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Scab on tail and flicking it around like a crazy thing!????!OK Thomas is very prone to fleas at the moment - have tried everything  Yet he is still flicking his tail around in a crazy manner, jumping on it and racing around growling at his own tail! Now I just flea-combed him and found a huge scab on his tail which he went absolutely ballistic at me about (got a terrible scratch to prove it  )He won't let me get near him (he's a feisty git, can be extremely ferocious) but I was just wondering - could this scab on his tail be somewhere that the fleas are festering? Just a thought - surely if it was just a scab he would leave it alone? And if it is possible the fleas are somehow festering on this scab - how the heck can I get the scab off without putting Thomas to sleep to do it?!?
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Think I would get him to the vets Sarah, just to find out what has caused it... |
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Do you think Thomas could have been bitten by another cat and that's what caused the scab? |
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Mags, yes that's possible, we have two cats and they do *occasionally* have a wee argument lol! In fact I posted here a while back that my Scrabble had a scab on his tail, we took him to the vets and got some anti-b's and she cut it out. But I don't get the swinging around thing, he does that when he has a flea.. although I guess if there is a flea it might head for the scab and irritate it further.. hence a need to get it off and sorted? |
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If it is a cat bite and there is still some infection in there, that would make his tail thrash about a bit ........will he let you touch it? |
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in fact he growls at me if I so must as stroke down near his tail... |
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It sounds as though it is very painful for him ........maybe a vet check sometime? |
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I think you might be right Mags & Moli, thank you for the advice. Will take him this week and get it checked out.. poor vet, I hope Thomas isn't the first aggressive cat she will have seen |
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Sure they will realise he is in pain, and thats why he is being aggressive, poor boy, please let us know how he gets on... |
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It's a classic place for a cat bite and consequent abcess. a/bs will soon sort him (it must be painful - poor thing) |
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