lumps on cat

We have an almost 9 yo cat that has fatty-type lumps in various places.  There is no hair on them, they are the same color as her skin, and marked with tiny red dots; sometimes blood oozes from the little dots.  An odd shaped hard lump has recently appeared as well.  It is partially hairless.  She does not appear to be in any pain.  

This cat has a severe flea allergy, and several years ago was diagnosed with flea bite dermatitis.  Her skin was in terrible shape, and she was weak and listless.  She also had a sensitivity to various foods.  We "control" the fleas by giving our dog Comfortis, which was the vet's recommendation.  We have also experimented with different types of food, and a couple of years ago finally settled on Before Grain.  Her skin has improved dramatically (with the exception of the lumps), her hair is soft and shiny (before it was dry and brittle, and she had bald patches), she has more energy, she enjoys playing, and seems to feel better than she did when she was younger.  She has aways had problems with vomiting, and though she has not stopped, she is much better and does not vomit nearly as much as she did with other foods.  We give her bottled water (Ozarka).  She does not go outside, though occasionally my son will carry her out with him so she can look around.  

I would like to know if anyone has any experience with lumps such as these.  If possible, we prefer using holistic approaches, such as homeopathics and herbs.  This is what we use for ourselves, and we like our animals to get the benefits of them as well.  However, if this is something that may need to be addressed in a different way, we want to make sure she gets the care she needs.  Our vet is very open to our using these approaches.  We have our dog on homeopathic pain tablets rather than prescription.  They work beautifully, though occasionally we need to give her a prescription pill if she overdoes it; we keep the pills on hand.  We also have her on a heart supplement, which stopped her shortness of breath.  We started this supplement a couple of years ago when the vet said she wasn't too far away from being on heart medication.  He said her heart sounded great at her last visit a few months ago.  He has everything we are giving her written down in her records.  

So, does anyone have any suggestions for what we could do?  I know our vet would have no problem with any holistic things we wanted to try, and I would like to see what we can do for her before we take her in.  Would castor oil packs be beneficial?  I have read that some people have used turmeric (internally and externally) for tumors on their dogs, with great success.  Would that be something we could try with our cat?  

I appreciate any advice you can give me.  We all adore this little cat, but she is my son's very special pet, and he is very concerned about her.  

Thank you.  

Hi   and welcome.

I respect your views on holistic medicine, and I do not want you to think I am in any way discounting or ignoring them based on what I am about to say.  However, no online advice can replace direct veterinary intervention. The advice given here cannot take into account your cat’s previous history, and nobody here can give your cat a physical exam to check for any abnormalities. Please feel free to get opinions here, but take your cat to the vet, and discuss any possible solutions with your vet to get their expert, medical opinion first. Since your vet is open to holistic remedies, a visit might be able to put your mind at ease and point you in some promising directions, and if something is in fact seriously wrong and the vet does not believe you can deal with it holistically, you will be able to know that sooner rather than later.

Other than that, unfortunately, i don't have any real contribution.  I do hope some members more versed in holistic care will pop by and be able to offer you assistance on that front.

Hi tulosai, 

Thank you for the advice.  It goes without saying that we need to consult the vet, but it may not have been clear in my post that we already planned on going back.  I was hoping to get some different ideas that I could discuss with the vet.  He may have experience with some of them and recommend some over others.  But I wanted to have several options that we could talk about.  Both my mother-in-law and my mother have been in the hospital and rehab the past few weeks, so time to go to the vet hasn't opened up yet.  We should be able to get over there in the next couple of weeks, and I was hoping to get some good advice to take with me.  

Thanks so much for your concern.  I would not want to just arbitrarily "do things", because there is always the chance we could make things worse or waste valuable time.  But I thought if someone had experience with this, they might be able to share what they did, and I could run that by the vet when we go in.