New Kitty on the Doorstep **UPDATE**

[kimlovescats]

Meg, it might have just been a bad abscess! I hope she comes back so your vet can check her out!

[catcrazylady]

Do you think its possible that she belonged to someone and just got loose? Maybe she went back home? Have you talked to any of your neighbors?

I hope Scarlet is ok and I'm sure if she needs help God will bring her back to you.

[catlover4ever]

Miss Scarlet was back again last night. I was coming home from work and came down the driveway to see the garage door opened and there she was sitting in my bay for the car. She moved...only slightly. As I was exiting the car the house door opened and there was Mark with a tray of food in his hands.....he was BUSTED!!!! For a man that says "enough is enough" he sure had his heart strings pulled with her.

She came in the garage to eat, let me pick her up and the lump was much smaller.....she really has me baffled. After she ate her dinner she ran off before I could catch her. She does not seem to be aling from the lump..she has a wonderful appetitie, is not a skinny kitty by any means, and she is very, very friendly. Mark seems to think that she lives at the farm house that is just up from ours.

Oh well, she is welcome to come for breakfast, lunch or dinner any time she wants.

[catcrazylady]

Meg it sounds like it could possibly be a hernia. I know when we have them at the shelter sometimes they seem small and other times seem big. It just depends on how much is falling through the tear/hole at the moment.

Little Freddy had a hernia and sometimes it felt big but if you pushed on it it would almost disappear for awhile. According to the vet as long as it stays soft they can hold off on surgery for a bit but if it gets hard its very bad.

Its just a thought but you might want to keep an eye on it when she visits again.

[catlover4ever]

CCL, thanks for the info...I will be keeping an eye on her.

[orangemm]

Well, well, looks like Mark has a heart of gold when it comes to little stray kitties! He deserves a big hug!

So glad she came back and had dinner with you!