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[lexin]

I think I can turn panic mode off: I had a good look at Smokey's 'lump' and it was a hard bit of matted fur. I've had a go at it, and with Smokey's help (when I scritched at it, she groomed it) it has all been removed.

I think it was simply in a place difficult for her to get to, so she ignored it. She just needed encouragement.

Thank you, cat, for scaring me half to death with that.

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[emrinalexander]

I am so glad it turned put to be fur.

[lexin]

Thank you, so am I.

[bluewolf458]

That's good! What a relief!

[kotturinn]

Phew! Cats - they do love to scare us!

[batdina]

Oh, good. I'm glad it was nothing after all.

Our furry beasts regularly scare us too. Love in a non-human package is hard to explain to people who don't share that experience, you know?

[lexin]

Absolutely!

[lexin]

They really do, don't they?

[lexin]

True.

I'm so pleased it wasn't a lump I had to take to the vet.

[corvidology]

Good news!

[lexin]

It is, I'm so happy I won't have to drag Smokey to the vets at Llandegai in a carrier.

[catalenamara]

I'm so glad it turned out to be something innocuous.

[marcelo]

Yay! Whew.

[lexin]

So am I!

[lexin]

Absolutely.

[gattagrigia]

I'm so glad it was just a mat. Current cat had a small mast cell lump that the vet found and removed, and warned me that it could recur anywhere - so comforting NOT. I get teased because I worry far too much (but once in a while I'm right). Pets and snuggles for Smokey!

[lexin]

Smokey likes the pets and snuggles. Thank you!

I worry over Smokey, all the time.

[doire]

Oh, cat.

I once, at the vets, panicked over a nipple. I'd been asked to hold her and my fingers were in places they don't go normally. The vet was very reassuring.

[lexin]

I've heard of other people doing that, so not a surprise.

I've also heard of vets saying that people take their cat to the vet because of a 'noise' the cat is making. They are very surprised to be told that it means the cat is happy. Purring. Obviously, if you're a first time cat owner, you may not know what that noise and vibration is.