Hi my baby girl looks like she has irritation to the middle of her lower lip.. It almost looks like a blister (shape wise) but doesnt look puss-filled. If this sounds really out-of-wack I can take a picture..


her lip is red aswell and has been like this for about two days.. I put some Betamethasone Valerate Ointment on a few times but it hasnt seemed to do much besides make her angry.

The last cat I had.. When I was very young.. Probably 6 or 7.. Had the same thing a few times..

Any idea what it may be?

Also I haven't noticed to many signs of her hurting.. She's eating fine.. If I tuoch it she flinches and wants me to go away.. But if i were to touch around there at anytime she'd probably have the same reaction..

Thanks

over night her lip has seemed to get worse.. she's still eating but part of her lip looks discolored... like a hint of yellow.. with a different texture also..


I'm going to take her to the vets after school today

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I just was searching around on google and I found a few different medications for pets that have Betamethasone Valerate as an active ingrediant.

Also Betamethasone Valerate is simply an anti flammatory cream.

I'll bring the cream to the vet with me and ask him if that was alright for me to use. I won't use it again unless he tells me otherwise.

(It hasn't seemed to help much anyway.. But that may be because she wipes it off immidiately)




Also I googled "Rodent ulcer cat pictures" and none of the pictures look like hers.

hers really looks more like a blister and it's right smack in the middle of her bottum lip.. also it's on the outside.

My poor baby, I'm worried for her. :/

the cat may have gingavitis - my cat developed an odd looking lower lip. When I took her to the vet this is what he diagnosed.

I now feed raw chicken wings/drumsticks/thighs and mouse size lumps of muscle meat as well as her normal diet of bozita to get her to chew to naturally clean her teeth.

there are threads on here about this problem - worth a search

However would book a vet visit just to be sure.

It's gotten a lot worse.. I'm about to leave for the vet..

I doubt it's gingavitis for she has really healthy teeth.

I'll let you guys know soon.

So it turns out she had an allergic reaction.. The vet said it was most likely to the plastic in her food bowl. We bought her glass food bowls now so hopefully we won't have this problem again.

He gave her a shot of cortisone (which is a steroid that is a powerful anti-inflammatory).. He also prescribed Clavamox drops.. That I have to give her twice a day for ten days..

I have to give her 1ml.. the poor girl has to drink it..

He said her boo-boo should clear up in 72 hours.

I hope she's not hurting

My cat had a similar thing you described. My vet said to give her a steriod injection but because she was kittening, should wait. I took her to see another vet and he said she was over grooming, and a few days later it disappeared. Hope yours clears up soon.

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glad you took her to the vet and you now know what it is, i hope she is better soon,xx

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When I woke up this morning I can already see the improvement.

She doesn't hate the medicine as much as I thought, and it's fairly easy to give her.

I'm glad everything worked out.