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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2004Lump on Stomache?
I was just scratching Biskit and thought she had something in her fur on her lower side. But it's a very hard lump not far from where she had the surgery to fix that benign tumor thing when I first got her. I wonder if it's scar tissue or something? It's really hard, you can move it around. She acts like it hurts. I guess we'll go to TED tomorrow. I hope it's nothing. Has anybody ever had scar tissue form like that? Sherry Lots of purrs and best wishes for the problem to be solved easily,  SignaturePolonca & Soncek > I was just scratching Biskit and thought she had something in her fur on her > lower side. But it's a very hard lump not far from where she had the surgery to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Sherry Gosh Sherry, I don't know but major Biskit purrs that it is nothing. Keep us posted. > I was just scratching Biskit and thought she had something in her fur on her > lower side. But it's a very hard lump not far from where she had the surgery to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Sherry We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. TED said he should have xrayed her way back when he first treated her. There was a n old wound on her side he thought looked like a little gunshot wound at the time, but looked healed. She had that tumor / mass at that time and I think he probably just was leaving the parts alone that weren't an immediate concern. She never acted like it bothered her. Anyway. I get to call at 6 and see if she's ready to come home. Says she should be good as new and it won't be a big deal to remove. Poor cat. It makes me feel bad for her all over again. Sherry > We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this > time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > be good as new and it won't be a big deal to remove. > Poor cat. It makes me feel bad for her all over again. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this, Sherry. Poor kitty, no wonder she is afraid of the outside. She's very lucky cat to have found you. Many purrs that the bullet (that's what a BB is, right?) can be removed without complications and Biskit will be good as new. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this, Sherry. Poor kitty, no wonder she is afraid >of the outside. She's very lucky cat to have found you. Many purrs that the >bullet (that's what a BB is, right?) can be removed without complications >and Biskit will be good as new. Yes, a BB is a type of bullet. It looks like a very small ball bearing. Purrs for Biskit's recovery from Natasha and me! Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com >She never acted like it bothered her. >Anyway. I get to call at 6 and see if she's ready to come home. Says she >should >be good as new and it won't be a big deal to remove. >Poor cat. It makes me feel bad for her all over again. BB's don't really hurt them. They just roll around in there. They only hurt if they get lodged somewhere and get infected. I have to take BBs out of wildlife all the time. I have a little jar full of them. It's good that he's doing an xray to see if there are more. If they roll next to the spine or get lodged somewhere, then it's painful and dangerous. Poor kitty. And shame on whoever shot him. > We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this > time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sherry OMG! Wow. I'm glad it is coming out. Poor little girl. Just one more little part of her story filled in. I'm so glad she found you. So glad you took her in, Sherry -- purrs for Biscuit's speedy recovery and so glad she found a good home with you. Christine > We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this > time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sherry Poor baby! But I'm glad to hear it will not be a big deal to remove it. Purrs and best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this > time <snip> Says she should > be good as new and it won't be a big deal to remove. > Poor cat. It makes me feel bad for her all over again. > > Sherry >We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this >time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. > Poor little girl! I'm always amazed at how some people can be so cruel. Purrs and gentle headbutts being send for Biskit to feel better soon and there not be any more BB's in her body. Julie, Hobbes, Selena and Lacey > We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this > time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > be good as new and it won't be a big deal to remove. > Poor cat. It makes me feel bad for her all over again. One of my cats, years ago, had a movable "growth" under the skin of ones ear. Didn't seem to bother him, and there was no sign of a wound, so I took him to the vet. Turned out that was a BB, too. The little boy next-door had gotten a BB-gun that Christmas, and I used to notice him poking it out a back window, and heard the compressed air "pop" every once in while. It never occurred to me he was shooting at anything alive. (They had pets, too - wonder if he bagged any of them?) At least my neighbors were nice about paying for Miu's "surgery", since it was their kid who had made it necessary - they didn't even try to deny it, just called the kid in and scolded him in my presence. (I suspect he paid the vet bill out of his allowance, too.) > One of my cats, years ago, had a movable "growth" under the skin of ones > ear. Didn't seem to bother him, and there was no sign of a wound, so I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > just called the kid in and scolded him in my presence. (I suspect he > paid the vet bill out of his allowance, too.) What good neighbors you had. Unfortunately, I hear "my _____________ couldn't have done that," all too often. I always feel that any child is capable of just about anything and anyone who says that their kid would never do something, is either deluding themselves or a liar. Pam S. > What good neighbors you had. Unfortunately, I hear "my _____________ > couldn't have done that," all too often. I always feel that any child > is capable of just about anything and anyone who says that their kid > would never do something, is either deluding themselves or a liar. Too true! I think I was an exceptionally obedient kid (even when Mom was nowhere around), but when I remember a few of my escapades...... > At least > my neighbors were nice about paying for Miu's "surgery", since it was > their kid who had made it necessary - they didn't even try to deny it, > just called the kid in and scolded him in my presence. Wow, amazing - parents who are willing to take responsibility! That's refreshing. Sherry - I'm sorry about poor Biskit!! Nasty litterbox dump on the creep who shot her. BB guns *can* do harm, by the way. I knew a kid who was permanently blinded in one eye because of a BB pellet. And even if it doesn't kill an animal, I'm sure it *hurts* to get shot with one. No wonder she's skittish about going out! She's smart, is what she is. Purrs, Joyce > And even if it > doesn't kill an animal, I'm sure it *hurts* to get shot with one. It does. Pam S. who's brother thought she was a perfect BB target > The little boy >next-door had gotten a BB-gun that Christmas, and I used to notice him [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >just called the kid in and scolded him in my presence. (I suspect he >paid the vet bill out of his allowance, too.) Why on God's green earth do people in town buy BB guns for their kids. Or in the country, really. I don't get it. I really don't. DH & I used to quarrel about that. I didn't want him shooting things. I *knew* invairably he'd end up shooting at something besides a target. I kept telling DH it is different now with little boys than it was when he was growing up on the farm. They don't need pocket knives when they're 8. Or BB guns when they are 10. Sherry Sherry > > The little boy > >next-door had gotten a BB-gun that Christmas, and I used to notice him [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Sherry Just make him watch "A Christmas Story" (note - the kid that was in that, Peter Billingsly, is now in his 40's and is still recognized as "Ralphie"), and fall back on the "you'll shoot your eye out, kid" ;) On another note, that may NOT be a BB, but shot from a shotgun - they scatter the 'pellets' and only one or two may have hit the cat. SignatureThe ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep On Fri, 20 Aug, Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: ---------------------<snip>---------------------- >On another note, that may NOT be a BB, but shot from a shotgun - they >scatter the 'pellets' and only one or two may have hit the cat. ---------------------<snip>---------------------- DH and I were serving a pot roast to our best friends one night when I bit into something hard. Then someone else did. There were a dozen shotgun pellets in the pot roast. What can you say, "If we knew there were pellets in it we would have bought a different one"? 'Slob hunters', that's what a lot of real gunners call them, just annoy the heck out of me. It was more likely a BB though. Regards and Purrs, O J Hhehehe Years ago, Mom fixed a nice boneless ham for some holiday dinner, the only kind of ham my dad really liked was Fisher's - and I bit into a PEBBLE. No teeth broken, no one else hit anything. Just me. A small irregular shaped pebble, a bit larger than the average BB. After dinner, Mom fished the label from the wrapping from the trash, taped the pebble to it and wrote a letter explaining what happened & mailed it off to the company (this was WAY before the internet). The rest of the ham from that dinner was fine - we had sandwiches for a week or two after the pebble incident, but a few weeks later, they sent her a letter of apology, along with a coupon for a FREE ham. She wasn't expecting that - just wanted to let them know what had happened. SignatureThe ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > ---------------------<snip>---------------------- > >On another note, that may NOT be a BB, but shot from a shotgun - they [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J > Hhehehe > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > happened & mailed it off to the company (this was WAY before the > internet). My oldest brother opened a bag of Dorito's chips only to find a piece of the machinery had broken off and got sealed into the bag of chips. Looked like a small saw metal blade. This was also before Internet usage was common and at any rate no one had a PC or an online connection. He mailed it off with a letter but I do not remember them doing anything about the incident. Jill I once complained that the tin of dog food that stated *in gravy* was dry and they should not put gravyif it was dry acouple of eweeks later I got a card in the letter-box to collect a parcel, its a good job I had a pram with me, or I wouldn't have bee able to carry a dozen large cans of dog food home Friskies was the name of the food. Jean.P. > > Hhehehe > > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jill On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 00:17:54 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote: >Hhehehe > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >for a FREE ham. She wasn't expecting that - just wanted to let them >know what had happened. The pig probably had a minor injury at some point and had a pebble get embedded in the wound. I once had a scrape on my ankle that didn't want to heal all the way. I could feel a slight, scratchy protrusion and thought that I had a splinter, but couldn't seem to pull it out with tweezers. About six months later, my ankle was itching and I scratched at it absent-mindedly. An almost-BB-sized pebble fell out. It turned out to have a pointy tail like a teardrop, and that was the scratchy bit that had been extending out of the wound. Once the pebble was out, the sore spot healed up within a week. I have never encountered a pebble in any food except for dried beans, but I have met bone fragments on occasion, particularly in ground meat or sausages. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this >time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >be good as new and it won't be a big deal to remove. >Poor cat. It makes me feel bad for her all over again. Aw, guess I should have scanned for updates. Just as soon as I send off the purrs I read this one. So, guess we'll switch the purrs to welcome home purrs and glad that it wasn't anything too serious. It does help explain why she doesn't want to play in the great OUT. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this > time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > he probably just was leaving the parts alone that weren't an immediate concern. > She never acted like it bothered her. Poor baby! Major Purrs and healing thoughts for her physical and emotional trauma. Shame on the person who shot her. Hope there aren't any more pellets in there. Purrs and healing thoughts for you too, Sherry. You did a wonderful thing when you brought her into your house. Pam, Rob, and the Fayetteville Seven Oh, how terribly sad to think that somebody shot her with a BB gun! Sheesh, why are there so many a**holes in this world? Poor Biskit :-( But I'm sure she'll be fine now and I'm so glad that she found you because now she will have a peaceful and pampered existence. -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this > time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sherry > We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this > time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sherry Awwww, poor little girl! I'm so happy she has you now. ------ Krista Who can't imagine what kind of a**hole would shoot a cat Glad to know its going to be ok. Jean.P. > > We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in there all this > > time and just now worked its way close enough to the skin to be felt. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Krista > Who can't imagine what kind of a**hole would shoot a cat >Glad to know its going to be ok. Jean.P. Thanks, Jean. She's back home, and seems no worse for the experience. Just a little incision. I brag on her all the time for being such a "polite" cat, but she barreled out of that carrier complaining and ran straight to the food bowl. So that's a good sign. Sherry > I get to call at 6 and see if she's ready to come home. Says she should >be good as new and it won't be a big deal to remove. >Poor cat. It makes me feel bad for her all over again. > >Sherry Healing purrs for Biskit. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Aug 2004: > We got in early this morning. The lump is a BB that has been in > there all this time and just now worked its way close enough to > the skin to be felt. TED said he should have xrayed her way back > when he first treated her. Oh Sherry, I'm glad they found that. It really must have been bugging her. People really suck. Not "our" people, other people. Seriously suck. SignatureCheryl >I was just scratching Biskit and thought she had something in her fur on her >lower side. But it's a very hard lump not far from where she had the surgery to >fix that benign tumor thing when I first got her. I wonder if it's scar tissue >or something? It's really hard, you can move it around. She acts like it hurts. >I guess we'll go to TED tomorrow. I hope it's nothing. Has anybody ever had >scar tissue form like that? Don't know, but will get the gangs sending purrs your way SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > I was just scratching Biskit and thought she had something in her fur on her > lower side. But it's a very hard lump not far from where she had the surgery to > fix that benign tumor thing when I first got her. I wonder if it's scar tissue > or something? It's really hard, you can move it around. She acts like it hurts. > I guess we'll go to TED tomorrow. I hope it's nothing. Has anybody ever had > scar tissue form like that? I have no idea, Sherry, but major purrs and healing thoughts for Biskit from all of us here. Pam, Rob, and the Fayetteville Seven > I was just scratching Biskit and thought she had something in her fur > on her lower side. But it's a very hard lump not far from where she [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sherry Purrs that it's nothing to worry about. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. Healing purrs coming to Biskit. Hugs, CatNipped > I was just scratching Biskit and thought she had something in her fur on her > lower side. But it's a very hard lump not far from where she had the surgery to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Sherry Hi Sherry, Henri had a lump like this but I cant't remember if it was after he had his back drained in two places or not, however I had one of my foster workers who was also a part time vets assistant to check it out for me which she did a couple of times, and she said quote*if it moves its ok, if it immovable that means its attached and its not ok* It never seemed to affect Henri, although he's RB now it was his kidney's that caused his death, hope it helps but you can still check it out, to be sure Good Luck Jean.P. > I was just scratching Biskit and thought she had something in her fur on her > lower side. But it's a very hard lump not far from where she had the surgery to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Sherry |
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