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Originally Posted by JstPooh  V et said its a follicular cyst. I could leave it alone and monitor it, do something like a needle biopsy or remove it. I am going to have it removed when the vet comes back from vacation in 2 weeks. He has someone who will be covering for him, but I would feel better if he does it himself. Gizmo also has one baby tooth that hasn't fallen out so they will extract it at the same time.
Thank you all for responding. It helps to know others have gone through this.  |
Uni had a few and our vet said the same thing. The first three or so times I had them send it out for testing to see what it was. After a few times I am now able to tell if it's the same kind of bump and just not bother taking it out and having them test it. It's def over $100 each time, just to let me know it was something like an ingrown hair or backed up hair follicle.
She did have one on the top of her foot once though and it was kinda big, like a 1/4" diam. The vet didn't want to take it off bc there wasn't enough skin to stitch it back up. They did a needle aspiration and sent that sample out (again nothing
) and the bump stayed but turned black. I figured it was the blood underneath that turned color when it dried. It stayed like that for months and months. I would check it daily to see if it was changing size or not. One day I went to check and it wasn't there! At first I thought I was checking the wrong foot. Nope! It just went and fell off by itself. So weird.