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Hi Dr. Tobin,
My 8 yr old DLH cat has been having problems with her chin. Two months ago on January 15th she had a sore on her chin. I didn't know anything was wrong with it until it burst open. The vet put her on an antibiotic for 7 days. It healed up and I thought everything was fine. Than February 23 it burst open again. I brought her to a different vet because I was visiting my parents. She took her scraping and tested for mouth bacteria. None of found. She said it wasn't in the right place to have anything to do with her teeth. She put her on Clavamox 62.5 two pills a day for ten days. Everything seemed back to normal. Than this morning I found it was open again. I can't make it to the vet's office today. The emergency vet is 80 miles away. We are in the middle of a winter storm. I have left a message at the first vet's office. When I bring her in on Monday what should I ask them to check for? Do you have any idea what could be causing this?This morning, I also washed it out with soap and warm water then put rubbing alcohol on it. She wasn't very happy with me when I did that.

Thank you very much,
Jaime
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Gabby and Tucker

It sounds like there may be some foreign bodyjunder the tongue that keeps reacting. I don't know if this is an abscess, in which case the vet should look under the tongue, or a sore right on the tip of the chin, in which case he should look for a foreign body right in that area. Or your cat might be scratching at the area and causing the sore herself. See if the cat is scratching anywhere else.

Thank you Dr. Tobin,
I'll will ask the vet to look on Wednesday. The only time they had available. My cat isn't scratching any where else. Actually she hasn't been scratching her chin either.
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Gabby and Tucker