It seems that every year since we got Argo and Meela, we have had to take Argo to the vet for something other than regular shots. The first year I think we had them like 2 months when we noticed he had a large lump on his neck. It was a puss pocket. He got into a fight and was bite and it scabbed over creating a giant zit like creature.
He scratched at it and it popped leaving blood and puss and a foul smell. Off to the vet we go. $100.00 later we are home with a grumpy cat who has a funny shaved spot and a bottle of anti-biotics.
The following year I noticed a hard something over his eye. It looked a little swollen but with all that hair it was hard to tell. I thought the hard pokey something was a sticker from the yard, and so I pulled on it. Oops! Blood, puss and smell came out. Off to the Vet again.
Home we go with a grumpy eyebrow-less cat and a bottle of anti- biotics. AND $100.00 less in the pocket.
Fast forward to Last Night. I am scratching him behind his ears when I notice something hard. I caught it under my fingernail, and low and behold....... yep you guessed it!
Blood, puss, and smell.
This time since it was behind his ear and not near his eyes or mouth, Dan and I held him down and poured 1/2 a bottle of peroxide on it. OMG! did it ever bubble. I don't think I have ever seen that happen before. He was a good sport about it for about 3 minutes. But then he was done with us. I don't know if you have ever fought with a 20 pound cat, but I will say this is one time I'm glad he only has back claws.
Tonight we will do the peroxide again. If it doesn't look better by tomorrow, we'll be off for our $100.00 vet visit.
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Been there done that. But for us, it's usually stickers in the feet. The last time Chewy had one, his paw bubbled like crazy. He was a really great sport about it tho and didn't fight at all.
ReplyDeleteThe first couple years we had Lily, she was our "$100 cat". Stickers in a paw that required the vet, sinus infection, ticks in her ear, etc.