse or doesn't improve in a day or two or the cat shows signs of distress then off to the vet.

Thanks for the reassuring responses. Very informative. Didn't know you could use sudo on a cat! She's very docile so I probably could clean without too much protest.

I'm fairly sure it was a fight as I heard one early this morning & she belted up to my room shortly after.

Will monitor this weekend, fully insured but hope not to have to claim.

How’s your cat doing now OP?

Seems totally back to normal Allowed me to clean area with salt water. Still eating, drinking & playing as normal. Thanks for saving me a vet bill MN!

That’s good to hear

I think we all run off to the vet for small things we wouldn’t bother taking our child to the doctors for, I know I am guilty of that. Perhaps it’s because they can’t talk to us and tell us how bad it is or isn’t.

Anyway glad he is back to normal now.

We have a lot of cats and for small injuries like this we put Sudocrem and keep an eye on it.

Pets at home do an antiseptic lotion for a fiver that's absolutely amazing!