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  1. maurac

    Sick Cat, Squamous cell cancer on cheek/jaw

    After a second opinion from my regular vet, he thinks it was an infection...sedated him and cleaned it with drains put in...my poor kitty is old and almost didn't wake up from sedation. Then he was kept in an oxygen tank after he awoke and walked around...but today he isn't eating :(  He has a...
  2. maurac

    Sick Cat, Squamous cell cancer on cheek/jaw

    Thank you, I live across from a park, and I believe someone left this poor cat here because he was sick last year. We take care of as many as we possibly can and take them all for shots etc...perhaps the emergency doc misdiagnosed this for an abscess of some kind...if not when and if he gets so...
  3. maurac

    Sick Cat, Squamous cell cancer on cheek/jaw

    Hi, yes he woke up with a swollen cheek/jaw, and since it was a Sunday I took him to the only 24 hour vet emergency service. They said they were 99 1/2% sure it was squamous - a tumor and due to the age and quick growing history, told us we can consider putting him down. Last night after a very...
  4. maurac

    Sick Cat, Squamous cell cancer on cheek/jaw

    We took in a cat off the street that seemed sickly a year ago - he had a snorting, weezing sound when he breathed, but the doctor didn't know why and antibiotics didn't change it...he was always more lethargic than out others, but seemed happy and ate and walked about fine. A few days ago he...
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