What do I do about my cat's abscess?

My cat is 18 years old and over the past few days she has this huge abscess growing on her foot between her toes. A little bigger then a golf ball in between her toes. It is soft and tonight it started to form another bump on it which seems to be draining. I can’t really tell, but I assume that is what is going on. I don’t have the money for a vet and it seems that it started to bother her today. I was told that hot compresses were good for her to help her get through it. But isn’t this a type of infection and with her age could this be fatal with out antibiotics? She is old and I don’t know if her immune system is strong enough anymore to fight it off. What should I do?

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Answer #1

Take her to the Vet! She is ILL!

Answer #2

TAKE HER TO THE VET!!! She needs antibiotics…AND abcesses are VERY painful…poor thing.

Answer #3

1 take her to the vet. 2 you have a very old cat! lol.

Answer #4

Loosing a pet is never easy…been there, done that.

Hope you are doing ok with her not around anymore. Just remember the good times, thats what I do :)

Answer #5

She is going to be put down tomorrow at 3:30. I am going to miss her :(

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