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I am taking Penny to the vets this arvo about this. I think it might just be full of blood but she's rising 10 so thought it best to get it looked at.

Any ideas what it might be, want to beat the vet in a diagnosis?

she hasn't been licking it, she's ignored it but I wet the fur around it so I could see it more clearly. I dont think it bothers her.

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Definitely not a tick, I looked closely, I know what they look like. I can see why you might have thought that though. Very occasionally I've seen them on dogs here (never on my own) but they're pretty uncommon in this area as well.

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My uncle had something similar on his leg some years back. He accidentally scratched it one day and it bled out quite a bit. Went to the dr to have it removed.

Hope it's nothing serious Krislin. I am also just back from the vet. Boy had his mysterious little lump checked out.

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Nope, it has to come off. :) He said it could be either a melanoma or a blood vessel tumour, he suspects it's the latter, which is the worse of the two.

My Feather is sick too, she has a blockage and is the reason we went to the vet today in the first place, I threw Penny in as well luckily. Feather had an xray and it looks like it's just really big hard poos, yesterday was bone day, she must have had too much. He gave her an emema this eveing, you shoulda seen me racing home, scared silly she was going to let fly in the car. She still hasn't gone as far as I know. Hope it's not in my bed. I have to give her electrolytes every hour and another enema tomorrow morning. the things we do for love.

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Atlas has alump on his leg, i have had 3 different vets look at it, and all have said to let it go, it annoys him time to time, but then he gets over it. Vet said if it gets much bigger they will take it off, but dont want to knock him out just for that (if he goes under for something else they will remove it)

Was told if the top comes off i will have a hell of a time stopping the bleeding, but i can bandage it and let it be

will try to get a photo

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it isnt a good photo :) and it looks worse there than in real life

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Oh dear Kirislin, you have your plate full taking care of the little ones. Has feather made her poo yet? When will Penny be in to remove the blood lump? You found it early so let's hope she will make a full recovery soon.

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cant sleep, no Feather hasn't poo'd yet. I have been syringing lectade into her. I've discovered she swallows it best when she's lying on her side. she seemed to spit most of it out when she was standing.

I will make an appointment for Penny to get the lump off next week. Feather has to go back tomorrow if she hasn't done a poo and he will take more drastic action. It's going to be the Princess Di treatment, warm water up her bottom to try to break up her turds. Oh the shame. Poor Feather.

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Still no poo from Feather but she is much brighter this morning. I am a restless sleeper so although the vet said just give her lectade till I go to bed every time I woke up Feather got a dose.

We worked out a good system too so I didn't drip most of it onto the floor. If she lays on her side and doesn't lift her head I can just dribble it into her mouth, she liked it after a while!

So I've managed to get almost half a litre into her. She didn't get up for a wee all night so I am hoping that means most of the fluids are going into softening that nasty concrete poo. She was very keen for brekky just now but cant have any until we get some action :rofl: from the other end.

I've had a gentle feel and can not feel the hard lumps I found in her tummy yesterday, I think she's going to be fine but I will probably still take her back to the vet this morning for confirmation.

Thankyou everyone for your well wishes for my precious girlies. I am sure they felt your warmth.

Linda, Penny and Feather :rofl:

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Hooray :rofl: ring the bells! alert the masses! :rofl: we have POOOOOOOO!! I will take her down today when I go to pay, just in case he wants to see her again but I think Feather is all back to normal.

Mary thanks for the link, I had a brief look but I find I just get scared when I read all the maybes. I hope it's being dealt with quick enough, she's had it about a month I think. She fits the criteria though, fair skinned and loves to sunbake. :) I hope it hasn't spread.

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Penny is home and she seems fine, very bright and alert, her normal happy lively self. If she had her way she'd be outside wrestling with the boys.

the wound is a bit weepy so I have to watch she doesn't lick it. I think she'll be OK with it.

thanks for the good wishes for her.

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Yay for Penny.

Was the vet able to diagnose when he took the lumpy thing off or is it being sent for test?

I wasn't able to speak to him when I picked her up, I think he was still in surgery. I spoke to him this morning about sending it off. I decided not to as for me the results would be the same, if she gets another growth, I'd have it taken off, even if this one was benign.

I just couldn't see the point, if as I said, she'll get the next one taken off regardless.

He suspects it is the blood vessel tumour just by looking at it, I forget the medical name but it's the nasty one from what I understand. To be honest I dont think I want to know too much.

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