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Well theres thing hole in my kittens head. Yeah a hole. Its really gross and oozie. Has anyone heard of anything like that? Its pretty deep. Kind looks like a volcano. Dont suggest vet cause thats out of the question. Me and my sister have been keeping some medicine on it. Its for horse cuts,but you know,thats all we have for now. And before that we tryed putting some cream on it that my mom said would help but the momma cat kept licking it off. This probly sounds odd but its really got me worried about it. Can anyone help me figure out what it is?
It sounds to me like he got into a fight with maybe another cat and caught its claw in her head.
My cats have had that before. I dabbed peroxide on it and treated it like any sore.
I know you usually do, but this time you need to go back and read... we've already solved the whole original problem, lol
Maybe you can convince your mum to have inside cats?
I know you don't want to hear it but pets should be exactly that.... pets.
Not something you have so you can say "I have a cat" Pets are for companionship and should be inside.
Don't completely agree.
I say convince her to let them be inside until they are older, and can handle themselves outside. I feel that pets, cats especially, should be indoor/outdoor, it seems to make them happier.
Cats are either indoor or outdoor most often.
Once a cat gets outdoors it is often hard to keep a cat indoors if it is an outdoor cat.
If they prefer the outdoor and you keep them in they can cry so bad you can't stand it.
Some areas where I lived wanted to make a leash law for cats and they couldn't do it because cats are classified as predatory animals.
There is a saying you don't own the cat the cat owns you
When I was 4 I had a cat that disappeared all the time for months. I remember she came back home to have her babies and I named her mamma cat.
Come to think of it I still name most all my cats mamma or babygirl or babykitty.
Hey, Taylor, I was just reading your kittie story.....wow!! When I first started reading, I did think of some kind of worm or grub....our cows would get these larvae in their skin and the holes they made were pretty bad. The holes looked just like your poor kitties holes.
Did your vet tell you how to keep the cats safe from this? They're so young right now, I'm thinking there's probably no spray or dip that is OK for them. But when they get older, you could shampoo them or spray them with a pesticide that is OK for cats. Right now, all I can think of that you could do is brush them a lot, which would take away at least most of any eggs that have clung on. You could bathe them in a baby shampoo (so it doesn't hurt their eyes) too, but make sure they don't get too cold!!
I know exactly how you feel, too. I grew up on a farm and we had barn cats, there was no way my mom would've taken those cats to a vet!! We would just be able to have the cows and horses looked at by the vet, not the cats and dogs. And she didn't want the cats inside either. They were true outdoor cats too, I would bring one in once in a while just to pet it but it wasn't happy to be inside really. The cats were very good hunters, that's what they were meant for, they kept the mice and rats out of the feed. If those cats weren't there, the mice and rats would've taken over, and probably would've been in our house too!! But the cats weren't looked at as pets, I know some people might not understand this.....We didn't buy them or adopt them, they just show up. People would often dump the cats off at our farm too. So it's not like the typical ownership that most people feel for a cat, ya know?
OK, I hope the vet told you how to keep the fly larvae out of the cats!!
If you pet the kittens a lot, feel their skin for lumps because that might signal another larvae. There is a trick you can do if you suspect another larvae-put vaseline over the lump, and it will kill the larvae (it suffocates them), BUT....you still have to get the larvae out!! Sometimes you can pop it out yourself, call your vet and ask if it's OK to try to get it out yourself first though!! I'm definitely not a vet!! But I was in your situation, and I know that if there is a "next time" your mom might not be willing to take the cat to the vet yet again!! I know my mom wouldn't. Anyway, I've popped the larvae out of some animals before hundreds of times. It's like popping a HUGE pimple, and this nasty worm creature pops out, along with this goo that looks like snot!! Any time I did it, the animal healed very fast, I just gave it a quick spray with an antibiotic areosol one time after popping it. So it's probably fine, but to be sure, call the vet first if you find another one. He can tell you for sure to either try to do it or not.
Don't completely agree.
I say convince her to let them be inside until they are older, and can handle themselves outside. I feel that pets, cats especially, should be indoor/outdoor, it seems to make them happier.
Just my opinion.
No problem, I just prefer inside animals, others are fine having them outside.
It's just personal preference, especially with cats, I have never owned them (allergic) but the strays that we feed I feel so sorry for and just want them to live inside and be all warm and toasty
No problem, I just prefer inside animals, others are fine having them outside.
It's just personal preference, especially with cats, I have never owned them (allergic) but the strays that we feed I feel so sorry for and just want them to live inside and be all warm and toasty
Yep, prefrences and opinions.
True, I would prefer if my cats would obey, but they aren't dogs... lol.
I tried keeping one of my cats inside once, she just had kittens, and it was winter so they couldn't go outside yet, and she fought me to get outside. I guess some cats just need to spread their wings... err... claws.
Wish you best of luck to find them again!
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