Cat Question ... ASAP Advice Appreciated

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Hello ListMates:

 

I'm in a bit of a time crunch here, we're scheduled to leave for vacation

tomorrow. I'm hoping there's some folks out there with animal experience.

 

I have a multicat household, and apparently in the midst of a brawl one of my

cats caught a claw in her lower lip. She's developed a very small (less than

a pencil eraser) sized abscess dead center in her bottom lip. It actually

looks like she's sticking out her tongue. There's definitely no tooth

involvement, it's localized to the center of her bottom lip. It's not

outrageously

red, just a deep pink shade (and it is on the margin of the hair and lipline)

and

somewhat swollen. If this was just about anywhere else on her body, I could

treat it myself (trim the hair, warm compresses, etc.), but I'm at a loss

here. She's totally fine otherwise, eating fine, behavior's normal. In terms

of

how sore it is, who can tell, you know any cat that likes it's mouth touched?

But she doesn't seem to flinch if it's touched.

 

Now what the heck do I do? She's a strictly indoor cat (one of our other

cats has an ongoing feud with her, the same b**** split her ear about six months

ago) she's never had vaccine one and most of the vets around here won't even

see them if you won't give them a rabies shot (how stupid is that???), besides

she doesn't need her immune system further compromised with unnecessary

vaccines. I've never had experience with an abscess in this location.

 

My question, has anybody ever had something like this happen to them, or ever

heard of this? I'd never forgive myself if the thing took a turn for the

worse ... this is my furry child. I just wish I could haul her into somebody's

office and they could assess it without the b***s***, you know " no worries,

that'll clear " or " no, if that isn't lanced it will only progress. " She's

young,

extremely healthy, eats a very good diet, and I don't trust conventional

medicine ...

 

Due to time restrictions, personal responses/opinions would be DEEPLY

appreciated, I am:

 

Harriet

OneGreyOwl

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I was just re-reading Jarvis' Vermont Country DR, He seemed to cure

practically every thing in his animals with honey and apple cider vinegar

(organically grown apple cider -Braggs) in a water filled bowl of 8 oz,

add 1 teaspoon honey one teaspoon vinegar,mix well and see if that might be

helpfull...this combo has natural anti bacterial effects...NG

-

<OneGreyOwl

 

Sunday, August 08, 2004 10:29 AM

Cat Question ... ASAP Advice

Appreciated

 

 

> Hello ListMates:

>

> I'm in a bit of a time crunch here, we're scheduled to leave for vacation

> tomorrow. I'm hoping there's some folks out there with animal experience.

>

> I have a multicat household, and apparently in the midst of a brawl one of

my

> cats caught a claw in her lower lip. She's developed a very small (less

than

> a pencil eraser) sized abscess dead center in her bottom lip. It actually

> looks like she's sticking out her tongue. There's definitely no tooth

> involvement, it's localized to the center of her bottom lip. It's not

outrageously

> red, just a deep pink shade (and it is on the margin of the hair and

lipline) and

> somewhat swollen. If this was just about anywhere else on her body, I

could

> treat it myself (trim the hair, warm compresses, etc.), but I'm at a loss

> here. She's totally fine otherwise, eating fine, behavior's normal. In

terms of

> how sore it is, who can tell, you know any cat that likes it's mouth

touched?

> But she doesn't seem to flinch if it's touched.

>

> Now what the heck do I do? She's a strictly indoor cat (one of our other

> cats has an ongoing feud with her, the same b**** split her ear about six

months

> ago) she's never had vaccine one and most of the vets around here won't

even

> see them if you won't give them a rabies shot (how stupid is that???),

besides

> she doesn't need her immune system further compromised with unnecessary

> vaccines. I've never had experience with an abscess in this location.

>

> My question, has anybody ever had something like this happen to them, or

ever

> heard of this? I'd never forgive myself if the thing took a turn for the

> worse ... this is my furry child. I just wish I could haul her into

somebody's

> office and they could assess it without the b***s***, you know " no

worries,

> that'll clear " or " no, if that isn't lanced it will only progress. " She's

young,

> extremely healthy, eats a very good diet, and I don't trust conventional

> medicine ...

>

> Due to time restrictions, personal responses/opinions would be DEEPLY

> appreciated, I am:

>

> Harriet

> OneGreyOwl

>

>

>