[SlowToady]

Hey guys,

I've got a cat that likes to hang around my house (maybe because I feed him every now and then and play with him every day?) that I've taken a liking to. I came home today, and noticed that he has a piece of flesh missing out of his butt. Literally. Like, if you're looking at the cats butt, to the left of his anus he's missing a piece of flesh and there is/was fresh blood. Looks like a dog took a piece out of him. The blood was still nice and red, so I assume it happened pretty recently. Now, this is basically a stray tom-cat; I just kissed him in one night from down the street, and we've been front porch hangout buddies ever since; but because he's a basically a stray I don't want to spend a ton of money getting him fixed up.

I was told by a friend to wrap him up in a blanket or towel so he can't see, clean it out with hydrogen peroxide and put some antibiotic on it. I'm thinking, though, this thing is going to freak out because of the H.P. Friend said cats get super calm when they can't see, so it should be OK.

Any ideas or advice? I'd like to help him out if I can...but likely can't afford the vet bill.