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Living with Devil
Devil is a small dark grey female that I found wandering in the street ten
years ago. She has always had an attitude and doesn't like to be touched. Even being petted makes her growl and carry on. Her lower lip seems to swell up frequently, but I can't get her to open up and let me look into her mouth. Does anybody have any ideas about lip swellings and treatments? |
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Living with Devil
On Sep 10, 11:49 pm, "Astrid" u37332@uwe wrote:
Devil is a small dark grey female that I found wandering in the street ten years ago. She has always had an attitude and doesn't like to be touched. Even being petted makes her growl and carry on. Her lower lip seems to swell up frequently, but I can't get her to open up and let me look into her mouth. Does anybody have any ideas about lip swellings and treatments? Can you put her in a pet carrier and bring her to a vet? If needed, a vet can sedate her for a better look. A swollen lip can signal a lot of things (infected tooth, kitty acne, possible sarcoma, etc. ) and at her age, earlier treatment is better than waiting. |
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Living with Devil
Astrid wrote:
Devil is a small dark grey female that I found wandering in the street ten years ago. She has always had an attitude and doesn't like to be touched. Even being petted makes her growl and carry on. Her lower lip seems to swell up frequently, but I can't get her to open up and let me look into her mouth. Does anybody have any ideas about lip swellings and treatments? Look up "eosinophilic granuloma". "The eosinophilic granuloma produces a classical swollen lower lip or chin..." - picture here, midway down the page (black & white kitty): http://marvistavet.com/html/eosinophilic_granuloma.html I have found in our cat that it responded to supplementation with the amino acid L-Lysine. L-Lysine counters L-Argenine (arginine). People with cold sores, or herpes simplex seem to benefit from controlling the lysine/argenine balance. Eventually he didn't need it anymore, with no recurrences, perhaps due to a change in diet also affecting that balance. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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