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Cat Forum / General Topics / November 2005abcess?
my cat has been having little owies on the side of his face. they look like cysts, and then they pop. my husband and i thought he had been shot by a bb gun or a pellet gun, but we couldnt find a bullet. the same thing happened to him last year but it was on his tailbone area. are they abcesses? should i take him to the vet? they have been oozing pus and blood. although it seems dried up now. now there is caked on blood on his face. what is it and what do i do about it? > my cat has been having little owies on the side of his face. they look > like cysts, and then they pop. my husband and i thought he had been [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > pus and blood. although it seems dried up now. now there is caked on > blood on his face. what is it and what do i do about it? I would take him to the vet just in order to understand what it is and find out what the best treatment for it is if it occurs again. There is probably nothing they would do right now, but it's better to be prepared for another occurrence, since he's had it more than once.  SignatureWayne Boatwright *¿* ____________________________________________ Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974 > my cat has been having little owies on the side of his face. Is that a medical term? > they look like > cysts, and then they pop. my husband and i thought he had been shot by a bb [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > seems dried up now. now there is caked on blood on his face. what is it and > what do i do about it? I would take the cat to the vet to have it looked at. I would point out on Monday some kids were arrested for shooting trick or treaters with BB guns. One of them hit a kid, he will have to have it monitored for the rest of his life. It stopped an inch from his heart, can not be removed sugically. It will be there forever. > my cat has been having little owies on the side of his face. they look like > cysts, and then they pop. my husband and i thought he had been shot by a bb [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > seems dried up now. now there is caked on blood on his face. what is it and > what do i do about it? If the injury was due to a cat-fight,..there would be a small puncture wound from the other cat's claw. In the old stray fella we look after, he had one of these with the same symptoms you have described i.e. infection with swelling, pus, blood and a clear fluid called 'lymph-fluid'. The latter is due to the body's lymph system responding to an injury. The main point is tho, the original injury (a small hole) gets grossly dilated and is very obvious. If you can't see the injury,..they maybe infected hair-follicle ulcers,..a bit like large pimples or boils. In either case, he will need medical attention. A clean-up of the effected area followed by aggressive anti-biotic treatment was successful in our fella's case. best-o-luck Jason Regardless of HOW your cat got the injuries, you should really take him to a vet. Abcesses can kill cats, as they somehow poison the bloodstream. I NEVER hesitate to take my cat to the vet anytime he has some type of oozy thing going on. I hope your kitty is okay! Give it a scritch for me! One of my cats used to get sores on his face that would start tiny (pinhead) then burst open to be about the size of a thumbnail with blood/pus coming out. We were never completely sure what caused them but the best guess was grass seeds which get stuck in their fur then burrow into the skin and cause an infection. We managed to put one dose of antiseptic on it before he objected, ran away and returned a few days later almost completely healed. He only got them 3 times and after the first experience we just left the treatment to him! > One of my cats used to get sores on his face that would start tiny > (pinhead) then burst open to be about the size of a thumbnail with [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > days later almost completely healed. He only got them 3 times and after > the first experience we just left the treatment to him! I think my original post to this newsgroup concerned a cat who had that... turned out they were puncture wounds from other cats' claws; characterized by a tiny red dot in the middle. Pat >my cat has been having little owies on the side of his face. they look like >cysts, and then they pop. my husband and i thought he had been shot by a bb [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >seems dried up now. now there is caked on blood on his face. what is it and >what do i do about it? Just thought I'd let you guys know about my cat...we cleaned it with peroxide and then put triple antibiotic ointment on it, and now hes ok....he has been really good...he just lays there and lets us do our thing. he knows hes getting healed i guess...anyway, hes ok now and we are just waiting for his hair to grow back....thanks for all your posts!! later >> my cat has been having little owies on the side of his face. they look like >> cysts, and then they pop. my husband and i thought he had been shot by a bb [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > getting healed i guess...anyway, hes ok now and we are just waiting for his > hair to grow back....thanks for all your posts!! later Hey, that's great... did you ever figure out what the cause was ?? :) pat >>my cat has been having little owies on the side of his face. they look >>like cysts, and then they pop. my husband and i thought he had been [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > are just waiting for his hair to grow back....thanks for all your > posts!! later I'm so glad to hear that! It's amazing how they know when we're helping them. We had 3 young kitties who all came down with severe cases of ringworm. They don't normally like to be bathed, but they were so good during their bath treatments, and didn't resist us giving them the oral medications. I felt they just had to somehow know they were being helped. SignatureWayne Boatwright *¿* ____________________________________________ Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974 |
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