My cat has something green sticking out of his neck!

It doesn't look like that, it looks like a little helicopter seed. I can't
get it out and my friend told me to leave it alone. It's still there today,
and I'm getting woried. He doesn't mind it, and it doesn't seem to hurt him.
It's not mangled in the fur, as I can move all the fur out of the way and
it's still there.


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On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:14:58 +0000, Claire W via CatKB.com wrote:

It doesn't look like that, it looks like a little helicopter seed. I can't
get it out and my friend told me to leave it alone. It's still there
today, and I'm getting woried. He doesn't mind it, and it doesn't seem to
hurt him. It's not mangled in the fur, as I can move all the fur out of
the way and it's still there.


Take the cat to Ted before it becomes infected.

Claire W via CatKB.com wrote:
It doesn't look like that, it looks like a little helicopter seed. I can't
get it out and my friend told me to leave it alone.

You basically just told everyone, that you spend no time with your cat.

You haven't petted him long enough to even know that the thing was on
him.

I would know if something like that was on my cats neck.

Damn cat is probably walking around hard as brick, stressed, unpetted,
and now your tampering with one sore spot! acting like a novice.

get a pair of scissors, get a razor blade, cut the hair away from it.

*** WARNING *** Don't use sharp object on the cat if you dont' know
what your doing. If you can pluck and eyebrow, you can cut a helicopter
out.

Do what Sherri Said.

biggerbadderbarry wrote:

You basically just told everyone, that you spend no time with your cat.


If I spend no time with my cat, why would I have rescued him? I wouldn't even
have noticed it was there! I love my cat and just this morning I was petting
him and he watched me swim. He's upstairs sleeping on my bed right now and
I'm just worried that it's hurting him (even though he doesn't show it ).


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"Claire W via CatKB.com" wrote in message
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It doesn't look like that, it looks like a little helicopter seed. I can't
get it out and my friend told me to leave it alone. It's still there
today,
and I'm getting woried. He doesn't mind it, and it doesn't seem to hurt
him.
It's not mangled in the fur, as I can move all the fur out of the way and
it's still there.

Claire,

You are right to be worried. What is the problem with taking your cat to the
vet? Even if it doesn't look like a foxtail seed to you, it is a foreign
body embedded in the skin which might cause infection. It may become
abscessed and you'll have more issues on your hands, to say nothing of the
potential danger this still poses. A vet can identify and remove this if
done soon enough. It is beyond the time for you to wait and see. Please take
your cat to his vet.

Good luck,

M.

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OK, I'm off to call the vet and make an appointment.


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You need to get your butt out of the pool and resolve the problem with the
cat.



"Claire W via CatKB.com" wrote in message
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biggerbadderbarry wrote:

You basically just told everyone, that you spend no time with your cat.


If I spend no time with my cat, why would I have rescued him? I wouldn't
even
have noticed it was there! I love my cat and just this morning I was
petting
him and he watched me swim. He's upstairs sleeping on my bed right now and
I'm just worried that it's hurting him (even though he doesn't show it ).


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"Claire W via CatKB.com" wrote in message
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biggerbadderbarry wrote:

You basically just told everyone, that you spend no time with your cat.


If I spend no time with my cat, why would I have rescued him? I wouldn't
even
have noticed it was there! I love my cat and just this morning I was
petting
him and he watched me swim. He's upstairs sleeping on my bed right now and
I'm just worried that it's hurting him (even though he doesn't show it ).


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I'd take him to the vet, myself. Cats are good at hiding bad things.

I'd take him to the vet, myself. Cats are good at hiding bad things.


Have a safe trip!, I'm sure it will only take 5 mins to cut it loose and
sterilize the area.

Claire W wrote:
OK, I'm off to call the vet and make an appointment.

We're going to get it checked out at four:thirty...it was the earliest they
had. Not early enough.


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