The one where Phoenix is bitten by a cat

We discovered a bit of blood on Phoenix’s shoulder yesterday.  I thought she might have a sebaceous cyst, which she’s had before, so I shaved the hair from the area.  I was greeted by the sight of a massive abscess—I mean massive.  It was pretty disgusting, even by my standards (and we all remember how nasty Derek’s butt abscess was).  I started to wash the wound, and it started draining… oh my.  It was beyond anything you want me to describe to you, trust me.  Once it was cleaned up, I noticed that what I thought was one little hole was actually two, and then Flippy remembered Phoenix had yelped after a hallway run-in with Frank about ten days ago.  At the time we figured it was nothing, but I guess Frank got a nip in.  Oddly enough, Phoenix didn’t indicate she was in any discomfort, and she’s been running and playing and eating normally, so we never would have known about the bite if it hadn’t become infected.

We were going to take her to the vet for antibiotics, but today the bite is looking really good.  It was so “open” that I was able to really wash it out with Chlorhexidine Flush, so I flushed it a few times and left it uncovered.  It hasn’t filled up again, the swelling has gone down, and it looks greatly improved.  We’re definitely on the look-out for heat, swelling, more discharge, etc., but I think we caught this and stopped it.  I’ll do another check this evening to see how it’s coming along.  Never a dull moment!

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 03/18 at 07:12 PM

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