Hi, my 10 year old cat had cat flu when he was a rescue kitten. He’s an indoor cat as he once had an allergic reaction to his immunisations.
—Two weeks ago he had a lot of brown discharge from his eye. Vet diagnosed cat flu flare up and gave antibiotic ointment for his eye which worked. Said he also had a nasty ulcer on one side of his tongue which was causing drooling and she thought caused by biting himself.
-A few days later (1 week ago) we noticed a swelling on his right foreleg, different vet had a look and said it was a cyst that would resolve on its own which it has.
-Over the course of the last week he’s started biting at his tummy, and all four legs to the point they are stained with saliva, matted and bald in places. Vet doesn’t think stress (I don’t think so either), thinks possible allergy and has given steroid injection. Vet is concerned about the ulcer in his mouth and thinks possible tumour, so due to go back in 3 weeks to check if it’s grown/responded to steroids/do biopsy. she thinks mouth problems/eye/cyst and biting himself are unrelated, but I think this is a big coincidence.
Has anyone ever had a cat who has manifested with the self biting/hair pulling/eye infection and mouth ulcer? Was it a cat flu flare up or something different? Anything you could recommend to help him?