MacaDamien
Taking a trip to the vet ...
Suddenly early this Sunday morning, Cory began to act very ill. She sat hunched over in an odd position and refused to allow any of us to touch her. She wasn't eating or drinking and this was odd behavior from a cat who will eat anything from dog food to lettuce to bugs. We ran out and bought her some wet cat food and spoon fed her. She ate, drank some water and perked up a little, but she's not back to normal. We tried calling vets all over the area and no one had any appointments available until August! We finally found one that can take her tomorrow morning. The left side of her jaw is swollen and I can feel a small (smaller than a marble) lump within the swollen area. She is allowing me to touch it today when she didn't yesterday and is letting us pet her and hold her. She's purring. She's hungry and eating small amounts of wet food at a time and drinking.
She's an indoor cat and in 8 years she has never been sick so of course we're freaking out a bit. She has a bad habit of stealing the dog's food which is dry Kibbles and Bits. Each piece is large, so she takes one nugget at a time and cracks it like a nut with her teeth before she can eat it. I am thinking (and hoping against hope) that she has a tooth abcess. A nice curable tooth abcess. I can't tell my kids if it's anything else. I just can't.
Taking a trip to the vet ...
Suddenly early this Sunday morning, Cory began to act very ill. She sat hunched over in an odd position and refused to allow any of us to touch her. She wasn't eating or drinking and this was odd behavior from a cat who will eat anything from dog food to lettuce to bugs. We ran out and bought her some wet cat food and spoon fed her. She ate, drank some water and perked up a little, but she's not back to normal. We tried calling vets all over the area and no one had any appointments available until August! We finally found one that can take her tomorrow morning. The left side of her jaw is swollen and I can feel a small (smaller than a marble) lump within the swollen area. She is allowing me to touch it today when she didn't yesterday and is letting us pet her and hold her. She's purring. She's hungry and eating small amounts of wet food at a time and drinking.
She's an indoor cat and in 8 years she has never been sick so of course we're freaking out a bit. She has a bad habit of stealing the dog's food which is dry Kibbles and Bits. Each piece is large, so she takes one nugget at a time and cracks it like a nut with her teeth before she can eat it. I am thinking (and hoping against hope) that she has a tooth abcess. A nice curable tooth abcess. I can't tell my kids if it's anything else. I just can't.