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bob and shel wrote:

*Jaq wrote:
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* Please help if you know anything that might help us.

Without knowing a diagnosis, there's really not much to offer except best
wishes and hope that you can get to a veterinarian soon, because it sounds
like he has a serious problem.

*What you are feeling could be crepitus (also called subcutaneous
*emphysema), as someone else posted. It feels like little bubble wrap

Crepitus may be caused by subcutaneous emphysema, but it is not "also
called" subcutaneous emphysema. Crepitus is a crinkly/crackly/grindy/or
grating feeling or noise which occurs on palpation of skin or joints.

*cracking under the skin. What crepitus is is actually air bubbles
*under the skin caused by leaking of air from the lungs. i.e. a

Yes, that's one cause of subcutaneous emphysema. Another possibility is a
wound from the outside allowing air into the subcutaneous space, and then
healing over - sometimes this happens with a tunnel-shaped wound in my
experience.

Another thing that leaps to mind is an infection with a gas-forming
bacterium, totally unrelated to any kind of trauma allowing air into the
subcutaneous space.

Hopefully the kitty gets some help...

-h.
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