A foul smell is definitely an infection. Is there an emergency animal hospital in your area you can take her to?

 

There is but they are only open after 7pm to 7am. I am going to call our normal vet first thing in the morning. I am just at the moment keeping clean and dry. I feel that could be why she was running something grabbed her and she was like NOPE let me escape and we nabbed her to keep her safe. I am going to check it again after my son wakes up and he can hold her for me so i can really see it... She seems sore but not in to much pain. no idea how we didnt see this on saturday while we were at the veterinarian.

 

Could be infection or could be a maggot or other similar thing. I don't think it's likely to be life threatening in the next 24 hours if you are keeping an eye on it and keeping it clean and dry as you say. If she starts acting ill, stops eating or otherwise shows signs of being in danger, then it might have become an emergency, but probably it will be OK until you can get her in to see a vet when they open.

 

OK thanks yes she is eating pooping and peeing as well not lethargic.

I cleaned it again and it doesn't smell as bad. We are going to go in the morning. Will call first thing. Thank you all!!!

 

Keep us updated. Hope all goes well at Vet visit.

 

Sorry for not updating. She is doing great now. no more infection and no more itching or pain. She is still hiding from everyone but hey from the streets to a home is tough for anyone.

 

Great news Omraouf! So very glad your kitty is doing well.

We adopted two rescues from the local HS last October. One is very outgoing, but the other kitty was very shy to start. She warmed up to my wife and has sort of warmed up to me. It takes a little time. It amazes me all rescues aren't shy, coming as you say from the streets.

Good for you for adopting her. Another kitty saved!

 

Thank you so much!!! I appreciate it. Yeah I was only wanting 1 kitten but tbh its been a blessing I have two ADHD children both very very high energy. They have slowed down so much understanding their actions scare her. It has been great. My oldest who has anxiety and anger issues has really settled down because he is the one that caught the little stray from the streets! She was so worth it. She is so cute and the kittens are playing together its just fantastic! Thank you.

 

Wow, how terrific that your children have the presence to slow down a bit around the kitties. That's amazing. Great job by all!

 

@amiez .....you re a bit late to the thread, here. This person has alredy posted that things are much better and no longer needs this advice.

 

Not sure who you're responding to unless their post and a whole bunch of others got nuked.

Edit: Now I notice the poster was banned.

 

I am pretty sure that "poster" was actually just artificial "intelligence" computer generated.

 

Actually, it makes no difference what kind of forum it is..... the moderators on this forum delete most of the spam, advertising, and bots that try to post on here, so that we see very little of that as members. Believe me, every forum gets them by the dozens every day and it is a lot of work for the mods to keep them cleared out. I am a moderator on another forum, and it's a daily job to clear and ban all the spammers, an increasing number of which are AI-generated.

 

It is confusing why spammers choose obscure forums like these to try and promote totally irrelevant things.

 

They don't really choose them as such. They just blast out to all forums of all kinds in a massive wave, don't care what the forum is, or pay any attention to it.

 

I was once advised to contact professionals only if I see something wrong with my cat's condition, and only such rules help me to stay confident that everything will be okay.

 

The problem that I see with that advice is that you cannot always see something wrong, especially with cats, because they tend to be very stoic.

And also, it is simply good animal care to have any animal who is aging go in for a checkup every year even if nothing seems wrong, just to stay on top of anything that might be developing. When an animal is young, it's safe to go longer than that between visits, but having a good ongoing relationship with a vet is always wise.