Ah Mitzi!

[RedHedd]

My poor little girl. I noticed while petting her yesterday that she was matted and had some poop sticking to her fluff "back there" so I decided to help her. Imagine my shock and dismay when I discovered my poor, wooly girl was hiding an anal abscess! YUCK! I've heard about such things, but have never experienced one and especially on a lady such as my little princess.

She was a good sport about letting me clean it - my what a lot of pus I was able to express out. It was obvious she felt better after that insult to her nether regions. Today she's at the vets so they can clean her properly and make sure she's okay.

My poor little lady! I'm sure she'll be fine.

[Catty1]

Poor girl! That must have hurt. A good cleaning up at the vet and a few days on antibiotics, and hopefully she'll be good as new!

[KittyGurl]

Poor Mitzi! Get a good cleaning at the vets and behave yourself. When you come home, you will look beautiful than ever!

[AbbyMom]

Poor widdle thing. Hope she's better soon.

[cassiesmom]

Feel better soon, beautiful Mitzi!

[RedHedd]

Well she's home but not very happy. I need HELP! How the heck do you keep an E-collar on a kitty? She's not supposed to lick back there, and they said to use the E-collar when I can't watch her. The wiley Ms. Mitzi has it figured out and is out of it in minutes! I've never had to use one of these danged things. The "ties" they provided me with are flimsy gauze that are already falling apart; this is definitely not going to work. Also if I try to leave it on her all day when I'm gone, she won't be able to eat, drink or use the litter box! WTF? It's too hot here right now to let her get dehydrated just so she can't lick!

[RedHedd]

Mitzi is at the vet's today for a recheck. The doctor called this afternoon to let me know she's healing very well and looks much better. I could tell that too. Even though she doesn't like me flushing her out back there, I could tell that she's getting better as there's no more pus. She's also back to cuddling with me - actually she's cuddling even more. I think it's because she's feeling a LOT better. I wonder how long she'd been hiding her symptoms from me as I hadn't noticed anything being off with her. They are SO good as masking their symptoms when they are ailing!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad to hear that Mitzi is doing much better and that she wants to cuddle with you again.

[jenluckenbach]

I totally missed this thread, but would like to add my thoughts for Mitzi. Glad to hear she is already getting better.
Did the backwards e-collar work?? (I never heard that idea. I MUST remember it!)

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Whew! Glad to hear she's doing better. Way to go, Mitzi!

[RedHedd]

I've been so busy this week with work and after work commitments, that I didn't have the heart to e-collar her when I wasn't around as I wasn't around much at all. In fact I completely forgot about it! She's healing fine without it and the vet didn't mention it again, so I figured I'd just let sleeping cats lie