What's on my Cat's face? (pictures)

Hi,

I'm worried about my Cat (~15yrs old). Please see the pictures in the links below. There is a bump above her eye, like some sort of "bubble" almost. I've never touched it directly. But sometimes when I pet her I try to pet over it to see her reaction, and it seems there isn't much reaction (like no "ow that hurts"). I don't notice any other issues with her, such as different eating patterns, energy, or other behaviour. It's been on her for quite a while. Is this some tumor or cancer or some other disease? Please let me know. I appreciate your help.

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Ok, my advice is to call your vet and get her in for her check-up. As a senior cat, ideally you'd get her in every six months anyway. The vet is the one who can figure out if it's something major or minor.

That said, I had something like that on my head - it was a hemegioma (sp) which was a build-up of blood vessels on my scalp - I think I had actually scratched my head too hard one day and as the little veins healed, it kind of built up to that bubble. Turned out it was nothing the doctor was terribly worried about but it was removed because it was a big old bubble up there. Mine never really hurt, but as it got bigger it was uncomfortable.

Good luck to you. She's a pretty girl!

It is something a vet needs to see and likely remove... No one on here can diagnosis what it is ..

Hi and welcome to The Cat Site! It's hard to know what it is from just a photo, and also not being vets We don't mean to sound difficult, but we really couldn't guess what it is.

If you get your kitty to a vet, they'll be able to properly diagnose and treat the problem. generally the sooner you go to the vet, the cheaper it is - leaving these things often ends up more expensive in the long run if they get worse.

Good luck!

Hi
Thanks everyone for your responses. Sorry for me delay, I didn't seem to be getting email notifications. We've brought her to the vet not many times, in the past. She is extremely scared and even the vets had a very difficult time with her. She's not comfortable at all with others besides our family. I hope the vets will help diagnose via pictures if I bring them (not for free of course). Also I hope I can get a vet to come and sedate her. At home--its impossible to get her into a carrying thingy.

Thanks again everyone, I'll try and discuss with vet.

Where are you? If you're here in the US, you might be able to get a sedative to give her before you take her in. If not, then they should be able to sedate her in the carrier (like for surgery) and then give her a good check up.

Where I live (30 some miles west of Chicago) there are vets all over the area who will make house calls. They have vans set up to provide mobile service.

It's just a thought and may be worth looking into.


Robin

Have you touched this thing? If so, is it possible it's a tick?

I'm in Ontario, Canada. I haven't heard of a sedative I can buy over-the-counter for her, or for house calls. I imagine there are house call vets available though. She is very difficult to deal with if trying to put in carrying cage to take to vet, its nearly impossible. Last time we did that (I don't remember how we got her in), and let her out at the vet she ran all over their office. They had to get some long pole thing with rope at the end and wrap it around her neck to catch her. That time she had something on her lip, and that event aggrevated her and she ended up bleeding all over, I was nearly crying watching. I don't want her to go through anything like that again.

I hope I can take pictures to vet and hear what they say, and can give me something to sedate her at home, or they come and do it. Pretty much if it isn't something she can do voluntarily, i.e. Drink or eat, it will be very difficult.

There is an American Association of Housecall and Mobile Veterinarians with a website to locate them. I used one to euthanize a dying cat once. I didn't want her to be frightened and in a strange place in her last moments.

But, since you are in Canada, I don't know. You could do a web search.

Probably your regular vet will have some ideas.

Good luck!

Robin