Prepare to be revolted.

Have you ever heard of anal sacs? Did you know that your cat's anal sacs can get get impacted, abscess, and then burst? Did you know that you have to turn off Google's "safe search" to find a decent picture of a ruptured anal sac abscess? Does the phrase 'ruptured anal sac abscess' make you want to barf? In that case, don't click on this picture [Warning: the picture is huge. And gross.]

In case you hadn't guessed, this happened to my cat. For the second time. I noticed a bit of red on his butt yesterday, which on closer inpection turned out to be a dime-sized hole. He had to stay overnight at the vet's so they could flush out "lots of really thick pus"... I love my vet, but sometimes I wish she was a little less forthcoming about stuff.

So now, twice a day I have to give him antibiotics and - get this - put a warm compress on his ass. Isn't that just dandy? I'm not sure which one of us is going to find that more horrifying.