Any help appreciated

Hello, I joined this forum specifically for this.

I have a 19 year old cat who's a family member to us, we love him so dearly.

He had a tumor removed from his mouth last year. Early this year he had a lump on his tail, the vet said it was another tumor and amputated most of the tail.

Only a few months later, he has a new large lump on his tail. He already has kidney failure, I can't put him under anesthesia again, he's too frail. The skin on his tail looks very sore and raw. Is that caused by the tumor? We have moved house and we haven't got a vet yet. We keep his tail stump clean regularly (he's too old to groom himself) and put Neosporine on the raw sore parts. I know he's not going to be with us much longer, but any suggestion on how to make him more comfortable for the time he has left would be immensely appreciated. I am worried about the poor raw skin of his tail, why would it be like that?

Thank you so much for any help.

Can you take pictures and post them?

Without a professional examining that would, it's hard to say what is causing it.  If it is open and not healing, perhaps you could try using Vetericyn, or Colloidal Silver on it, rather than neosporin.  Are you cleaning it with Hibiclens? 

It's possible that it's an abscess and he needs an antibiotic, possible that it's another tumor, really could be just about anything .  Can you ask around and see if someone in your new area can recommend a Vet, or even contact your old Vet and see if he can recommend someone?.  You, naturally, don't want your dear little one to be suffering, so the sooner he can be seen, the better. 

Hopefully this is just a little bump in the road and not the end of the road . 

Many thanks to those who replied, unfortunately, early Monday morning my cat's conditions took a severe turn for the worst, and we had to take him to the vet to put him to sleep. We got almost 20 years of love and companionship with him, hopefully he had a good life. 

Thank you again for taking the time to stop by this thread. 

I'm so sorry it came to this, but your beautiful baby will no longer suffer and you took his pain on as your own, bless you for all the care and love you gave him for almost twenty years. I'm sure he felt your love and now you will hold him safe in your heart, never to be forgotten. Please accept my condolences, I know how the heart hurts when they have to go. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers, take care........ RIP beautiful boy, have fun at the Rainbow Bridge!

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