Oh no! Gizmo has a bump....

[JstPooh]

I found a little bump on Gizmo's left side be his rib cage. It feels like a little ballon and doesn't seem to hurt him when I move or squeeze it. :confused. Any ideas? We are going to the vet at 9.

[Maximo]

There are so many possibilities, from a follicular cyst to a bug bite. I wouldn't be alarmed, but I'm glad you are having the vet check it out.

Let us know what the vet says.

[MissPixi]

Possibly a cyst?

My girl has/had a few of them. We had them removed when she went in for other things, like teeth cleaning and baby teeth removed.
If it's a cyst, don't mess with it. They "wall" in, you don't want to release the junk/infection into your little ones body. Cysts don't go away unless you get the sac out of them. Squeezing them just makes them open to major infection. A Dr. Needs to remove it or let it be.

[Wylie's Mom]

It could be anything, but my first thought bc they're so common is a follicular cyst or sebaceous cyst...neither of which is a big deal at all . Let us know what you find out at the vet, and hope it goes well!

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by MissPixi

Possibly a cyst?

My girl has/had a few of them. We had them removed when she went in for other things, like teeth cleaning and baby teeth removed.
If it's a cyst, don't mess with it. They "wall" in, you don't want to release the junk/infection into your little ones body. Cysts don't go away unless you get the sac out of them. Squeezing them just makes them open to major infection. A Dr. Needs to remove it or let it be.

Yup...my Marcel gets them too and we just have them removed if/when he has to go under like for a dental or whatnot.

[deedeebear]

Poor Gizmo! Let us know what the vet says...

[LunarBerry]

Oh I know that feeling, we had our old jack russell, Chloe, have a bump on her shoulder removed about a year or two back. Found it was cancerous but the vet was pretty confident that it wouldn't come back and that the type it was was pretty common in old dogs, but just to keep an eye on her just incase. She's been much better afterwards and is spritely but before hand it did seem to appear fairly quick (like we notice a smaller bump that got bigger in 1-2 months) and was causing her a little pain in the beginning (she got mad if we tried to touch it), it didn't seem like it hurt her around the 3rd month when we decided to get her surgery. The bump was also fairly firm.

[JstPooh]

Vet 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.

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by JstPooh

Vet 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.

Happy to hear it is just a cyst. It may reduce in size in the next couple of weeks on its own. Max had a little one on his head right before he was neutered, and it went away on its own.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by JstPooh

Vet 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.

[JstPooh]

I'm so glad to hear it might get smaller and possibly go away. I swear it seems smaller this morning. I told my bf and he said that was good but his face said I'm crazy. I love this site!

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by JstPooh

I'm so glad to hear it might get smaller and possibly go away. I swear it seems smaller this morning. I told my bf and he said that was good but his face said I'm crazy. I love this site!

Haha, bf! While you are waiting for the doctor to return from his travels, put some organic coconut oil on the bump. It can't hurt.

[JstPooh]

I can't believe Gizmo's cyst is almost gone! I am so happy!

[KendraE]

thats great!! Mack has a little hernia on his belly. My vet is just keeping an eye on it as we are afraid to put him through any more surgeries! Im glad you had such a happy ending!

[JstPooh]

thanks KendraE!
I hope Mack's hernia doesn't require surgery.