DO dogs do this?

[JayCeeS View JayCeeS's Profile Find JayCeeS's Posts Find JayCeeS's Threads Send JayCeeS a message E-Mail JayCeeS]

This happened to my gf's cat and I wonder if dogs do this too.

Shadow (the cat), got a US Dime size wound on his back a couple days ago, we didn't think alot about as he is an inside/outside cat and once in a while comes home with issues. Well we all had the flu for a few days and we didn't pay alot of attention to the cat. Well when we did he had licked the wound to baseball card size all the way to the muscle. We took him to the vet, he got shots, meds and a nice cone collar. Again, will dogs make things worse by licking it?

[neal View neal's Profile Find neal's Posts Find neal's Threads Send neal a message E-Mail neal]

depends really on the dog some will leave it alone others will go ott with the licking and mke it worse


we have a cat at min she is pregnant and her kittens are due any day now and she has made herself bleed with ott cleaning

she has been to the vets but she is fine vet said its the hormoans they are all over the place at the mo and should settle when she has had the kittens

she is pure white and looks funny at the min as she is more pink

[Andy View Andy's Profile Find Andy's Posts Find Andy's Threads Send Andy a message E-Mail Andy]

the other week Trixie had a cut on her ear,at first it never looked to bad but every time she shook her head the bleeding got worse had to take her to the vets as we thought it might need stitches.

[Alexbit View Alexbit's Profile Find Alexbit's Posts Find Alexbit's Threads Send Alexbit a message E-Mail Alexbit]

(30-10-2011 11:14 AM)Andy Wrote:  the other week Trixie had a cut on her ear,at first it never looked to bad but every time she shook her head the bleeding got worse had to take her to the vets as we thought it might need stitches.

I agree with you dude they might need stitches,.

[LabradorLabby View LabradorLabby's Profile Find LabradorLabby's Posts Find LabradorLabby's Threads Send LabradorLabby a message E-Mail LabradorLabby]

The wound may have been infected due to the licking. Yes, it can also happen to dogs especially with dogs in unclean environment.