We have a young cat who is almost a year old. A week ago today, he was injured somehow- we thought he slipped and hurt himself while playing. He was very tender in a spot and would hiss/nip when we tried to touch it- he has never acted like that before. He did not want to play. We locked him up in our room overnight and within 24 hrs he was back to normal- letting us touch the area, playing like normal and eating like normal.

This morning, we found a small oozing wound in the same general area where he was tender last week. He is letting us inspect it and I've seen him licking it a few times. He is acting normal- playing like crazy, eating, etc. I'm concerned if I should try to clean the wound or put anything on it? I don't think he needs a trip to the vet since he is acting normal and I really dislike our vet- I would like to avoid that if possible. Any suggestions?