Kittehs

Señora Crankypants has this scrape on the back of her neck, between her shoulders kind of, near her scruff, that's been there for at least a week. It scabs over but it hasn't healed yet - the scab keeps coming off, it looks like. It looks like a patch of fur got stuck to something and pulled off. I don't know when it happened, because I found it when I was petting her last week. It doesn't bother her when we poke at it, at least.

She also is limping around a lot more lately. Then again, it's been raining for a week. I suppose I should call the vet and see about the spot on her neck and about some pain meds or something. Can't give her aspirin because cats don't metabolize it very well. Tylenol is poison. An anti-inflammatory would be tops, but the only option on that end is steroids, and I'd rather avoid that. We're giving her glucosamine & chondroitin kitty treats, which she likes. She mainly seems to have problems when it's rainy out. The vet said at her last appointment that she'd give her buprenorphine for pain, if we brought her in. O yey, a morphine derivative. A bit of overkill, and doesn't do much for the swelling.

NSAIDs for kitties, researchers, plz.