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Cat wound with stitches?

Hello, my indoor cat had snuck out for a few days and came back, and was fine for a couple weeks untill her apparent bite puncture/abscess started to appear. We brought it to the vet, they cut her open to let the puss out and put a cloth "drain" entering in one spot and exiting in another spot. They stitched her back up and its about a one inch incision. This wound is right under her right front leg at the top and she can lick/bite at it, and scratch at it which she has been doing.

She bites at the tied drain and Im worried she will rip her self open even more, and if she scratched the stitches she may rip that open because it doesn't even look that "patched up" It appears open but the vet insists thats fine.....

Any opinions? Do cats have thick layers of skin, am I missing something? I appreciate any help.

Update:

She just ripped out the drain and it bled a little bit, it stopped, but she continues to lay down and then bite at her wound/stitches in anger from laying on it to try and sleep.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The vet probably isn't worried because she won't bleed too much if she does get the stitches off. If the vet isn't worried I wouldn't be worried. The vet will be cutting the stitches in about a week after the surgery probably. And it's not the easiest thing to get stitches off and your cat will stop messing with the stitches when they start to hurt.

    Source(s): Got my dog spayed 3 years ago.
  • 5 years ago

    Honestly, The round collar is the best thing that will keep her from licking or rubbing her wound. I know we love our kiddos and we feel bad when they have to wear something like that because it may look as if they are suffering with that constantly around thier necks but it is for the better so that the wound will properly heal.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If the vet thinks that's fine then you shouldn't worry. Cats saliva is antiseptic and so licking the wound is helping to keep it clean and help it heal faster. If your vet was worried then they would have provided you with one of the collars that look like lampshades to stop her from biting it.

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