Cut my Cat

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First post and I need cheering up. I was grooming my long haired pedigree cat and accidentally cut (off) a large 1-1.5 inch piece of skin with her matted fur. My neighbour came over and we rushed her to the vet who gave her antibiotics and stitches and charged me Ј121! She is now wobbly, subdued and not herself. She needs antibotics for a week which my neighbour will try to adminster as I am off to Las Vegas on Tuesday for a holiday. That cat is my baby and I am really worrried about her.

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• Ah bless you,
  I am sure your cat will be fine, but you jsut feel really guilty, my mum scarred my leg whilst changing my napppy once and has never forgiven myself, it's a great way to get round her sometimes lol..... anyway i did the same sort of thing to my lo and felt awful for ages so i can imagine how your feeling if she is your baby.
  Let us know how she is, and don't worry they are very tough little animals
  hugs
  carli xxx
• poor puss and poor you, i am sure the wound wont take long to heal, my lovely sooty was a longhaired cat too and his coat used to get matted very easily, but i found it was more likely to go like that if he wasnt in good condition, you could ask the vet if there is anything you can do to stop the fur matting as i am sure the cat wont be best pleased to be groomed for a while
• Oh Dear! You are going through the emotions, every mum does. Cross, upset and what can I do to make it better...
  Bring a nice treat back from your holiday for her.
  Also have some thoughs on pet insurance!
  Hugs from everyone.
• Best advice: DO NOT CUT YOUR CAT'S FUR!!
  Long haired cats need grooming everyday. Just combing a long hair everyday, should prevent mattered fur occuring. If they get groomed regularly from a kitten, it becomes part of a cat's daily routine.
  Check out some cat books or cat internet websites for advice on how to groom, and what tools to use. There is also a special talc which can be applied to aid in grooming.
  Sorry only have sympathy for your cat I'm afraid.
• It is so hard to leave your cat while they are sick. If you really don't want to do it check your travel insurance as you may be covered.
• Still miserable but thanks for your kind words. Before you all think the worst of me - I have had my cat for 14 years. I got her from a family who didn't want her because she makes a mess, is sick regularly, wees under the litter tray and hates being groomed. I have turned her into a happy purring little thing and she is the most cossetted cat in the UK but she still hates being groomed (on her hind quarters) hence the matted coat. However, I am never going to cut her fur again and I will ask the vet about grooming her when I go to get the stitches out. She has just jumped up on to my high Victorian bed so she must be feeling a bit better.
• your cat sounds similar to mine actually. Although I got her as a kitten, she detests being groomed, she rarely grooms herself. My cat is also about 14, and she's always been the same, hates to be disturbed.
  She is short-haired, but she has a dense coat, rather like the british blue breed. I comb her with a small tail comb, and she dosen't seem to mind as much.. still gets fed up quickly tho' and wanders off :rolleyes:
• One thing I've found that works really well when you find a small matt and is safer than scissors is a stitch cutter. If you work down to the bottom near the skin and coax the cutter between the skin and the mat then it comes off really easily and there is no risk of cutting the cat
• Aww you have my sympathy. Yes the ideal is to groom from scratch, but as lots of us take in cats with histories, they don't always like to be groomed.
  I have 4 and only one lets me groom her - luckily she is the only one that gets matted. Even with daily grooming she still gets matted. At age 14 I really wouldn't bother tbh, as they get more checks at the vet at that age and they can do it for you. For anyone else, I have a hair thinning brush (that has a razor on it, but far back on the brush, IYKWIM) that is meant for long haired dogs and that works wonders
• I try to brush our long haired cat whenever I can, but we always have to cut the little matted bits off with scissors. I really worry about cutting her, but it's very hard to do,and she starts growling after a couple of minutes! I'm sure your wee cat will be fine. I remember trapping our family King Charles Spaniel's head in a swinging door when she was apuppy. It was awful! She was fine but I felt terrible!!!!Don't be hard on yourself!
• I think you have done a great job rescuing her.
  I am looking for a cat at the moment, as we always had cats at home. My cat i had since i was 7 died when i was preggers with my ds, about 3 years ago now. And my mum has the other one still at home, i found her by a river in a box soaking wet and tiny. She is the most beautiful cat, long black hair and very pretty, who would do such a thing.
  I adopted my aunties cat when she moved to spain and unfortunately when i had ds she got extremely jealous and would 'mess' anywhere he was sleeping, very dangerous so she had to go to the rspca, which broke my heart, as it was the only bit of my aunty that i still had close to me.
  So i would like to start afresh with a nice new kitten. Have been to rspca and the like but they won't let me adopt as bailie is only 2.
  So am search 'everywhere' for a kitten at the mo.... it is the right time of year isn't it????
  Carli x
• When my cat was unwell,we wrapped the tablets in corned beef and he just gobbled them down.I suppose you could also grind them up and add them to the food.
  Ours had an elizabethan collar as he had quite a lot of stitches(he got caught on wire) and couldnt clean himself or get through the cat flap for a while.
• My cat was diagnosed with a brain tumor on March 21st. She was given antibiotics which at first she would swallow whole aslong as we wrapped her legs in a towel to avoid her claws. After a few days she would be sick and bring them back up so we crushed the pills and put them down her throat. Again after a few days she would be sick. Our next move was to crush the pills and dab chicken on the crushed pills. We also tried putting the crushed pills in jam and yoghurt. The yoghurt worked best. Unfortunatly for Whisky the tumor started to affect her jaw so she could barely open her mouth.
  On Monday April 10th I had to do the hardest thing. She died at 4.25pm.
  She was the most graceful, beautiful cat and she will be missed so much.
  Whisky
  6.11.88 - 10.4.06
• Just wanted to say Im sorry to hear about your moggy! Im sure it will be fine....hugs to you both.
  PP
  xx
• i am sorry to hear about whisky, its just so awful to lose a lovely puss cat, i was very sad to lose my sooty this year and still miss him yet, he was a rescue cat and we just have to think that we gave them a warm and loving home
• oh i am really sorry purdy i know exactly how you feel, there is nothing i can say to make it better. your other puss will be sad too, my sooty died peacefully at home and tigger the big cat lay with sooty for 1/2 hour after he died as if saying goodbye. much love to you all