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Originally Posted by Beabble

Yes, she's female, I've checked her. Believe me, if she'd let me get her into the crate so I could take her to the vet, I'd do it, the last thing I want is for her to have a litter of kittens, that'd just break my heart. I'm actually wondering if she's already spayed though, there's a lot of other cats running around back in our woods and in the whole year we've been caring for Squeeker, she's never had a litter. Keeping my fingers crossed that she doesn't either. It's taken a whole year for her to let me pick her up, but boy soon as she sees the crate, she runs! I spoke with the vet this morning to see if there was anything else I could do for her abscess since since she won't let me put her in a crate and get he to him, he said pretty much all I can do is what I'm doing. He said the antibiotics will work from the inside out, and then me keeping it clean and keeping triple antibiotic ointment on it will also help it, but I need to make sure it stays open. There's only a pin whole there where she's either scratched it open or something else did, so when it gets dried, I moisten a gauze pad and keep whipping it till it starts oozing again and then I squeeze out all I can. She's really good about letting me do this surprisingly, it's got to hurt her, but she lets me do it. I just wished she's let me get her into the crate and take her to the vet to get it lanced open so it can drain and heal properly.

The reason I had asked about her possibly being a him is because a lot of people do not realize that cats do not have the same type of anatomy as a dog and some people don't now how to tell the difference between male and female in cats. I have trapped cats before by just by putting dry food in the crate and when they go inside to eat I just close the door real fast. It sounds like you are doing a wonderful job treating her so hopefully she will heal soon.