We have a 9 month old female why was fixed 2 weeks ago. At the same time, she had the whole slew of vaccinations... Rabies, distemper, etc.
When she was brought home, she was wearing a cone. we noticed that she had a wet spot on the fur on her side, about midway back and a an inch or so up the side from her underside. We knew she couldn't have licked there because of the cone and we thought is was vaseline or something else that got on her at the vets.
About 3 days later, we noticed a bump in that spot but thought maybe she had gotten snagged or bitten by our other cat (who is a piece of work). Didn't think anything of it until I noticed it was still there almost a week later. I took a good look at it and it looked similar to the abscesses I've seen in the past when cats get a little too rambunctious. She didn't seem to be in much pain. She had worn the collar for about 10 days so she was never able to get at that spot to clean it or aggravate it.
On Sunday, she became very lethargic and you could tell she was in severe pain from her walk and the fact that she would spit and hiss if you even looked at her.
we took her to the vet yesterday and they examined her and shaved the area. Good lord, everyone was shocked to find not a small dime sized abscess, but a very large burn of some sort. What we thought was an abscess was only the very bottom portion of the entire wound and where the wet spot was when we brought her home. Here's a picture:
It looks shiny because of the salve we put on it. Without the salve, it is a very dry looking wound.
When looking at it closely, there is a red rim around the entire wound that looks just like a burn. The white area in the center is not an open wound but just her skin which while sore, is a bit translucent but doesn't look that bad. The very bottom is the only part we knew about and has scabbed up but was previously open, looking similar to an abscess.
At the vet, they said they thought it was a chemical burn of some sort, weren't sure really WHAT it was, had all the Dr's look at it and had no clue on how it could have happened. They gave us antibiotics and salve to put on it. She feels much better today and is playful but still sore.
We've racked our brains on this. We have no chemicals that she could have gotten into or on her anywhere in the house and she doesn't go outside at all. Obviously, it wasn't a heat burn as none of her hair was singed and in fact, she had lost no hair anywhere but where the abscess (as we thought) was.
So the question remains, what the hell happened to my cat and what the hell is this?
The only thing I can figure is that one of the vaccinations they gave her was given incorrectly into the skin, rather than under it, or that this is a very bad reaction to the vaccination itself.
Any thoughts, comments or solutions would be VERY welcome, Thanks!
Chris
When she was brought home, she was wearing a cone. we noticed that she had a wet spot on the fur on her side, about midway back and a an inch or so up the side from her underside. We knew she couldn't have licked there because of the cone and we thought is was vaseline or something else that got on her at the vets.
About 3 days later, we noticed a bump in that spot but thought maybe she had gotten snagged or bitten by our other cat (who is a piece of work). Didn't think anything of it until I noticed it was still there almost a week later. I took a good look at it and it looked similar to the abscesses I've seen in the past when cats get a little too rambunctious. She didn't seem to be in much pain. She had worn the collar for about 10 days so she was never able to get at that spot to clean it or aggravate it.
On Sunday, she became very lethargic and you could tell she was in severe pain from her walk and the fact that she would spit and hiss if you even looked at her.
we took her to the vet yesterday and they examined her and shaved the area. Good lord, everyone was shocked to find not a small dime sized abscess, but a very large burn of some sort. What we thought was an abscess was only the very bottom portion of the entire wound and where the wet spot was when we brought her home. Here's a picture:
It looks shiny because of the salve we put on it. Without the salve, it is a very dry looking wound.
When looking at it closely, there is a red rim around the entire wound that looks just like a burn. The white area in the center is not an open wound but just her skin which while sore, is a bit translucent but doesn't look that bad. The very bottom is the only part we knew about and has scabbed up but was previously open, looking similar to an abscess.
At the vet, they said they thought it was a chemical burn of some sort, weren't sure really WHAT it was, had all the Dr's look at it and had no clue on how it could have happened. They gave us antibiotics and salve to put on it. She feels much better today and is playful but still sore.
We've racked our brains on this. We have no chemicals that she could have gotten into or on her anywhere in the house and she doesn't go outside at all. Obviously, it wasn't a heat burn as none of her hair was singed and in fact, she had lost no hair anywhere but where the abscess (as we thought) was.
So the question remains, what the hell happened to my cat and what the hell is this?
The only thing I can figure is that one of the vaccinations they gave her was given incorrectly into the skin, rather than under it, or that this is a very bad reaction to the vaccination itself.
Any thoughts, comments or solutions would be VERY welcome, Thanks!
Chris
