My cat's about 4.5, sole cat in the house, and is strictly indoors.
About a month ago, she developed a dime-size bald spot under her eye, that vanished after a couple of weeks. It's like the hair just fell out. My vet dismissed it as an allergy or stress. Well, there's no stress here, because she runs the place...
Now, three weeks later, she's meowing a lot, shaking her head, scratching at the back of her ear (always done that), and constantly licking around her mouth and stretching her jaw. Mind you, it's NOT as bad as it sounds. She looks normal, plays the same, eats and drinks the same, poops and pees the same, and she's restful when sleeping.
I had her checked for earmites numerous times but nothing's ever found. She's always had bad breath, and her teeth have been professionally cleaned twice in the last three years, the most recent in January of this year.
When I open her mouth, I notice there are two black sacs on either side of the front part of her lower inner lip, and I'm wondering if any of your cats also have squishy sacs there.
I'm at a loss to understand the ear scratching, shaking of the head, soulful meowing and bad breath.
No earmites, no fleas, doesn't appear to be diabetes... *sigh* Any ideas?
About a month ago, she developed a dime-size bald spot under her eye, that vanished after a couple of weeks. It's like the hair just fell out. My vet dismissed it as an allergy or stress. Well, there's no stress here, because she runs the place...
Now, three weeks later, she's meowing a lot, shaking her head, scratching at the back of her ear (always done that), and constantly licking around her mouth and stretching her jaw. Mind you, it's NOT as bad as it sounds. She looks normal, plays the same, eats and drinks the same, poops and pees the same, and she's restful when sleeping.
I had her checked for earmites numerous times but nothing's ever found. She's always had bad breath, and her teeth have been professionally cleaned twice in the last three years, the most recent in January of this year.
When I open her mouth, I notice there are two black sacs on either side of the front part of her lower inner lip, and I'm wondering if any of your cats also have squishy sacs there.
I'm at a loss to understand the ear scratching, shaking of the head, soulful meowing and bad breath.
No earmites, no fleas, doesn't appear to be diabetes... *sigh* Any ideas?