So this cat has had some health problems and is FIV positive. He just had a teeth cleaning done about 2 weeks ago.

He is easy going. But when I touch this area he tries to get away and makes unhappy noises.

To me these areas look swollen. Almost like a round lump. They are soft.

More pronounced when he lays on his side. Sticks out almost ball shaped. Like a distinct ball shaped fattty area.

Now he had an injury to this area when I first took him in, (he was a stray. I took him in around April).

I’ve never had an overweight cat. I am not sure if this is abnormal and needs a vet visit. Or it’s normal to have fat deposits there and he’s just unhappy about being touched there from the old injury.

Anyone have a fat cat and can confirm it’s normal or not.

My other concern is, it’s a swollen lymph node or something . It is bilateral but bigger on one side but definitely on both sides.

I’ve taken this cat to the vet so much that I don’t want to take him in just for normal fat deposits.
I am aware he is overweight. It’s been challenging managing his bottomless pit appetite but his diet is being managed.

I can’t seem to find this info online about fat deposits. Do cats put on fat right around the hip joint area ?

Maybe not all cats do but some ?

Here is an illustration with the lumpy fat area circled.

    • echo@lemmy.today
      6·
      1 day ago

      Or don’t ignore this advice. It’s a subjective question that each person must answer for themselves. One may be much happier spending quality time with their pet instead of putting it through a bunch of incredibly expensive and painful procedures that diminishes that quality and leaves the owner broke.

      Private equity can still fuck right off in any case…

      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        21 hours ago

        Or it could be something completely treatable that will end the cat’s life early and horribly if ignored. Maybe you shouldn’t own a pet if you don’t want to be subjected to vet costs.

        • echo@lemmy.today
          1·
          17 hours ago

          I’ve taken this cat to the vet so much

          Or, maybe, their vet sucks… It’s already established that the cat isn’t healthy. They don’t really need to give the vet any more money to re-establish that the cat isn’t healthy.

          • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            12 hours ago

            Their vet sucking and overbilling is entirely likely too, but that doesnt mean not giving the cat medical care. It means finding a better vet like you said.

        • daannii@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          17 hours ago

          Quality of life is important to me. Even if it’s something untreatable, there are always things you can do to make the cat more comfortable and reduce pain. And prepare yourself for euthanasia if it comes to it. So I agree it’s still worth knowing. Even if it’s something incurable.

          I mean Fiv isn’t curable either. But knowing he has it means I can catch problems earlier and improve his quality of life. And lifespan.

      • UndulyUnruly@lemmy.world
        17·
        1 day ago

        If you’re genuinely trying to sway others to join you in your delusions by advocating they forego their empathic concerns for their animal and not take sensible, precautionary first steps of medical assessment to rule out that the animal suffers unnecessarily, you can piss right off.

        What a piece of work.

        • echo@lemmy.today
          3·
          1 day ago

          I’m not going to suggest to them that it’s cancer and if it is cancer I’m not going to suggest that they should treat it. You can also piss off with your assumptions. I’m not going to let my pets needlessly suffer, either. (Nor force them to suffer with some idiotic, expensive cancer treatment that is just as likely to kill painfully kill them as it is to cure them.)