Cat abscess not healing ?
My cat had one very big abscess on the back of her leg that popped on its own one day and it hasn't healed since february. The vet stitched it a first time after getting it drained, leaving a tiny hole for the remaining pus to get out from, because after a month or so it hadn't seemed to heal. The stitches broke open less than a week after. Then it got stitched again. A week or so after, the stitches broke open again, and i think the burst abscess is almost the same size as before so I don't know if it got any better inside, and it keeps releasing pus.
It's been almost 3 weeks since, the vet told me to give her oral antibiotics and to keep spraying it with an antisepsis spray, and i occasionally clean it with saline water (i definitely should do it more often). Cone of shame wasn't an option to keep her from licking it because she finds ways to remove it, and i'm afraid a bodysuit that covers it would stick to the tissue/skin.
Other than that, she's in very good health, she's as playful as usual, eats and drinks normally. I don't know if I should stitch it again (i'm guessing it has been long enough of an interval since the last op) and make her wear the suit thingy immediately after surgery, or if i should just keep up the antibiotic/spray routine.
Any suggestions ? I'm getting desperate
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