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I noticed a small bump on my cat, Tommie's, chin about a week ago. At first I though it was just raw or irritated because of switching him to canned food from dry; I thought that since wet food is messier and gets on his chin, it would cause him to lick his mouth more, thus causing a sore?) But after looking online today for something that looks like what he has, I believe he has a Eosinophilic Granuloma. I've noticed that he's been licking his bottom lip a lot as well.
I was wondering if any of you whose cats have had this before have noticed a certain amount of time it takes for the ulcer to develop? Like does it take a few weeks or months or is it just a matter of days? - or is it (probably) different for each cat and dependent on the cause of the ulcer? Right now I'm trying to rule out a food allergy or porcelain/plastic allergy since those are the simplest to treat and diagnose.
Tommie was diagnosed with FLUTD back in August and has since been completely on a canned food diet; he's been eating both Friskies and 9 Lives for about 3 months now. I believe that would rule out the cause potentially being a food allergy, right? But then again I guess it depends on how long it takes the EG to form.
I switched his bowl from a stainless steel rounded bowl to a porcelain saucer maybe a month or so ago. I switched that because the saucer is easier for him to eat the wet food out of w/o hitting his teeth on the top of the stainless steel bowl when he eats. I didn't know until now that cats could have an allergy to porcelain or plastic, so maybe that could have caused it?
Anyhow, I'm going to take him to the vet on Monday and figure out what it is for sure and how best to treat it - I just wanted to bring with me some ideas of what could have caused it so we'll know how to prevent it from coming back. Any suggestions on successful treatments? Treatments I've read about so far have been lysine, krill oil, fish oil, depomedrol, and then possibly antibiotics instead of steroids if possible.
Thank you all for any help! I've included pics below for comparison - the first one is from Sept. 21st and the other two are from today.
I noticed a small bump on my cat, Tommie's, chin about a week ago. At first I though it was just raw or irritated because of switching him to canned food from dry; I thought that since wet food is messier and gets on his chin, it would cause him to lick his mouth more, thus causing a sore?) But after looking online today for something that looks like what he has, I believe he has a Eosinophilic Granuloma. I've noticed that he's been licking his bottom lip a lot as well.
I was wondering if any of you whose cats have had this before have noticed a certain amount of time it takes for the ulcer to develop? Like does it take a few weeks or months or is it just a matter of days? - or is it (probably) different for each cat and dependent on the cause of the ulcer? Right now I'm trying to rule out a food allergy or porcelain/plastic allergy since those are the simplest to treat and diagnose.
Tommie was diagnosed with FLUTD back in August and has since been completely on a canned food diet; he's been eating both Friskies and 9 Lives for about 3 months now. I believe that would rule out the cause potentially being a food allergy, right? But then again I guess it depends on how long it takes the EG to form.
I switched his bowl from a stainless steel rounded bowl to a porcelain saucer maybe a month or so ago. I switched that because the saucer is easier for him to eat the wet food out of w/o hitting his teeth on the top of the stainless steel bowl when he eats. I didn't know until now that cats could have an allergy to porcelain or plastic, so maybe that could have caused it?
Anyhow, I'm going to take him to the vet on Monday and figure out what it is for sure and how best to treat it - I just wanted to bring with me some ideas of what could have caused it so we'll know how to prevent it from coming back. Any suggestions on successful treatments? Treatments I've read about so far have been lysine, krill oil, fish oil, depomedrol, and then possibly antibiotics instead of steroids if possible.
Thank you all for any help! I've included pics below for comparison - the first one is from Sept. 21st and the other two are from today.
