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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / September 2007Cat with missing (rotting?) lip
We have a 13 y/o cat that started getting scabs around her head and neck. The vet said it's some sort of allergy, but does not know from what. We changed her food and they have slowed down, but still present. Just before switching foods though, part of her upper lip was missing. It looked like a clean cut - the best way I can describe it is it looks like some "flesh-eating" disease. Her lip is slowly eroding away. Tests have been done and at least 2 different vets have looked at her - still have no answers. Any ideas? -- > We have a 13 y/o cat that started getting scabs around her head and > neck. The vet said it's some sort of allergy, but does not know from [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > have no answers. Any ideas? > It sounds like your kitty may have what's called an indolent ulcer [a/k/a eosinophilic granuloma or "rodent ulcer"]. It's often related to an allergy (food, pollen, mold) but usually responds very well to steroids, either injectable or oral. Sometimes the hard part is keeping it from recurring. The key is to work with your veterinarian to develop a plan to attack this problem. Your kitty needs treatment and steroids are the likely answer, but ideally a long-term plan should be discussed to try to prevent the problem, not just treat with steroids when it's present. Anecdotally, I've treated some lesions once and they've never returned, I've treated some repeatedly and they kept recurring and I've treated some once and used a hypoallergenic food and they never returned. In other words, there is no one answer to the problem. Please follow up with a veterinarian you trust and have this lesion treated ASAP. It can be severely deforming and, I'd suspect, uncomfortable, not to mention unsightly. Sandy, DVM > > We have a 13 y/o cat that started getting scabs around her head and > > neck. The vet said it's some sort of allergy, but does not know from [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Sandy, DVM Thanks for your input! We began a treatment of steroids today. -- |
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