My cat Talley's mouth was looking odd and she had bad breath. Took her in to the vet and he said it was an abcess and he cleaned it out and gave her antibiotics. She was better for a little while but her mouth continued to look a little swollen. Then I saw an episode of "My Cat from Hell" where a cat's mouth looked exactly like Talley's and he had an oral tumor. We took her back to the vet and he gave her more antibiotics and several weeks later a steroid shot. Her mouth looks terrible and sometimes is bloody. Her fur on her chest and legs is very matted (even though she's a short haired cat) and attempts at bathing her don't work since she continues to lick herself. Here's the problem--she is acting just fine, eats, sleeps, plays, purrs. We are struggling with whether to put her to sleep now or wait. The vet finally said that it is probably an oral tumor and they don't respond well to radiation or chemo and that surgery would leave her unable to eat, etc. Has anyone experienced this? One of my other cats had an oral cancer but he died of a clot two weeks after being diagnosed.