I believe this might qualify as an emergency.

[rg_girlca]

Poor dear Soni. What did you do sweetie.

My opinion is that it sounds like an abcess. Keep cleaning it and applying ointment to it. I'm glad that you have your Mom to help you out, but you will have to get him to the vets for some antibiotics for the infection and I'm not to sure if you should be putting gauge on it. When one of my cats had an abcess on his leg, the vet said to just keep it clean and not to cover it.
Mind you that was like eons ago, so maybe things have changed since then.

Good luck and ((((((HUGS)))))) as I know how worried you must be.

Little Soni will be in my prayers that he has a full and speedy recovery.

[Catty1]

Abcesses can be quite common after a bite - and wow, what good care you are giving Soni!

I am sure that after a day or so on antibiotics, he will feel much more comfortable.

And you are doing the right things - keeping the wound clean.

Poor Soni!

hugs to you and furbaby

Catty1

[Sevaede]

Abcesses can be quite common after a bite - and wow, what good care you are giving Soni!

I am sure that after a day or so on antibiotics, he will feel much more comfortable.

And you are doing the right things - keeping the wound clean.

Poor Soni!

hugs to you and furbaby

Catty1

I know I shouldn't be but I was just amazed that it went all the way through his foot. But I inferred that: cat fight = lots of struggle = not enough time to bite all the way through any appendage.

We sure hope so! Poor guy is breathing weird. All he wants to do is sleep in his little pet carrier.

Thank you from me and Soni says, "Meh!"

[Sevaede]

Poor dear Soni. What did you do sweetie.

My opinion is that it sounds like an abcess. Keep cleaning it and applying ointment to it. I'm glad that you have your Mom to help you out, but you will have to get him to the vets for some antibiotics for the infection and I'm not to sure if you should be putting gauge on it. When one of my cats had an abcess on his leg, the vet said to just keep it clean and not to cover it.
Mind you that was like eons ago, so maybe things have changed since then.

Good luck and ((((((HUGS)))))) as I know how worried you must be.

Little Soni will be in my prayers that he has a full and speedy recovery.

Mom's own words: "He got in to one hell of a cat fight and got his butt whooped!" Which, is pretty much the only thing I can think of. Thankfully it wasn't whatever has been getting the outside cats (I saw some creature that I think it may be. It is big and gray with a bunch of random black hairs like the way it is around the white on the head in this pic http://clarkvision.com/galleries/ima..._6940b-600.jpg . Husband and mother assume coyote. In laws say dog but I don't think I've ever seen a dog that looked like that. )

I managed to get a hold of her, because I couldn't when it happened, and she said the same thing. Right now, he doesn't have any gauze on and we're hoping that his vet will want to keep him over night so she can monitor it all day. I am glad we won't have to resort to amputation! He's so sweet. We have all the ACs in the house on right now yet he is still hot hot hot. He got an 81 mg, cherry flavoured, childrens aspirin.

Thank you and *hugs*.

Thank you again! =D