(I know a cat isn't exactly a homestead animal but couldn't figure out in which forum to ask this.)
We took in some orphaned kittens a few weeks ago. They were probably about 2 weeks old at the time. One of the kittens climbed on top of another one and part of his scalp came off. Ow. No yanking or pulling, it just slid off rather easily. It was most of the top of his head at the time but he's grown into it now so it appears smaller. He also ended up losing fur and the underlying skin in few other spots but they're fairly small compared to this one. I've just been keeping an eye on it , hoping it would somehow heal. The area surrounding the complete scalping has lost the hair but the skin has healed. The actual scalping area, though, ick. It'll stay raw for a while, then scab over for a while. Then, one day, we find a hunk of what looks to be a very poorly-made toupe laying on the floor--that would be the freshly-shed scab with a few surrounding hairs.
Is there anything we can do to help this heal once and for all? I doubt he'll ever get hair back since the skin is completely gone but it would be nice if it wasn't a big, open, juicy scalp most of the time.
Here are a couple of pics:
We took in some orphaned kittens a few weeks ago. They were probably about 2 weeks old at the time. One of the kittens climbed on top of another one and part of his scalp came off. Ow. No yanking or pulling, it just slid off rather easily. It was most of the top of his head at the time but he's grown into it now so it appears smaller. He also ended up losing fur and the underlying skin in few other spots but they're fairly small compared to this one. I've just been keeping an eye on it , hoping it would somehow heal. The area surrounding the complete scalping has lost the hair but the skin has healed. The actual scalping area, though, ick. It'll stay raw for a while, then scab over for a while. Then, one day, we find a hunk of what looks to be a very poorly-made toupe laying on the floor--that would be the freshly-shed scab with a few surrounding hairs.
Is there anything we can do to help this heal once and for all? I doubt he'll ever get hair back since the skin is completely gone but it would be nice if it wasn't a big, open, juicy scalp most of the time.
Here are a couple of pics: