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Strange lump on Mimi's back (Gristle?)

stampz

stampz

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Looking some advice, this may well be nothing as both girls were at the vets last night and he didn’t say anything, but whilst stroking Mimi last night, I felt something on her back, just below her neck.

It feels like a square of what I would describe as gristle, I can feel all around it, and it moves quite freely with my fingers, and she doesn’t seem to be under any distress when I do this. I have checked Lola and she has nothing similar, I can’t post a pic as it is under her skin and you cannot see it.

Bit of a long shot I know…but does anyone have any idea what this is, or whether it is something I should be worrying about?
 
stampz said:
Looking some advice, this may well be nothing as both girls were at the vets last night and he didn’t say anything, but whilst stroking Mimi last night, I felt something on her back, just below her neck.

It feels like a square of what I would describe as gristle, I can feel all around it, and it moves quite freely with my fingers, and she doesn’t seem to be under any distress when I do this. I have checked Lola and she has nothing similar, I can’t post a pic as it is under her skin and you cannot see it.

Bit of a long shot I know…but does anyone have any idea what this is, or whether it is something I should be worrying about?
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It could be some granulation caused by an injection she had when spayed :?
An antibiotic, Baytril, is often the culprit.

If this is the cause it should eventually resolve but the surface skin may first breakdown and form a scab. The full healing process can take a few weeks.
 
hi

Did the vet feel it? Did you notice it before going to vets?
It may be that it has just appeared and the vet never knew about it but I agree it may be from a needle.
Or we found lump similar on Angel just above shoulder it was quite big so how we never felt it before we were puzzled it moved around etc We did get it checked and she had it removed and sent to lab it was just infected fat? Vet said infected fat is caused by needles, bites anything could have been treat with antibiotics so if you are worried get vet to check.
 
One of mine had a hard lump under his ear. The vet stuck a needle into it to check that it wasn't caused by an infection. She said it was a calcium growth, which is basically gritty bits of gristle
 
lump

Hiya

The fact it is freely mobile under the skin is really reassuring. It could be a cyst or a benign lipoma (fatty filled tissue) or like folk were saying a reaction to antibiotic. If it were something nasty, I guess it would be hard, craggy and fixed and your bun would be unwell.

I'd take back to the vet - might put your mind at ease.

The worry these buns cause us...but it's worth it!!:D
 
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