Muffin dragged her back leg around for several months but managed very well to the litter box, food dishes and her bed. Follow up Vet appointments indicated that she was doing well and was indeed, a healing machine as the Vet told us. Cauliflower ears are common in stray or Ferrel cats, usually caused by a fight or self inflicted scratching. The capillaries are broken in the tender tissue, it then swells and "heals" in a crinkle like appearance. This does not harm the cat but cleaning may be necessary due to possible mites.
Muffin was doing well, the most affectionate and sweet cat that one could ever wish for, she and our other cat, Frankie, were indoor cats, forever protected from the wild things that come around at night and day.
Back in August, Muffin began to have redness of her right eye with drainage. The first visit to the vet and she was put on three different eye medicines with only the slightest improvement. Follow up appointment, vet said it looked «ok» but I was not convinced. Trip to a second vet and she was put on a different eye drop. Another visit for a follow up and by the fifth visit, it was determined that she needed surgery to remove a growth that was pressing on the eyeball, causing it to drain and irritate her. She had the growth removed and stitches were later taken out: still the area was red and draining. Trip seven to another vet who said that removal of the eye was necessary to stop the drainage. Muffin was sleeping more over the course of these several months but still eating her usual amounts of food. When her lab work came back normal, she was ready for the eye removal, or Enucleation. At the Vet’s, surgery done and home the same day. Two weeks after the surgery, Muffin acted like a younger cat! She played with her toys (and borrowed some of Frankie’s), batted the ball on the string, and overall acted like a relieved cat doing very well maneuvering around. The Vet said it was probable that she was in pain for the past few months and slept more because of it. Now that the eye problem was resolved, she felt better and it showed. We have a cauliflowered ear cat with one eye as the photo below shows. I tell her all the time that she is the most beautiful calico cat that I have ever seen.
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This Thursday, Feb. 2 at 6:30 will be the monthly meeting of the DeKalb Animal Coalition, second floor of City Hall. It may not be as exciting as a football game and we don›t sell hotdogs, but the concerns are of the other kind of dogs and (cats) that the kindhearted people of DeKalb are helping. First and foremost to help prevent homeless animals is to SPAY and NEUTER your pets.........spread the word.
