My stray kitten has a wound. What medicine and food should I give?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed
Hi A street kitten came to my house with a wound from which water like substance coming. I am putting antiseptic power on wound but she is feeling pain. And I am feeding her buffalo milk mixed with water. What medicine should I give her and what to feed her? I live in India hyderabad and I don't know any hospital for cat here. And there is one animal hospital but they don't see cats. Please help me.
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Published on April 7th, 2017
Poor little Kuri. I can't be positive, but it sounds like she may have an abscess which is an infection usually resulting from a bite wound. Wash the wound gently with antibacterial soap and rinse it well. An antibiotic such as clindamycin will usually help these infections if the gentle washing does not clear it out. Generally a kitten her age should be eating kitten food. The milk may actually cause her tummy to get upset if she is not used to drinking it. Hope this helps.
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Published on April 7th, 2017
I would not put the powder on the wound. Keep it clean with warm water and dilute soap. If she has teeth she can start eating canned cat food or dry food soaked in water. If she is very young and still nursing (very tiny under 4 weeks), replacement kitten food would be better to bottle feed than buffalo milk. If she is eating well and growing every day, the wound should heal and she will hopefully do ok. There is no medicine I can advise you to give. Take the best care of her you can and good luck!
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