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cb650t@lycos.com - 16 Aug 2003 23:04 GMT

My cat who is a 1 1/2 year old male has been feeling sick lately. He
has thrown up a couple of times and has hardly touched his food and
water. Today he seemed a little better and when I started rubbing his
stomach I found a couple of little bumps. The bumps look pretty close
to a human whitehead. They don't seem to hurt him since I picked at
one to see if it was just something stuck in the fur. Any ideas what
this could be. I'm worried that this may tie in with his last few days
of sickness. From what I can see there are only two of them and they
look like pimples raised above the skin. Any thoughts before I take
him to the vet on Monday ? He is an indoor cat 90% of the time and
looks fine other than the lack of energy and the bumps.

Rob

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Magic Mood Jeep? - 17 Aug 2003 00:23 GMT

Are these bumps evenly placed on his tummy, and have no fur in the immediate
surrounding area? If so, then these may be his nipples.

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> My cat who is a 1 1/2 year old male has been feeling sick lately. He
> has thrown up a couple of times and has hardly touched his food and
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>
> Rob

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ajh - 17 Aug 2003 01:52 GMT

> Are these bumps evenly placed on his tummy, and have no fur in the immediate
> surrounding area? If so, then these may be his nipples.

Oh, and that thing that is a little further towards his rear end, well
that's his............

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cb650t@lycos.com - 17 Aug 2003 04:57 GMT

They are sort of evenly placed. How many nipples is a cat supposed to
have ? This is my first cat so I don't know what they're supposed to
have on their stomach. It doesn't look big enough to be a nipple but I
don't know much. All I know is this is the first time I felt them and
I want to be sure it isn't something that shouldn't be there. I'm
willing to take a picture if someone know what to look for. I never
considered nipples on a male cat and not that small anyway.

Rob

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 23:23:25 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©"
<nobody@nowhere.net> wrote:

>Are these bumps evenly placed on his tummy, and have no fur in the immediate
>surrounding area? If so, then these may be his nipples.

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dinkmeister - 17 Aug 2003 05:36 GMT

those are definately your kitty's nipples :) don't worry about it

:They are sort of evenly placed. How many nipples is a cat supposed to
:have ? This is my first cat so I don't know what they're supposed to
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:>Are these bumps evenly placed on his tummy, and have no fur in the immediate
:>surrounding area? If so, then these may be his nipples.

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k - 23 Aug 2003 08:13 GMT

You can't tell that, and shouldn't be saying it.

Take the cat to the vet.
(Never "pick" at things.)

It's impossible to diagnose something like that
in a newsgroup. Too many posssibilities. That
he isn't keeping his food down is serious.

While likely not the problem with your cat,
there is a form of cancer that would cause
something like you describe -- both in the
bumps on his belly, and the vomiting. That
just illustrates why A. people should check
things with the vet, and why B. people in
newsgroups shouldn't just arbitrarily say
"oh, it's nothing".

> those are definately your kitty's nipples :) don't worry about it

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bewtifulfreak - 17 Aug 2003 15:47 GMT

I never

> considered nipples on a male cat and not that small anyway.

Male cats *definitely* have nipples, just as I'm assuming you do.... ;)

It's still good you're getting him to the vet, though, since he's been sick,
and you can ask while you're there just to be sure, but a cat's nipples do
indeed look like tiny little pimples. You might only have found two because
the others were hidden in the fur. As I understand it, females have six
nipples, and males have four, but I'm not positive on this (I'm sure someone
else can verify). So I wouldn't worry about the bumps too much, but I do
hope the vet can sort out his tummy problems post haste! Please keep us
updated....

All the Best,
Ann

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*~*SooZy*~* - 17 Aug 2003 16:07 GMT

> I never
> > considered nipples on a male cat and not that small anyway.
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> All the Best,
> Ann

I will count Moshi's when he wakes up, looks to peaceful at the moment ;-)

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