"Two
hard lumps in the mammary area in an older female cat.
Instant diagnosis of breast tumours," said Dr Melissa
Chua. The 6 year old cat was 42 human equivalent
years, the time when tumours are more common.
The cat would have been uncomfortable with the two
lumps under the skin and during grooming to eliminate
the mass, could have injured the skin.
"The two skin ulcerations might be the discharge
points for the abscesses," said Dr Chua.
"Melissa, it may be just mastitis (infection of the
breast tissue) rather than tumours," said her
colleague, Dr Foo. "The female cat had been
spayed but we cannot eliminate the diagnosis of
mammary tumours too."
An antibiotic and anti-inflammatory injection was
given. In 3 days, the swelling has reduced
considerably.
"Tiger likes to escape," warned the Owner many times.
"Do be careful."
The cat was taken out of the cage. Nurse Ann replied:
"Don't worry. This cat is very quiet. This will be a
piece of cake."
Dr Chua had closed the door of the examination room.
Tiger was quiet and did not claw or hiss.
"This is a piece of cat, I mean a piece of cake, easy
to handle such a cat."
A firm grip on the skin above the neck will do," she
continued.
2 swollen under
the skin lumps of 3 inches x 1 inch in the
breast tissues of Tiger.
Note the leash
which will help you to catch the cat, if it
escapes.
Nurse Ann lifted the cat deposited her
on the examination table. Really, it was a piece
of cake.
She relaxed her grip. The cat sprang up like a tiger,
leaped up to the cabinet shelves holding the drug
bottles at the side of the table.
In the wink of an eye, she climbed up the big vertical
drainage pipe of the operating room. This pipe was a
pipe coming down from the upper floors of the 7
stories of the industrial park offices.
There was a gap between the gypsum board of the false
ceiling and the pipe. Tiger squeezed into this hole
and escaped into the false ceiling area above the
boards.
No person can get into the false ceiling area as it
will not support a person's weight. What to do
now?
Fortunately, the false ceiling did not open to the
front, otherwise the cat would have gone for good.
Tiger slinked amongst the numerous twists of
electrical wires in this space above the false
ceiling.
There were now more worries. How to get Tiger to
come down? Would she be electrocuted?
Was it a piece of cake? A tall ladder was needed
too as the ceiling was above 14 feet high. What
should Nurse Ann and Dr Chua do? The ceiling board was
taken out one by one and the cat was coaxed down by
the owner. This incident shows that no veterinary
personnel should not less vigilant when it comes to
the feline species, whether it is a domestic cat or
lion, quiet or nervous.
Well readers, the use of a leash as shown in the image
in this story, is now standard procedure in cats under
veterinary examination although many times, Nurse Ann
would feel confident that a leash was unnecessary.
BE KIND TO DOGS & CATS --- GET EYE ULCERS
TREATED WITHIN 4 HOURS --- IF YOU DON'T WANT
THEM TO BE BLIND. More case studies,
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