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My cat's fight wound is watery. Is her antibiotic dosage correct?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 8 months and 17 days old | 6 lbs

My cat got into fight last week and she used to lick the wounds so I put cone 3 days back and from yesterday I started applying lorexane ointment since the wound was looking like abscess( I cleaned the wound and applied ointment) and started giving aricef 50mg (antibiotics)tablet morning and evening and the wound is not looking any better, it started looking more watery ! When I met the vet he said to do what I am doing now!rification don't know what to do.is 50 mg too much for the cat?

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Dr. Strydom, DVM

Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on August 6th, 2018

The dosage of Aricef is correct. This will take some time to resolve. Two doses of antibiotics is not going to make a huge difference. Give the Aricef for a minimum of 7 days (twice a day).

Follow up with your vet if it doesn't start looking better after the 7 days.

Best wishes.
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