Feral Cat with ear infection HELP!

Sorry, it's taken me so long to reply.
The lump..well, I have no idea what it was, but the day after I posted that I
came home to her on the deck with a giant wet spot on her head. I go out
there, she kind of shyed away. I sat down, got her near and OMG I almost
gagged! The lump evidently was some sort of pus filled infection. She had
scratched it or rubbed it on something and it burst. Yeah, gross. It was
nasty. I put some peroxide on a cotton ball, she let me rub it on there. I
couldn't even see where the yucky stuff had come from! So weird! Anyway, it
had dried up by the next morning and was just a little scab.

All better here now! She brought me a mouse missing it's head yesterday
morning. Left it on the back door mat. She loves me.



Rhonda wrote:
Great news! That's good that she's doing so much better and even letting
you handle her more.

What happened with the lump?

Hope that went away and she's still feeling good.

Rhonda

UPDATE!

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take her in. I think now I've built up enough trust to grab her and put her
in a crate if I had to.

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When I was dealing with a very pregnant feral cat that had ear mites and
other problems, I threw a heavy think coat over her in the yard and rolled
her up. I kept her in the garage until she was well. I had to put the
gooky stuff in her ears twice a day so I would throw one of those big bath
towels that are almost as big as a blanket and roll her. Find her head and
tighten the towel with hopefully nothing sticking out besides her head. It
was trial and error and we had some pretty wild times. She really hated me
for quite some time but eventually she got easier to handle.
Like any animal, they sense your fear so (I know it's easier said than
done!) if you can be calm it helps. When you are terrified, they are too.
If the cat will let you put stuff in her ears while she eats, she's not all
that wild. A cat who has never been handled would never do that.
Good luck.
Jean

Yikes, I'll bet seeing that stuff on her head was a shock.

I'm glad the cat is still letting you get close enough to treat wounds
like that. She sounds like she's yours forever...

Rhonda

KelTX via CatKB.com wrote:
Sorry, it's taken me so long to reply.
The lump..well, I have no idea what it was, but the day after I posted that I
came home to her on the deck with a giant wet spot on her head. I go out
there, she kind of shyed away. I sat down, got her near and OMG I almost
gagged! The lump evidently was some sort of pus filled infection. She had
scratched it or rubbed it on something and it burst. Yeah, gross. It was
nasty. I put some peroxide on a cotton ball, she let me rub it on there. I
couldn't even see where the yucky stuff had come from! So weird! Anyway, it
had dried up by the next morning and was just a little scab.

All better here now! She brought me a mouse missing it's head yesterday
morning. Left it on the back door mat. She loves me.



Rhonda wrote:

Great news! That's good that she's doing so much better and even letting
you handle her more.

What happened with the lump?

Hope that went away and she's still feeling good.

Rhonda


UPDATE!


[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]

take her in. I think now I've built up enough trust to grab her and put her
in a crate if I had to.