Question
Baby Kitty
Our sweet Baby Kitty just turned 1 year old last month.
She is a silver spotted Bengel.
Monday we noticed that her face was a little swollen and she had what looked like a scratch on her forehead. We thought she had gotten into a fight with a neighbor cat or something.
However, by yesterday her whole face was very swollen and she had a lot of missing hair on her forehead and it was all scabby and sore. (she was not scratching at all)...
So we took her to the vet yesterday. They thought perhaps it was mites, so they gave her a shot of anti-biotics and treated her with resolution. Today, she got much worse. Her eyes were swollen completely shut and she was very sick. she did not eat or drink all night and was lathargic. I called the vet and he asked me to bring her back in. After seeing how swollen she was-- he said that he no longer thinks that it is mites. He gave her a shot of cortizone and tested her for lukeimia. her test came out negative... but the cortizone is not helping her at all. she is not interested in eating, drinking, or even sitting up when you come to her. her eyes are still swollen shut.
do you have any idea what this could be?
i will send a picture of her all healthy... but keep in mind-- she looks like a completely different cat now (bald, bleeding, with chunks of fur coming out on her face, around her eyes, ears, and body..etc). oh and she had a fever of 104 as well.
AnswerOK has your vet never heard of cat fights? She is probably cooking a nasty abscess on her forehead. That is why the hair is falling off. The hair comes off so that when it finally peaks and bursts, it has a clean place for the cat to lick it. Not to mention that the skin is dying there. The fever is a give away that an infection is growing in there.
That or she could have gotten a bug bite to which the cortisone might have helped some but Benedryl works better. Now I am not sure we ever gave it to cats so I would until you can call the vet- but I would bet it's an abscess brewing in there.
She will need it drained and flushed and then be given antibiotics for 7- 10 days.
This is one of the most common things that cats outside get- but I have seen plenty of vets that have never encountered one. So that doesn't surprise me. Usually a new vet hasn't seen them. You don't see stuff like that in school!
She is really beautiful. If you cherish this cat you might want to think about making her an indoor only cat or daytime only outside cat.
If you have a weak stomach you might not want to see these but here is a link or two to pictures of abscesses on cats:
http://littlecrittersvet.com/Image_catabscessafter.jpg
http://www.veterinarymedicalimages.com/cat_images_abscess.jpg
http://www.petvetz.co.nz/case_of_the_week.php?gallery=14&id=17
Those just show that cats get these all over their faces. I have seen many a cat come in with a swollen face.
I would call your vet tomorrow and tell them that you think she has an abscess and that you want some antibiotics for her pronto.
Please let me know how she does.
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