Most Frequent Car Wounds

A cat that hits in the street by a vehicle is probable that he suffers internal wounds that put his life in danger. For example, a cat that breathes with difficulty can have lung damage. If the bladder breaks, the urine accumulates in the abdomen; if the same thing happens to the diaphragm, the organs of the abdomen can move towards the chest, squashing the lungs.

The internal wounds are specially dangerous, because its effects cannot demonstrate even passed a few hours, without be detected until it is too much late. The cat has a retarded collapse.

The wounds of the head must treat immediately to avoid possible cerebral hurts. Also are of serious prediction those of the backbone, which are producing weakness or paralysis of the back legs. This is also also the case when the functions of the bladder and the abdomen are damaged. If there are hurts in the base of the tail, the best solution for the cat is the total amputation.

The treatment of the fracture of a member can suppose an external ecayola or an operation, for immobilizing the fracture with a nail, a plate or a metallic wire or also an external device, as a frame, depending on that the fracture is simple or multiple, simple or complicated.

The fractures of jaw are frequent but they are treating well. Normally, it is necessary to take care very much of the cat and tubbing him to feed until he can eat alone again. The impudent wounds, in which the part goes down the legs or the tail be without skin, are very difficult to treat. To treat them, it is necessary to bandage them again and again during enough time, continuing then with plastic surgery.

Q/A My cat Jack only is two years old and already have knocked down two times. Is it probable that it occurs again?

It is much more probable that a cat knock down a cat in his first two years of life than later: As they are old, it seems to becoming more cautious and they walk better for the street. However, if your cat has freedom to go out, always exists the possibility of the accident .

To my roman cat Tinker a car has knocking down recently. He has the tail paralyzed, besides that, he seems to be well. However the veterinarian is afraid that he could have incontinence. Why is this?

If the wheel of the car treads and extended the tail, the nerves of the base are extended and stop working. This hurt can spread to the nerves that control the bladder and the abdomen. This can suppose that the cat is not capable of urinating and , when the bladder is full, it's dropping constantly. It is difficult to know in what conditions finds the bladder in the first days after an accident. I am afraid that, if he does not recover in one or two weeks, it is recommending the euthanasia.

My veterinarian advises me to make rest my cat Simbad, after the accident that has had, in order that the wounds treat him How can I do that he rests?

The best thing is to put the cat in a small basket of wire in which he could lie down, put on foot and turning himself. Line it with a blanket or with an acrylic washable mattress. If the cat is very active, it could possible to sedate him during some time.