Antibiotics are clearly needed if it is a BAD infection in his foot. By bad, I mean, swollen, oozing, foul smelling, and painful. If it's just a little cut, I'd be more apt to treat it topically by washing it gently with antibacterial soap or betadine scrub and applying some kind of antibiotic ointment or spray. The litterbox needs to stay pristine clean with a foot injury, change the litter completely every day, and wash the box before refilling.
Things that I would use antibiotics for: Infected wounds, pyrometras, bad URI, Urinary infections, bad tooth infections, anything that's foul smelling and obviously badly infected, including abscesses that haven't begun to heal after a week's time. Jenn http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue: http://ucat.us/adopt.html Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/ Adopt a FELV+ cat: http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html "Saving one animal won't make a difference in the world, but it will make a world of difference for that one animal." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life. Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula! PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please email me for the NEW address to send them to! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/176 - Release Date: 11/20/2005
