Have you ever found lumps on your pet? Did you go the vet about it? What was the result?

Question

The lump do not seem to hurt him when I push them around, but they do appear to grow.

These lumps are not something you can squeeze like a pimple. They feel like fatty masses.

Answer 1

They could be fatty tumors or cysts. Do not panic! Fatty tumors do not need to be removed unless the area it's in will affect the dogs health or it grows to be very large. Most fatty tumors are benign and not cancerous.

My dog had a hard small bump on her neck. Turned out to be a cyst. All told she had 5-6 of them all over her body that I was not aware of (had to press down hard on the skin to feel them). I had moved and went to a nearby vet who told me they had to be removed and the surgery was going to be 700-800. I got a bad vibe from this vet and went for a second opinion. Spent 75 dollars to have a mini biopsy (took a sample from the cyst to look for cancer) and the cysts were all benign and did not need to be removed. They might continue to grow but would eventually pop and would be harmless to my dog.

Four years later, my dog is fine. The largest cyst on her neck I had popped (yes popped) by my vet for 20 bucks while my dog was under having her teeth cleaned.

If your dog is healthy with no other symptoms your dog should be fine. You can take your dog to your vet but if they push for surgery for removal of a cyst it's worth it to get a second opinion. If it's a fatty tumor however and large, then they may want to remove it on the safe side.

Answer 2

i'm no longer a vet, yet have talked to vets about the lumps in my cat's pores and skin. Cats at your's age regularly get lumps. regularly, they're only fatty deposits. yet they can be mast cellular or perhaps squamous cellular maximum cancers, so that's ultimate to get them checked to be secure. A vet can better effective tell through feeling what htey will be -- does your cat have a perplexing mass connected to the body, or a softer one which strikes round with the exterior? I had an exceedingly decrease priced try finished to work out what my cat's bumps were because the vet concept they'd properly be mast cellular, and thank goodness they grew to develop into out to be fatty deposits. also, a cat's pores and skin wil regularly sense like there are a collection of lumps, especialy lower than the tummy -- a huge perplexing one i imagine is a worse signal, their abdomen regularly sounds like a collection of lumps. make certain there aren't any lumps around the nipples, and so on.. in case you submit better info about the lumps it may help. At your cat's age, that's conceivable that's carefully innocuous, notwithstanding that's likewise ultimate to get your cat checked asap, because no matter if that's some thing worse, then stuck early the lump can basically be bumped off and your cat will be cured, searching on what that's. strong success, I wish the right for you and your kitty.

Answer 3

Yes I have a dog that has about three of these lumps. I took her to the vet and drew some of the fluid out and had it checked.I was told it is a simple fatty tumor.you're right they do grow and my vet said she had a dog that had these tumors and it got so big the fluid started to seep out. She didn't want to do surgery due to the dogs age but when it started seeping she had no choice. The dog did make it through the surgery just fine. I had talked with my vet too in regards to having surgery on my dog to remove these tumors,but she has since been diagnosed with a heart problem so surgery is out of the question.She is a doberman pinscher that will be ten years old in December. I wish you ALL the best with your dog.

Answer 4

My dog had a lump on her neck after getting a shot. The lump went away after two weeks. I did not take her to the vet because I figure it was from the shot. I am so happy that I was right. I love my dog. However, for your case I would take my dog to the doctor like everybody has been saying the lump can be cancer. Lumps that grow on the dog seem to scare me.

Answer 5

When you find lumps on your pet, you need to take it to the vet asap....the vet will do a biopsy of the lump to see if it is cancer or if it b9(non-cancer) Either way you need to find out....If it is cancer it wont spread overnight, but your pet begins to get pain anywhere in it's body, like it's joints than there is a chance that it is cancer, and if you do wait to see the vet there may be no treatment to save your pet. If you go right away and it is cancer that hasn't spread to other organs yet than there is a very high chance that the cancer can be removed. So get to your Vet ASAP!

Answer 6

I've had lumps on my dogs that turned out to be abscesses, but they tend to hurt. It could be a fatty mass, or a malignant tumor. Please take Rover to the vet ASAP so those can be taken care of.

Answer 7

Yes, and we eventually went to the vet, because at first I thought it was an insect bite, but the vet diagnosed it as a mass. To me, it appears to have got smaller, but the vet wanted to see him again this coming week.

Answer 8

Fatty mass is exactly what it is. My lab has one on her ribs. Doesn't hurt them. The masses are common in females. Only have it removed if it gets too large.

Answer 9

oh.. I have an old man Beagle and he had like 15 lumps all oer his poor old body, especially on his chest. They think it was just benign tumors, but he ended up dying 2 years after we found him (he walked up to our door on Christmas Eve and we kept him ever since then!) I loved him so much! :(... :)

Answer 10

I have a guinea pig rescue, we see them all the time, tumors abbesses cyst, they remove them, you can have a biopsy done if you like, it is up to you, but it is best to remove them as some grow, and are not always good, some tumors if caught in time, do not spread, as you are responsible for your pet, you should have it taken care of,

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