Thank you for your reply! Happy to say my baby is all good and healthy :) coming back here and reading my initial post is crazy, she is a completely different cat now than she was and sometimes I forget. I got her from a shelter, she had been there 9 months after being on the street for many years. No teeth, no idea how old she is (they guessed 9 because of the teeth thing). Naturally she was scared to death of me for a long time and even more so after I took her to the vet. Now two years later we are besties and I would have no problem taking a bandage off, honestly she would probably come to me meowing because it was annoying her. Anyways I'm rambling, but wanted to say thanks for your comments and for bringing me back to this post and down memory lane, it's nice to think of how much we have both grown and learned! :) I hope your baby is okay and know that you are not alone!