> She really is. It's a shame Sammy messed up her ear like that, but even
> that doesn't detract all that much from her etherealness! ;>
>> She really is. It's a shame Sammy messed up her ear like that, but even
>> that doesn't detract all that much from her etherealness! ;>
>
> What happened with her ear? (And btw, I did not notice it until
> you mentioned it, your shots were very artful.
;> I try to get her good side for her.
That's from Sammy bapping her on her ear and causing a hematoma (it filled
like a balloon with blood from a broken blood vessel). The vet said we
could have it aspirated with a needle, but that might let in infection and
it would likely fill back up anyway and would lead to a "cauliflower ear";
or we could do surgery to remove it, but that also could lead to infection,
and she'd have a "cauliflower ear"; or we could just leave it alone and it
would eventually go down, but cause her to have a "cauliflower ear". We
went with just leaving it alone since any course would have ended up the
same and she's terrified of everything. Taking her to the vet for it would
have been a major emotional trauma plus the physical danger of infection.
Hugs,
CatNipped
cybercat - 01 Mar 2008 17:34 GMT
> That's from Sammy bapping her on her ear and causing a hematoma (it filled
> like a balloon with blood from a broken blood vessel).
Thanks, CN, I recalled this but forgot it was Demi.
CatNipped - 01 Mar 2008 18:46 GMT
>> That's from Sammy bapping her on her ear and causing a hematoma (it
>> filled like a balloon with blood from a broken blood vessel).
>
> Thanks, CN, I recalled this but forgot it was Demi.
It's just ironic that of all my cats, my little scaredy cat Demi would be
the one with the "boxer's ear"! ;>
Hugs,
CatNipped
cybercat - 01 Mar 2008 19:37 GMT
>>> That's from Sammy bapping her on her ear and causing a hematoma (it
>>> filled like a balloon with blood from a broken blood vessel).
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> It's just ironic that of all my cats, my little scaredy cat Demi would be
> the one with the "boxer's ear"! ;>
It does not detract from her beauty one bit.
CatNipped - 01 Mar 2008 22:05 GMT
>>>> That's from Sammy bapping her on her ear and causing a hematoma (it
>>>> filled like a balloon with blood from a broken blood vessel).
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>>
> It does not detract from her beauty one bit.
Nope, just gives her "character" - which is on of the assets of growing old
(can you believe she's going to be 10 years old this September??!)
Hugs,
CatNipped