Cat with bump on neck/ shoulder

Question

Wound   Hi, I have a 20 year old female cat that has developed a sort of bump/ wound on her neck/ shoulder area. It is an open wound and bleeds when she cleans the area. I will attach a picture of the wound. She is too old and fragile to be taken to a vet. Please could you inform me as to what type of treatment she needs?
Thank you for your time.

Answer
This is the perfect time to reach out for phone/skype/email homeopathic treatments as they can heal this wound and enhance the rest of her life. www.Brighthaven.org adopted cats 16 and older, fed a fraw meat diet and worked with homeopathic vets - some of their cats lived to 28-34.

I treated a phone client whose cat had a wound that would open, be surgically treated along with drugs and this repeated for almost a year. I found the homeopathic medicine that matched the condition (scars break open, wounds slow to heal) and the cat (timid, thirsty, chilly, history of vaccine reactions) and with a few repetitions of the remedy the cat's wound re-opened once for a few days, then healed and she went on to live a long life of good energy and less timidity.

http://www.civtedu.org/south-africa/ - Try Jane Fraser, I think I met her. If none of these will work by phone (or can do a house call) with you, try the following:
www.iavh.org - european homeopathic vets who may do long distance consult
www.theAVH.org - search for phone consulting vets here as there are many who do consult all over the world. Bernstein, Ramelmeier, Cooney are a few who would.

You could merely opt for treating the wound and not building up the health for great quality of life. The main challenge is to keep her from licking the area so it can heal. This is a very difficult area to bandage, but maybe a carefully crafted T-shirt with long arms would work. You can try to put powdered hot pepper on the area near the wound or something else she does not like. If you have a health food store near you get calendula lotion (or cream but cats do better with liquids) or calendula tincture that you would dilute 10 drops in a 1/2 C water. HyperCal would also be good, or SSStingSSSTop. They may have herbal healing salves (many exist) if she will tolerate the ointment. There are now very soft Elizabethean collars (used to be made of heavy material so though the cone kept them from licking the area. If you google - "soft elizabethan collar cat" you will see pictures to see if this may help your cat.

The best approach is treat the cat with excellent homeopathy or other holistic modalidies
The short term goal is 1. prevent licking - be creative
2. use a healing lotion/gel
3. build the immune system - good food (fresh is definitely the best); some immune supplements (good ones would include mushrooms), Vitamin E and A for healing (cod liver oil good).