[Neil]

Maybe she can't afford to take it to the vets and be ripped of for hundreds of pounds so she is just keeping an eye on it to see if it gets better first. Cats are very resilient, a few years ago we had one that cut itself badly n the skin between its leg and body. It looked like you could have put your fingers in and peeled its skin off. We cleaned it and closed the would. He healed very quickly and a few days later you could not even see where the cut had been.