Causes of swollen claws in cats
There can be many reasons for swollen claws in cats It is caused by different reasons. If it is difficult for the pet owner to determine the specific cause of the cat’s swollen paws, it is recommended to take the cat to the pet hospital for treatment in time, because the cat’s swollen paws are generally difficult to heal by themselves, and the self-healing rate is very low. Common causes of swollen paws in cats are:
1. First, consider trauma. For example, a cat’s paw is accidentally punctured or scratched by some sharp objects. If the wound is not treated in time, it will easily lead to secondary infection of the wound, resulting in redness, heat, and pain in the cat’s injured paw. The clinical manifestation is that the paws become abnormally swollen and painful to touch. In the above situation, the pet owner needs to thoroughly clean and disinfect the cat’s wound in time, and can use normal saline or metronidazole injection for cleaning and disinfection. If there is pus in the cat’s wound, you need to help it drain the pus in time, then use hydrogen peroxide to disinfect the wound, and finally apply some antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing drugs to the cat’s wound.
2. Second, consider bacterial interdental inflammation. The common cause of bacterial interdentalitis in cats is that the cat’s claws are kept in a wet state for a long time, which leads to a decrease in the resistance of the cat’s skin, which in turn leads to bacterial infection. The clinical symptoms of feline bacterial interdentalitis mainly include swollen paws, redness and pain. However, if the cat’s wound develops a secondary purulent infection, it is easy to cause symptoms such as ulceration and pus. The clinical treatment plan for the disease is: first thoroughly clean the infected part of the cat, and then apply a drug that promotes wound healing and inhibits infection to the cat’s wound. For example, you can use the skin wound spray created by Pointe to treat it. , This is a drug for pet interdentalitis, which can effectively cure pet interdentalitis, but during treatment, it is necessary to keep the infected part of the cat clean and dry, so as not to cause the disease to recur or aggravate the infection. Therefore, during the treatment of cat interphalangeal disease, it is necessary for the pet owner to keep the cat in a cage and restrict its walking to prevent it from infecting other bacteria.
