Swelling in cats jawline

[Pepper118]

Can someone please tell me what is causing the swelling in my barn cats jawline? He was fine yesterday, so this happened overnight.

 

[IndyJones]

Does he go outside? Could be a wasp sting maybe?

Wasps seem particularly bad right now.

 

[Pepper118]

Does he go outside? Could be a wasp sting maybe?

Wasps seem particularly bad right now.

That's a possibility. Thank you!

 

[silent meowlook]

It looks like an abscess. He needs to see a vet for care. It’s not something you can do anything for at home other than warm compress but that would be painful and I doubt he would allow it.

Not a vet and no way to tell for sure.

 

[stephanietx]

I would get him to the vet to have that checked out. It could be an infected tooth, abscess or bite/sting.

 

[IndyJones]

And if it is a wasp sting the compress might hurt even more. He does need to see a vet reguardless because it could be a either one we really can't tell. But usualy an abscess will have a wound of some sort which is why im leaning towards a sting which can swell like that within a couple hours or less if alergic especialy.

Just get it looked at even if you just text the vet a photo in the meantime