https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/23265/wound-healing-in-cats-post-surgery I&#39;ve just removed a couple of rather strange looking lumps from the lateral side of metatarsal region of a cat&#39;s hind leg. The surgery was fairly straightforward but I didn&#39;t have a lot of loose skin available for wound closure. I bandaged the wounden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/142658?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:32:37 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b775e406-1145-4948-b6a2-030987fe180dClaire Fisher<p>[quote user=&quot;Aine Seavers&quot;]</p> <p>Here in Australia I would be adding in Gabapentin - is &nbsp;that was allowed under the cascade-I susepect you have neuropathic pain and gabapentin is superb for this in cats. low doses about 5-10mg/kg bid does the trick. You will need to get it compounded if a small cat as capsules are not supposed to be broken open and smallest size here is 100mg. The liquid version in humans has xylitol in it so even tho all poisons are a dose relative risk I would still avoid it in our patients. Do it slowly, start at 5mg/kg sid then bid then move up to 10mg/kg bid if 5mg/kg bid for some days is not holding.&nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>I think Summit do lower strength gabapentin if you decide to give it a go.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/142656?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:45:42 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9fd8cc4a-c576-4cc4-8072-4cefa1d7d282Stephen Pointing<p>Hi Kate. Yes I did take some photos but I&#39;ve now had the histology report back giving a diagnosis of an &quot;angiomatosis&quot; - which I have to admit I had not come across before. Apparently it is non-neoplastic, rare in cats and dogs but can re-occur locally. The wound is now looking reasonably good - left open to the atmosphere but with an Elizabethan collar on the cat. The patient is very loving but also a tad &quot;thick&quot; and when we put on a full length Elizabethan collar he walked around with the&nbsp;open end of the collar glued to the floor surface. Having shortened the collar he seems much happier and still can&#39;t reach the wound.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/142529?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 08 Sep 2015 01:56:03 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:6ebf33cf-c509-4507-901b-29c3ba12c55eAine Seavers<p>Here in Australia I would be adding in Gabapentin - is &nbsp;that was allowed under the cascade-I susepect you have neuropathic pain and gabapentin is superb for this in cats. low doses about 5-10mg/kg bid does the trick. You will need to get it compounded if a small cat as capsules are not supposed to be broken open and smallest size here is 100mg. The liquid version in humans has xylitol in it so even tho all poisons are a dose relative risk I would still avoid it in our patients. Do it slowly, start at 5mg/kg sid then bid then move up to 10mg/kg bid if 5mg/kg bid for some days is not holding.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/142528?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 08 Sep 2015 01:54:38 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a3a80dea-c3f6-4de3-a840-ac5212511078Aine Seavers<p>Here in Australia I would be adding in Gabapentin - is &nbsp;that was allowed under the cascade-I susepect you have neuropathic pain and gabapentin is superb for this in cats. low doses about 5-10mg/kg bid does the trick. You will need to get it compounded if a small cat as capsules are not supposed to be broken open and smallest size here is 100mg. The liquid version in humans has xylitol in it so even tho all poisons are a dose relative risk I would still avoid it in our patients. Do it slowly, start at 5mg/kg sid then bid then move up to 10mg/kg bid if 5mg/kg bid for some days is not holding.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/142522?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 07 Sep 2015 22:22:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:861d7c57-0017-45ab-99ad-900dfc887301Kate Richardson<p>Do you have any photos?</p> <p>is the cat on any pain relief? Pain would be the most common cause of continued self trauma</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>