I found a rather large, hard lump on my Lily today. It is on the skin near her mouth. I have never seen one like this before..it is hard and painless, but it has tiny little scabs all over it and it bleeds easily...I will take her to the vet but has anyone seen anything like this before?? I am concerned..Thanks..
I have no idea what time it is where she is as I am on Greek time and it is 9:45 PM. With all the falling back w/the time zones I am sort of in the Twilight Zone at the moment! :HistericalSmiley::innocent:
Sandi, you might be in bed asleep before I find out..I'm on eastern time so I haven't left yet...my vet was booked today, and I got the last appointment..I am wondering if it had anything to do with the dental, too..that nasty thing is oozing..I will let ya'll know as soon as I know..thanks so much everyone for your concern and support..:wub:
April, it has been hard for me to be online a lot right now. I feel rude not even having been able to answer thank you's on my FB wall.
Please know though ... that you and Lily have been in my prayers and that it is nothing serious. I will check in later this evening to see how the vet appointment went today.
Lily has a bacterial infection..there is no lump, the skin is thickened there..the vet put her on Clindamycin(antibiotic) twice a day and Muricin cream to put on the sore..but we have no idea how she got it..I'm glad I took her in..hopefully it will clear up with the meds..thank you all for your support..:wub:
Lily has a bacterial infection..there is no lump, the skin is thickened there..the vet put her on Clindamycin(antibiotic) twice a day and Muricin cream to put on the sore..but we have no idea how she got it..I'm glad I took her in..hopefully it will clear up with the meds..thank you all for your support..:wub:
If she had any open skin in that area - from playing with her siblings or scratching her face...normal doggy stuff ..... and then the bacteria got into the tiny opening - that could easily create a bacterial sore.
I'm glad you took her in and got some stuff to help treat it Hope it clears up quick.
Oh man...I hope it's nothing like the celllulitis that I had. That was awful! And painful! Poor baby. Give her some very very gentle kisses for me. :smootch:
April--So glad it's easily treatable. Penny had a little scratch / scab on top of her head once and one on her chest. I saw them blow drying her. But both went away on their own. I know they are from playing with Sammie.
xoxo.
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