--- In [email protected], "kim morton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > I've had good luck with Vitamin E oil on this type of thing. > > Kim >
Just in case anyone out there is interested, maybe I should explain this. I had a cat who had a lick granuloma, the vet diagnosed it, but I wouldn't let the vet treat it. I read up on it and it is sometimes caused from an allergy, I had changed the cat's food to one this same vet had recommended. A lick granuloma is an open weeping sore, this one on the back of her leg, from licking herself. They are not supposed to be easy to heal. The vet wanted to put her on steroids, and told me it would clear it up, but it was likely to come back. Well I guess so if you don't figure out what is causing the reaction in the first place it will come back. I simplified her diet, no preservatives, no additives, gave her vitamin e oil on her food and applied in on the wound, it cleared up within days and never came back. Of couse I figured out that she was probably allergic to something in the food and took that factor out, but you still have to heal the wound. Vitamin E oil is cheap, so it's not very risky to try, it is commonly believed to promote wound healing. I am pretty sure it was the topical application the healed the wound because I have used it other times and it does seem to help. I'm not selling any Vitamin E, so I really have no vested interest in this, I just thought it might help. Kim
