Swollen cat jaw

[Roxyfan]

Not chicken related sorry! Today I noticed that my cat, Teddy, has a swollen jaw and couldent eat or drink. I already checked for broken bones and his teeth look fine. Here's a picture:

As you can tell, it's the bottom of his jaw. I don't want to take him to the vet buy any ideas would would be helpful!

 

[new2chickens307]

Unfortunately it could be an abcessed tooth root, even if the teeth look good there could be a infection above the gum line. If he was still eating j would say give it a bit, but cats need to eat or they can get really ill. You will need to have a radiograph to diagnosis or possibly a needle aspirate could work . Good luck