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- Jul 30, 2016
My dude has an absolutely wicked abscess about the size of a silver dollar on his hip. I feel so bad for him. I noticed yesterday that he was licking near his ass, which is unusual for him, and he started making this horrible grunting sound which was REALLY worrying because he never talks. I took a look and saw a huge, bloody, pus oozing sore. Rushed him to the vet and had $1,000 worth of work done (antibiotic shots, x-rays, blood work, etc.). They shaved the area around the sore and it's pretty heinous. I'd get a picture of it but I don't want to disturb him.
They sent him home with a cone and it didn't go well. It was a tough night. Today we went and got some sedative pills from the vet which helped him calm down and get to sleep.
Still not entirely sure what happened. He's indoor/outdoor and we did spot a pretty mangy looking feral cat at the back end of our property a few weeks ago, so it's possible they got into a scrap and the wound got infected. But I never noticed any sign of that, and the feral would have had to come a pretty long way to encounter him. Plus it's winter so he's rarely going outside, and when he does he never strays far from the building. It's the only thing we can come up with though. Going to have to put a trap out to get rid of the feral regardless, but this makes it more urgent.
Dude's had a tough life. We took him in when he was ~3 years old, and a year prior to that he had something heavy fall on him which resulted in him needing to have his tail amputated. It also broke his pelvis which never healed quite right, so he walks a little funny. Absolutely the chillest cat I've ever met, though. If a stranger comes up to him he'll immediately roll over onto his back and ask for belly rubs. Groups of kids can come up and poke and prod at him and he just sits there and takes it. He'll respond to his name like a dog and follow you if you ask him. Love my boy.
They sent him home with a cone and it didn't go well. It was a tough night. Today we went and got some sedative pills from the vet which helped him calm down and get to sleep.
Still not entirely sure what happened. He's indoor/outdoor and we did spot a pretty mangy looking feral cat at the back end of our property a few weeks ago, so it's possible they got into a scrap and the wound got infected. But I never noticed any sign of that, and the feral would have had to come a pretty long way to encounter him. Plus it's winter so he's rarely going outside, and when he does he never strays far from the building. It's the only thing we can come up with though. Going to have to put a trap out to get rid of the feral regardless, but this makes it more urgent.
Dude's had a tough life. We took him in when he was ~3 years old, and a year prior to that he had something heavy fall on him which resulted in him needing to have his tail amputated. It also broke his pelvis which never healed quite right, so he walks a little funny. Absolutely the chillest cat I've ever met, though. If a stranger comes up to him he'll immediately roll over onto his back and ask for belly rubs. Groups of kids can come up and poke and prod at him and he just sits there and takes it. He'll respond to his name like a dog and follow you if you ask him. Love my boy.
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