Hi everyone
Just wondered if anyone had seen anything like these with their Bengals? I noticed last week that jagger had what looked like a sore patch on his mouth. He's been in a couple of fights recently so figured he'd been caught with a claw and kept an eye on it. By Saturday, it looked very sore and was bigger. As we had their annual vaccinations booked for Saturday and I wanted to check it wasn't infected as we'd need to rebook their boosters, I took him in to be looked at by the vet.
The vet didn't think it was a scratch from a cat and looked more like an allergic reaction to something. She gave it a clean and said she would take another look Tuesday when I was taking them in for their boosters and to bathe it if he let me with salt water to dry it out. It wasn't infected, just a bit oozy.
Yesterday it looked worse but on the basis it isn't bothering him (just me!) we took the decision to let it be, and see what happens and to go ahead with their boosters. So in a week or so I need to report back if it is healing/getting worse and/or starting to bother him.
Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing before and did it clear up? If it doesn't, he will probably get a cortisone injection. I've had a lot of these, they do have side effects etc so we are trying to avoid it if possible. I've been told to let it be and not bathe it for now and see what happens, basically because he doesn't appreciate having it done
Any thoughts appreciated!
This is how he looked Saturday:
Jagger Saturday (590x640).jpg
And this is how it looked yesterday (Tuesday):
Jagger Tuesday (640x480).jpg