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Conference misery::feline

Title:Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:purrrrr...
Moderator:JULIET::CORDES_JA
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1079
Total number of notes:28858

526.0. "Hydrogen Peroxide" by MILPND::BENHAM () Tue Mar 30 1993 09:37

    There are some thing that people shouldn't give to cat.  Aspirin 
    being one.  My cat has cut one of his pads and I'd like to 
    apply hydrogen peroxide to it.  Does anyone know if this is
    OK to do?
    
    Thanks 
    Carole
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526.1Maybe Betadine?ISLNDS::FALLONTue Mar 30 1993 10:495
    The only thing that I know for sure that it will do is to change the
    color of the fur if it is dark.  This can happen after you have applied
    it many times and for a long time.  The Fizziness might bother the cat
    too.
    Karen
526.2AYRPLN::TAYLORPMS + a gun, any questions?Tue Mar 30 1993 11:386
    I wouldn't suggest it.  Hydrogen peroxide is poisinous if it is
    ingested.  You're going to put it on the cat's paw and in turn, the cat
    is going to lick it's paw.  
    
    Holly
    
526.3NETWKS::GASKELLTue Mar 30 1993 11:535
    I've used it to clean scratches.  I don't use much, but I haven't had
    any problems up to now.  I use the 3% solution you get at the drug
    store.  The best I have found for wounds is (and I can't spell it)
    basatracin (gel).  There is an over the counter product that is as 
    good, ask your pharmacist.  It's also good for your scratchs as well.
526.4DAGWST::BROWNeverybody run Prom Queen's Gotta Gun!Tue Mar 30 1993 13:349
    I am not so certain that hydrogen peroxide is poisonous.  My dentist
    gave me a mouth rinse to use and it is almost 90% peroxide. 
    
    I have used peroxide to clean wounds on stray cats and the fizzing does
    bother them.  If you have nothing else, use the peroxide, but if you
    can get to a store, a better choice to use would be Betadine or
    Clinidine.
    
    Jo
526.5Shouldn't do any harmBICYCL::RYERThis note made from 100% recycled bits.Tue Mar 30 1993 14:1616
When my Chester had surgery, and developed a secondary infection, my vet
instructed me on how to flush his incision out. The vet left the top and
bottom of his incision open. He gave me a syringe, and told me to fill it up
with hydrogen peroxide and squirt it into one end of the incision.  When I did
this, Chester had two little foaming "volcanoes" on his tummy.  He seemed to
really like it, and never had a problem with getting sick on it.

I also used it on a gash he had on his back, and it never changed the color of
his fur (which is black).

Peroxide is ideal for puncture type wounds, as the bubbling reaction releases
oxygen.  This kills anaerobic bacteria that may be lurking around down in the
wound.


-Patrick
526.6For teeth tooISLNDS::URBANTue Mar 30 1993 14:234
    I was told to use peroxide to clean my cat's teeth...better not be
    poisonous!!
    
    Di & Li & Lu_who_has_bad_gums
526.7Where I work we use it to clean off any blood stains from surgeryPTPM06::TALCOTTWed Mar 31 1993 09:394
We also recommend it when you need to induce vomitting - at least in dogs, don't
know about cats.

					Trace
526.8I've used itMR4DEC::SHALLANWed Mar 31 1993 14:096
    When one of my cats came home with a cut, the vet told me to use
    it also, so it should be alright.  Perhaps, just to be on the safe side
    you should call your vet and see what he/she says about it.
    
    Sharon
    
526.9We use it to clean dried blood from cats and dogsPTPM06::TALCOTTThu Apr 01 1993 07:123
It's also used to induce vomiting in dogs (not sure about cats).

						Trace
526.10exISLNDS::TAYLOR_PMon Apr 05 1993 14:158
    My cat had an abcess froma wound that the doctor left open after
    the surgery, and told me to squirt hydro-p into the wound with a syringe
   then the antibiotic cream that you insert into the wound.
    
    But my vet always prescribes hydrogen to clean woundbecauseit does
    sting and it disinfects before any further treatment.
    
    
526.11correction to .10ISLNDS::TAYLOR_PMon Apr 05 1993 14:192
    Excuse me on rpevious note, in a real hurry, i meant to say that 
    the hydrogen-per does **not** sting.