[Ansteorra] OT: Help if you can

[Chelsea Durham]

No, I understand perfectly. I said I was confident it wasn't a snake bite, not a spider bite. In other news, she doesn't seem to be in pain. When we treated it, she was pretty calm. I would suspect that if it hurt her terribly, she'd have fought, as she's a very nervous cat. I also suspect that after I noticed it a few days ago, it would be worse now, but it doesn't appear to have changed much. Also, I can't imagine where she would have gotten in contact with a brown recluse because she's a strictly indoor cat, unless I open the door to the porch in which case I watch her. 

-Lady Grainne Kathleen NicPadraig MacDaniel 

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> Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 06:16:16 -0500
> From: stephaniesuesansmith at gmail.com
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] OT: Help if you can
> 
> You don't understand.  The venom of the brown recluse kills the tissue where
> the bite is.  That dark area is dead tissue.  It will continue to spread
> until it kills the cat.  If it is as bad as you say, you have two options:
> vet or dead cat.  If you cannot afford to treat it, you should at least have
> the cat humanely euthanised.  A bite is very painful and if it is on the
> check it will eventually compromise the airway and the cat's ability to eat.
> 
> See this article for details:
> http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/skin/c_ct_brown_recluse_bite
> 
> 
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> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Chelsea Durham <baby_sis_83 at hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'm going to say I'm confident it's not a snake bite. Because if there's
> > any doubt, I will freak out and kill something. *snakeaphoebic* Anyway, we
> > put some peroxide on it and it looks better. It's been swollen for a couple
> > of days but I haven't been able to catch her. It's possible it's an abscess
> > because she's in a house with another cat that has front claws and they box
> > each other.
> >
> > Other than that, though we can't exactly afford to take her to the vet.
> >
> > -Lady Grainne Kathleen NicPadraig MacDaniel
> >
> > Son, I never knew there was part of me missing until you were born.
> >
> >
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