It sounds like an abcess I used to have a cat who was a terrible fighter and had quite a few in his lifetime, its often caused by a cat fight, the incisors make quite deep puncture wounds and the bacteria from the teeth cause infection and an abcess to form. if then bursts erupting the thickened vile smelling pus which is just what your description sounds like. If it starts to reseal and heal before all the pus has drained out it will likely just reform again. best method I found was to bathe in cooled boiled water with added salt, 3 or 4 times a day for a couple of days, this draws and washes out the pus then when it has completely drained it can then safely start to heal, usually infected skin wont heal anyway. In addition to this I was always given a broad spectrum oral antibiotic usually synulox and he was soon fine.

Fuciderm is a antibiotic ointment but I believe unlike fucidin which is purely antibiotic Fuciderm has steroid in it too, and I think if you check steroid shuldnt be used on broken skin as it can prevent healing.

 

Fuciderm is a antibiotic ointment but I believe unlike fucidin which is purely antibiotic Fuciderm has steroid in it too, and I think if you check steroid shuldnt be used on broken skin as it can prevent healing.

when Cookie had bloods taken when she went into be spayed, they clipped under her neck, I thought they clipped her too close, they said she had a reaction to the clippers. They gave me Fuciderm to apply, but cookie hated it and she scratched the area and made it worse, so I stopped using it. The skin was definitely broken

Her fur really hasn't even started to grow back, unlike the spay area.

 

hi guys i,v stopped using the cream my cats scratched the scab off with his back leg, and i,v been bathing it in salted water like you advised. the swellings slowly reducing and the green goo is almost all gone, the cream just drove my cat crazy scratching like it was itching him like crazy.
i,m not impressed with my vet an wont be taking him back there! thanx guys x

 

My cat had a sore bum as he had an upset tummy, and the vet prescribed him fuciderm. Not sure if that is really of any interest to you but thought I'd let you know (and humiliate Gus at the same time!)

 

hi guys i,v stopped using the cream my cats scratched the scab off with his back leg, and i,v been bathing it in salted water like you advised. the swellings slowly reducing and the green goo is almost all gone, the cream just drove my cat crazy scratching like it was itching him like crazy.
i,m not impressed with my vet an wont be taking him back there! thanx guys x

If he isnt on systemic oral antibiotics as well then you really need to keep bathing and make sure it is fully drained before it starts to heal. Thats all they really needed to do in the first place, give you AB cover and tell you to bath it. Glad there is an improvement and he is getting better.

 

My cat had a sore bum as he had an upset tummy, and the vet prescribed him fuciderm. Not sure if that is really of any interest to you but thought I'd let you know (and humiliate Gus at the same time!)

 

Keep an eye on it, bathe it loads to stop it healing up too early with the gunk still inside as it can easily happen.

My cat Raffles had an abscess on his cheek a few weeks ago, vet scratched the scab off and drained it, gave him antibiotics and we kept bathing it until we thought it was better, as the swelling went down and it all looked normal again. A few mornings later he jumped onto the bed and he had a cheek swollen like a hamster all over again. This time it had healed with no scab and he had to have a GA and have it drained surgically.

 

hi evryone just letting you know it healed fine wasent the nicest job not letting it heal till all the puss had cleared up and was actually bathing it evry couple of hours at one point, but eric is now fine and is due to have his big boy opp very soon :thumbup: