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Problem with Cats Nose

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  • 19-08-2009 12:11pm
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    Hi All,
    Im looking for any bit info or advice regarding a problem with our cat.
    He is roughly 15 years old. Lives outdoors and has been pretty healthy all his life. Always a bit chubby.
    Anyway his nose lately seems to have got infected and a large chunck of it has woren away.
    It always looks a bit messy but the cat dosent seem bothered much about it.
    Has anyone seen a sympton like this before.
    The cat has also definitly lost a bit of weight in the last year also.
    And the sympthon has been showing now for the last 4-5 months


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    KTRIC
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    Right so let me get this straight, his nose got infected and part of it fell off !! :rolleyes:

    Did you at any point bring him to the vet ??


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    Jinxi
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    Just to warn you, you are about to get bombarded by cruelty by neglect messages!

    Your cat has an infection and needs antibiotics. At their age and with weight loss(which is usually a sign of bad tarter build up/tooth decay) if you don't bring him to a vet s/he will just not turn up one day.
    If he is an unfixed tom, them as he gets older, the other toms in the area will pick on him to claim his territory(and the females in it). This will continue until he eventually dies.
    Such is the life of an unfixed outdoor cat!


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    Jinxi wrote: »
    Just to warn you, you are about to get bombarded by cruelty by neglect messages!

    Your cat has an infection and needs antibiotics. At their age and with weight loss(which is usually a sign of bad tarter build up/tooth decay) if you don't bring him to a vet s/he will just not turn up one day.
    If he is an unfixed tom, them as he gets older, the other toms in the area will pick on him to claim his territory(and the females in it). This will continue until he eventually dies.
    Such is the life of an unfixed outdoor cat!

    Thanks for the quick reply, and the heads up re the impending abuse.
    The cat has had only one trip to the Vet in his life. That was to get fixed and that was an ordeal. He has always been bretty healthy otherwise.
    Its only in the last few weeks that the nose has started to look bad. Added to the fact that it wasent bothering him, we just let it slide.
    I know, I know and im sorry.
    SO a trip to the vet is in order. We will sort it out.
    We live out in the country, so he has very few meetings with other cats so he has been in very few scrapes in his life


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    The Sweeper
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    What colour is the cat?

    They can suffer a number of ailments of the nose, including cancerous lesions, non-cancerous lesions, infections and so on. The best thing is indeed the vet, but be prepared for teh vet to suggest the cat be put to sleep because of its age.

    Next time, bring your animal, whatever it is, to the vet at the first sign of illness. As well as being the best exercise of repsonsible pet ownership, it's cheaper in the long run.


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    Munster Gal
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    Wow! 15 is a really good innings for an outdoor cat! Hope he gets on well at the vet and if the vet does suggest putting him to sleep get another opinion. It's best to bring him to a vet who has a does a good bit of small animal work. Let us know how you get on.


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    ziggy23
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    The Sweeper wrote: »
    What colour is the cat?

    They can suffer a number of ailments of the nose, including cancerous lesions, non-cancerous lesions, infections and so on. The best thing is indeed the vet, but be prepared for teh vet to suggest the cat be put to sleep because of its age.

    Next time, bring your animal, whatever it is, to the vet at the first sign of illness. As well as being the best exercise of repsonsible pet ownership, it's cheaper in the long run.

    Totally agree. If the cat is white or has a white nose it could be squamous cell carcinoma a form of skin cancer. My 15 year old cat had this on her ears. I always tried to put sunblock on them but she used to take it off when she was cleaning herself. In the end her ears had to be removed. She's fine now apart from lookin a bit strange:rolleyes: But I agree u should have brought the cat to the vet at the 1st sign. It doesnt sound to good if it's losing weight:confused:


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