Beautiful is a feral living in my yard. Last night I noticed an abscess behind her left ear, scratched and oozing a bit but not popped. There is of course no way to handle her... she sleeps in a posh shelter at night and trusts me enough to stay there when I put food in front of it. I've been tempted to trap her in there, which would certainly traumatize her enough never to use it again. Conventional trap isn't an option as there are at least five ferals and some strays around who come and go (every single one fixed). So I'm thinking of organizing a drop trap. But I'm also thinking of ways of how to spare her the experience if possible.
Does anyone out there have experience with abscesses on feral cats? Do they heal themselves? Google says ferals don't have good immune systems because they don't have good food, which isn't true in Beautiful's case who's probably one of the few feral cats who get omega 3 oil regularly.
I'll try to get a picture here so you can see how bad it is.
Meanwhile, I'll go on worrying...
Does anyone out there have experience with abscesses on feral cats? Do they heal themselves? Google says ferals don't have good immune systems because they don't have good food, which isn't true in Beautiful's case who's probably one of the few feral cats who get omega 3 oil regularly.
I'll try to get a picture here so you can see how bad it is.
Meanwhile, I'll go on worrying...