One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[Latestarter]

ut-oh... Kitty OK? Find the source of the inflammation/pus/swelling/issue?

 

[babsbag]

Hope it is to find that abscess and get it cleaned out.

 

[samssimonsays]

Hoping all goes ok with her. My boy is 11.5 years old now and 2.5 years ago he had a urinary blockage. I spent waaaay more than I should have on him but I had just lost a lot of rabbits to heat stroke and was not ready to let him go too. Fingers crossed all goes well for her!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Well she seems worse
The source of the pus is obvious now
There is about a 1/4 inch hole now right at the base of her tail
It is right above her anus
It has to hurt bad

 

[samssimonsays]

I am sorry. Hopefully the vet will be able to give some insight and possible further treatment?

 

[Latestarter]

Is the hole open all the way in to her internal body cavity? Or is it in the tail above the anus? Wondering how the heck THAT got THERE?

 

[OneFineAcre]

So we saw some pus on the towel this morning, but it wasn't like this. This opened up like this during the day today.
@babsbag You called it right, they clipped her and made sure everything was out and flushed it out. Gave us an oral antibiotic to give her, and some anti-inflammatory. And we have to flush it once per day
Her blood work and urine was actually pretty good.
I'm thinking Buddy may have bitten her. They have this routine they do that usually involves him nipping at her and her running and jumping on the washer. Maybe he got too close.

She seems better already now that all of it's out. That had to have been hurting her.

I know you like pictures, but this one is pretty gross. If you look to the right of the hole you can see another spot, but the two places kind of connected and everything is out now.

 

[sadieml]

@OneFineAcre , do not despair, this is a totally fixable situation. I haven't spent as much time on here the past few days, so I just was this about Zoey today, just now. We went through this same thing with one of our cats when I was 6 or 7 mos pregnant with our eldest. We had so little money, we took him to the vet who said he needed to stay there for a few days so they could pump him full of antibiotics and cleanse the wound twice daily. We got him to give us oral meds and took him home. We used the sprayer on our kitchen sink to flush the wound for 5 minutes twice daily, and after 1 1/2 weeks, Dirtball, the cat, said "No more!". He was about 7 or 8 then and lived to 15 or so before cancer took him. I have no doubt that flushing that wound out daily will get Zoey back to normal (or what passes for normal with cats) in no time. She is definitely not going to let a little thing like this get the best of her. She's far too clever...she choose you, didn't she?

Food for thought: In some states, you can be held responsible for things your dog does, because you own him, BUT you cannot be held responsible for your cats actions, because you can't "own" cats. Some places even the law recognizes that cats don't belong to people, we belong to them.

 

[Southern by choice]

Awww.
I was wondering if she had gotten bit by a snake earlier but got interrupted typing.
Glad it is drained and hopefully she has a long time still ahead of her.

 

[Ferguson K]

That doesn't look THAT bad. Poor kitty. Give her lots of love from all of us.

I've seen cats come back from much, much worse.