Hi I wasn't sure if this was the right place for this post, so Admin please reposition it if you think it doesn't belong here! My cat Archie, some of you will know from previous posts is a fighter, not a lover......! He had another bad fight last week & received a bite to his ear, sure enough true to form within 3 days a big abcess had formed behind his ear. Every time this happens I take him to the vet's they lance it, & give me antibiotics, (which he hates) it costs me £55 & he claws me to death twice a day for 10 days as I try to administer his drugs to him!
Funds are tight this month so I did some research about natural healing for cats & found that Aloe is a good natural anitiseptic & promotes healing. I lanced the abcess with a sterile needle, flushed the wound with a sea salt saline solution, dried it & cut a bit off my Aloe leaf until it oozed the juice, then I applied this directly to the wound with a cotton bud. I have done this twice a day for 3 days now & the abcess has not refilled, the wound is clean & dry & looking really good!
I am so happy as I worry about how the constant oral antibiotics are affecting him as well as the cost......! He dosen't fight me when I do it, so maybe it feels soothing to him, I will keep you posted but it looks like I may have found an alternative way of dealing with the results of his fights!
Thought it was worth a share for any of you (feisty cat) owners on here.
Blessed be
Moonhare )o(