karen&poppy
Warren Scout
Hi everyone, need some help. Came home tonight and Poppy has got a hard oval shaped thing that looks like a big scab (but its not) on her shoulder. The fur has gone in a small outline around the hard thing and around the thing you can see her skin and a bit of blood. If you lift the thing up its kind of attached to her but to the inside of her skin not the skin surface. I know everyone is thinking 'tick' but how big are ticks? This is about the size of a 2p but oval shaped, brown and hard. Please help, i dont know what to do. I know i should go straight to vets but i haven't got £50 to throw around in emergency vets fees if it is a tick (as i know there are ways to remove these). however, if nobody knows then please don't attack me - i will take her and pay the cash. Just can't afford to pay it for the vet to do something i could do. She is fine within herself and it doesn't seem to be bothering her, when i was looking at it and gently pulling at it she just sat there content. Please help!