Help !! Is this normal for a heavily pregnant cat ?

[talkingpeanut]

Are you letting her outside??

 

[di and bob]

I would bet on the abscess, especially if she was in a fight. Definitely get her on an antibiotic, you can get one over the counter from your vet or order it on the internet. It will eventually burst and there will be a lot of watery, bloody discharge, so be ready. If it is a bad tooth, the antibiotic will be needed anyway for that too. The best thing to do of course is get her to a vet, it would be diagnosed definitely then, All the luck!

 

[flow]

Hi , only for a few minutes to do her business and I've been watching her the whole time . I have 3 cats that can come in and go out has they please through a little window but Ive kept it shut today and I shall be keeping Hazel in tonight I've set her litter tray up

 

[flow]

Thanks di&bob , I'll be ringing first thing in the morning , I left it today because I thought it might have been a wasp sting . But I've read they go down after a few hours . She has been catching a lot of frogs lately could that of mabe caused it ?

 

[talkingpeanut]

I would get her in to be spayed ASAP as well. There is a good chance you just overheard a mating, and that the injury occurred then. You do not want her body going through that stress again so soon.

 

[flow]

Yes I shall be it's been a bit difficult lately financially to get her done but she stays in a lot more since she had her kittens in March . but it was definitely not through mating it was a cat fight this feral black cat full of scars he is has been attacking my older male cat also

 

[talkingpeanut]

She should not go outside at all until she is spayed. She can get pregnant at any time now, whether she is in heat or not.

 

[flow]

I will book her in when I get an appointment tomorrow. I will keep her indoors But do you think this lump is an abscess then ?

 

[talkingpeanut]

I do. I think it's an infection. It could be from a tooth and coming from an internal issue or it could be from an external injury. Either way, a vet should take a look.

 

[flow]

Thanks talking peanut I really appreciate everyone's advice on this site . I tried calling them tonight but they were closed and she didn't seem to be in that much pain to ring emergency vet but hopefully if I call early they will get her in straight away

 

[Sarthur2]

She definitely needs to be seen by a vet. I'm guessing the tom is hanging around your garden hoping to mate with one of your cats. Please keep them all in for now.

 

[flow]

Phoning in the morning ASAP , two of my cats are male and they have both been done , I only have the one girl so this feral cat can try he's luck with them but won't get what he wants lol . My girls in now she's fast asleep in the dining room she can't get out

 

[flow]

Hey all , I've just got back from the vets they said it's not an abscess. They took a biopsy but couldn't see much has there was to many red blood cells but there was bacteria and they said she might have banged it . They have given her antibiotics for a week and fingers crossed the swelling goes down if not they think it may be cancerous

 

[talkingpeanut]

That's surprising! Fingers crossed that all is well. Please keep us posted.

 

[Sarthur2]

I'm hoping that the antibiotics take care of whatever it is.

Did the vet consider whether it could be a dental problem?

 

[flow]

They didn't say anything about dental they didn't even look in her mouth ! I'm hoping the swelling goes down but she seems so happy and healthy in her self . I will keep you all updated . Roll on next Tuesday for her next appointment

 

[Sarthur2]

Perhaps they should check inside her mouth next week.

 

[foxxycat]

Wow didn't look inside the mouth?!! Can you touch her on the face? will she let you lift up the lip to look at her gums? you don't have to open the mouth-just lift the side of lip up to see if you see anything.

 

[flow]

Yes I'm going to make sure they do , if not I'll get a second opinion from a different vets

Foxxycat- it doesn't seem to hurt her and she will let me look if I try

 

[flow]

Hey all , Hazel is on day 3 of antibiotics her face seems to have got a little better . I can feel a lump now in there , I can only explain its like a moveable cyst ?? Hard to explain sry

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• flow
• Jun 18, 2016