feral cat w/ rodent ulcer

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sherid67@yahoo.com - 04 Sep 2007 13:34 GMT

I think one of my feral cats has a rodent ulcer. There appears to be a
lump on one side of her upper lip. She's eating just fine but I am so
worried about this. The vet will not prescribe anything or even make a
judgment without seeing her, but she has been untrappable for a long
time (she was trapped once when I got her spayed, but is now terrified
of the trap).

What should I do. I don't want this lump to get bigger, but I feel
helpless. I do have a bottle of 5mg prednisone. I could possibly crush
a pill up and put this in her canned food, but I don't know the proper
dosage or if prednisone has some adverse effects on cats. She is
around 10 lbs. and 4 years old.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Sheri

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Gail - 04 Sep 2007 14:57 GMT

I'm not an expert, but I think the 5mg of Prednisone would be a good idea.
My one cat was on this for most of her life for IBD.
Gail

>I think one of my feral cats has a rodent ulcer. There appears to be a
> lump on one side of her upper lip. She's eating just fine but I am so
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> Sheri

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buglady - 04 Sep 2007 19:22 GMT

> I think one of my feral cats has a rodent ulcer. There appears to be a
> lump on one side of her upper lip.
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> dosage or if prednisone has some adverse effects on cats. She is
> around 10 lbs. and 4 years old.

.......how do you know it's not an abcess that has not burst yet? If it
was, pred would be the worst thing you could do.

buglady
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