A Campbell

Thanks for pointing out the toxicity of tea tree in relation to cats and dogs, Carla.
I was not aware of this issue when I posted my “advice” a week ago.
Lemon myrtle does not appear to have the same level of toxicity as tea tree, especially when used in diluted form.

In Australia, we’ve used calendula ointment on a cat who wouldn’t leave a vet-repaired wound alone! She kept scratching at it enough to rip out the stitches more than once. One application stopped her urge to scratch and with daily applications she healed up in good time.
Other treatments which might help are tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) and lemon myrtle oil( Backhousia citriodora). Both are antifungal and antiseptic. Do not use at 100% as they very strong and can irritate sensitive skin - use with a carrier oil like olive oil (3-5% tea tree oil or about 1:20. Both are steam distilled from Australian native tree species. Lemon myrtle is also a wonderful culinary flavour and is better tolerated than tea tree oil when used on the skin, especially near sensitive areas. You might be able to source pet shampoos with tea tree as the active ingredient.
There are some great suggestions above so if one type of treatment doesn’t help your animal, try something else. Seeing your “patient” improve and get her quality of life back is the best reward for perseverance.

My pedantic brain would rather read “One, small, efficient fire per day heats a couch-sized mass. Which warms you for days afterward” as one sentence, ie:

One, small, efficient fire per day heats a couch-sized mass which warms you for days afterward.

I’ve just discovered how to attach photos to posts so here they are in case the links for the photos in my previous post don’t work.
Somehow the kangaroo picture loaded last instead of first.

https://ibb.co/hCYqGFm
A stock watering bowl for kangaroos was added to an old bathtub used to grow water lilies. Some rescue goldfish living in the old bathtub needed a cage for protection from butcherbirds. Kangaroos were dislodging the cage to drink from the bathtub hence the  additional drinking point.
The goldfish are now gone, the cage has beenremoved but everybody prefers watering bowl now.
Magpies love bathing in the bowl even though they barely fit.
We also have two small dams on the property and four birdbaths in the gardens around the house. Any drum or bucket holding water has a stick inserted as an escape ramp for insects, birds, whatever falls in.
Our bird list count is up to 106 species, mostly spotted while sitting on our verandah looking at a birdbath.
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Male Regent bowerbird
Even the local Lace Monitor lizards look for an easy drink:
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We have no domestic animals so the local wildlife is thriving.

1 Remove one large side with an angle grinder, smooth sharp edges and use as drawers for tools or small components in the workshop.
2 Cut lengthways through the middle of one large side and both ends, fold over so the other large side is creased down the middle and you have a lower profile drawer with two compartments.
3. Fashion a carrying handle (from the removed material in example 1 or from wire for example 2) and they can be used as a small toolbox.