Part 2

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I've been worried about Random over the past few days. He was hiding a lot, sleeping a lot, and taking almost no interest in his surroundings. He was acting almost as if he didn't know who I was. When I petted him, he didn't purr. He was letting Harlee boss him around. However, he was still eating normally and using the litter box.

Last night, when I came upstairs from messing with the garage, I saw a large, bloody boil on his ear. It looks like either he or Harlee scratched his ear, and it became infected. Poor guy.

So I made an appointment to take him to the vet in the late afternoon. (I have an appointment with the garage door people around noon.) I'm a little concerned about getting him into the cat carrier because I'm afraid that I'll bump his ear, but it looks like I might be able to bribe him into the carrier.

(As I said on my forum append at work, any more crises need to take a number -;))

Addendum: Random is currently lying on top of his cat carrier. At least he isn't freaked out at the sight of it.

Comments

[lesliesailor.livejournal.com]

Don't be surprised if the abscess bursts before you get him to the vet. I had that happen to one of my cats - Bozo had an abscess on his back (he actually looked like a dromadery camel it was so large), and while we were waiting to take him to the vet, it burst. It looked gross, but I think he was happier with it gone. When we got to the vet, they just cleaned it up and gave him some antibiotics.

Kiki has had a couple, too. The last one, I just squeezed the pus out until I got blook, cleaned up the wound with hydrogen peroxide and gave him some Keflex. It cleared up in no time.

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It turns out that it is an hematoma. The vet is going to do surgery tomorrow to drain it and suture it shut.

None of my cats have had abscesses yet (knock wood).