I was petting Taz tonight and I found a small lump on his rear hip. It's just under the skin and it's hard. About the size of a pea. I'll call the shelter tomorrow to see if they'll allow him to go to the vet, but what could it be? I don't think it was there before. Should I wait a couple days and see if it goes away?
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I found a small lump
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Has he had a shot recently??
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Ya know what she did say he just had his shots. But on his rump? I thought they give them on the back of the neck area between the shoulder blades.
My vet used to do it b/t the blades but not anymore...they do it towards the back end not sure exactly where because I don't look
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Ok. it's likely that then. And they may have well given the shots themselves to save on money. i'm not sure. I know they take them to the same vet I have and they've never given my animals shots there. So if they did it themselves they could have done it in that area. Or perhaps a new vet tech or something.. I'll keep an eye on it. I don't want to bug them over every little thing ya know..
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Many vets now give shots on the back leg/rump area because if it does turn out to be cancer, they can remove the leg if necessary.
That was my understanding as well.
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So is there a lot of instances of cancer just under the skin where they use to do it? If so I'd say those statistics need to be looked into.. I firmly believe we over vaccinate though and were not told the repercussions of doing that as well...so..
Anyway, that was a bit off topic. I'll keep and eye on it.
Anyway, that was a bit off topic. I'll keep and eye on it.
