u/ciaobeya

They taste like sour cream and onion chips with a bit more onion powder added. Def needed more onion, I give them a 6/10.

My indoor cat (3yrs old) has had a swollen foot that oozes with pus for going on 9 months. I’ve taken her to the vet since it’s started and they keep guessing that it’s pillow foot even though it only affects her back right foot, all other feet are fine. Her activity levels are fine, her appetite hasn’t changed, she isn’t coughing or sneezing, no abnormal eye or nose discharge. We have another cat who shares a litter box and she is fine, her feet haven’t had the same problems as my first cat.

I’ve given her antibiotics for weeks at a time which will clear it up but after a few days the problem comes back. They’ve given her steroids and NSAIDs, her foot will clear up then after a few weeks it comes back. I clean her foot nightly, I’ll do epsom salt soaks, I clean her litter box daily. She’s now on a special diet bc they suspected it was allergies, her foot is still weeping. I changed vets and they did blood work, a culture, and still the vet is stumped. This has been going on for months and I am tired. I cannot afford thousands more in vet bills, I can’t. I had to get a second job to supplement my income from the unexpected costs and I am getting so angry with the seemingly incompetent vets I’m dealing with.

The next step is a biopsy and xray along with a UA (everytime I take her to the vet they can’t get a sample) and that bill will be about $1,300. I cannot afford this. Please give me advice of what to say or what to do or what it might be, I am drowning.