Recent Content by DrLex

Thanks so much, both. I will call tomorrow and see if I can send pictures for at least a first diagnosis. Taking the cat to the vet would be extremely difficult and traumatic for him - nobody as far as I know has even lifted him, let alone put him in a cage. He would need to be completely...

Thanks Silkenpaw. As you will see from my earlier answer access to a vet is very tricky... But it sounds like I need to at least take lots of picture and go see one even without the cat, in the first instance.

Thank you Daisy6. The problem is the cat cannot be taken to a vet (he cannot be 'taken' anywhere!) - I would have done this straight away, otherwise. Nor, unfortunately, is it that easy to bring a vet over, as we are in a fairly remote village, on the Greek mountains. I will try to get someone...

Hi all I look after a lovely semi-feral cat in the village where I live. He used to be completely wild but has befriended us and we now feed him, stroke him, remove his ticks (!) and such. He is around 5 years old. He showed up a couple of days ago with this black lump on his lower leg, bit...