Skin of jaw handing down

[itsme6914]

I noticed that one of the kittens my momma cat had has the skin of its lower jaw hanging down or it is disconnected.  What can be done for this?

[Guitarman1989]

this just happened to my cat an im freaking out is there a way it could heal on its own cus were i live the vets here cost an arm an leg i dont have the money but it kills me inside seeing her an not knowing what to do

[zodiacqueen]

Hi, if the skin is dsconnected to the jaw there is no simple home treatment that can fix it.  This sounds like it needs a vet's attention ASAP.  An open wound like that in a baby, will open him up to a major life-threatening infection.  Hope ya take him to the vet soon, he may need to be stitched up and given antibiotics.

Good luck-let us know how the baby is doing!!

[itsme6914]

I cannot upload a picture at this time.  The jaw is fine.  The kitten can eat fine.  It is the skin that is suppose to be attached to the bottom jaw.  It is a wound of some sort.  It likes it was pulled down and has become disconnected somehow.

[Savas]

I'm not sure what your describing. could you upload a picture to your profile? Does it seem like a defect or a wound? Is the jawbone intact?

(It could just be a trait from a gene it has in it's ancestry).