As a kid, when we got cuts and scrapes, my mom would doctor us up with a squirt of Neosporin and a bandaid. I have always thought that Neosporin was an elixir of healing.
Turns out that there is a difference between the Neosporin creme and the ointment. It’s not just the color and texture of the stuff that squeezes out the tube. The ointment has an extra ingredient in it that the creme does not have.
That is the critical difference for what you can use on pets. My vet says that it is OK to put the creme Neosporin on my dog for minor injuries. Even if he licks it off it won’t hurt him to ingest the creme. But the ointment is not good for dogs.
So maybe this tip will be handy for you sometime in the future.