Sick Kitty?

October 25, 2007 by
Filed under: Life 

Cats on Stairs

Our cats are coming up on 12 years old.  This is the time of life when age starts to take a toll.

Isaac is the cat on the lower stair above.  He’s already suffering from what is likely arthritis in his hips.

This week we discovered a lump on his back right leg.  It’s a solid but spongy mass under the skin at about knee-level.  It’s about the size of a dime in diameter and about the height of 3 dimes.  It doesn’t seem to bother him at all – he’s still running and jumping and sleeping as much as usual.

We took him to the vet last night.  The vet did a needle biopsy, and we should get the results by Monday.  He said it could be something sinister or could be as simple as a fatty tumor that is almost always benign.

I hope he’s OK.

(The other cat is Albert, in case you were wondering.  They’re from the same litter.  We’ve had them since they were 6 weeks old.)

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2 Comments on Sick Kitty?

  1. Mark Time on Sat, 27th Oct 2007 3:37 pm

    2. Kitty is alright

    I mentioned on Thursday that Isaac had a lump on his leg. The vet called today. The tissue tested as fatty tissue – making this a fatty tumor which is benign and very common in older cats. We are to

  2. Kitty is alright : Mark Time on Tue, 20th Jan 2009 1:50 pm

    3. […] I mentioned on Thursday that Isaac had a lump on his leg. […]

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