My cat has a paw skin infection. What should I do if it's not healing?

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Tiger has been detected with some skin disease and vet has injected him for same......n has recommended antobiotic cefexime......what do u say about it. Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered

Rodrigo Roca, DVM · Accepted Answer

Hello, sorry to hear about Tiger. It does indeed appear that he has some form of pododermatitis. This is most often associated with either a bacterial or fungal infection which is confirmed with a culture. A biopsy can be considered if the paw is not getting better on medications. This would confirm if there is a more aggressive process on going such as cancer. If the area is not improving within a few days, then have Tiger re-evaluated and consider further diagnostics. Hope this helps and best of luck.

My cat has a paw skin infection. What should I do if it's not healing?

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