DISCLAIMER: Ideally I would be at a vet not on a message board looking for answers unfortunately a tight financial situation isn't allowing that option immediately but will get him there as soon asap. So while waiting to round up the necessary funds I hoped to get some feedback from others rather than worry to myself.
So heres the situation. My kitty is Mono male & approx 8 yrs old. He is our only pet and lives entirely indoors. About 2 weeks ago he suddenly (like overnight fast)formed a considerably large lump (size of med egg) around where his hind quarter meets his outer thigh on the edge there was a small pea size bad spot that looked tender but not bleeding and no puncture. I initially though he'd gotten caught on something and his hair puled out. Since then the bald area has grown to about an inch and a half and the skin is red but flat the mass(es?) start at the borders of the bald area. It's become lumpy sort of U shape , He has no other symptoms and his eating, bathroom, behavior is the same as always. If the area bothers him at all its very mildly. I catch him licking the area a little more frequently than normal but it could just be the absence of hair confusing him. The bald area had a very tiny bit of yellow seepage and even smaller about of blood spotting more than actual bleeding once I began cleaning the area with peroxide it stopped all together. The lumpy nodules aren't really hard or soft but somewhere in the middle, similar to a flexed muscle... firm but still pliable.Lastly is the fact that while the bad patch grows larger the nodule always stays at the border with zero hair loss and the bad area is never raised or swollen. So basicaly the area that orginally formed a nodule is now flat again but has no hair.
So after spending a lot of quality time with Google my head is now spinning. I've ruled out an abscess since he's in no pain and he'd have had to had a cat fight with himself in order to be bitten or clawed. fibrosarcoma fits a lot of the symptoms but overnight growth seems a little crazy even for a "quick" cancer. I more favorable option seems to be ringworm even though the bald area is not a ring but more of a strip.... basically I'm still clueless so I figured I'd tap the brains of other kitty lovers/owners and see if anyone has any ideas. Thanks in advance for reading this mini-novel of a post.
~J
So heres the situation. My kitty is Mono male & approx 8 yrs old. He is our only pet and lives entirely indoors. About 2 weeks ago he suddenly (like overnight fast)formed a considerably large lump (size of med egg) around where his hind quarter meets his outer thigh on the edge there was a small pea size bad spot that looked tender but not bleeding and no puncture. I initially though he'd gotten caught on something and his hair puled out. Since then the bald area has grown to about an inch and a half and the skin is red but flat the mass(es?) start at the borders of the bald area. It's become lumpy sort of U shape , He has no other symptoms and his eating, bathroom, behavior is the same as always. If the area bothers him at all its very mildly. I catch him licking the area a little more frequently than normal but it could just be the absence of hair confusing him. The bald area had a very tiny bit of yellow seepage and even smaller about of blood spotting more than actual bleeding once I began cleaning the area with peroxide it stopped all together. The lumpy nodules aren't really hard or soft but somewhere in the middle, similar to a flexed muscle... firm but still pliable.Lastly is the fact that while the bad patch grows larger the nodule always stays at the border with zero hair loss and the bad area is never raised or swollen. So basicaly the area that orginally formed a nodule is now flat again but has no hair.
So after spending a lot of quality time with Google my head is now spinning. I've ruled out an abscess since he's in no pain and he'd have had to had a cat fight with himself in order to be bitten or clawed. fibrosarcoma fits a lot of the symptoms but overnight growth seems a little crazy even for a "quick" cancer. I more favorable option seems to be ringworm even though the bald area is not a ring but more of a strip.... basically I'm still clueless so I figured I'd tap the brains of other kitty lovers/owners and see if anyone has any ideas. Thanks in advance for reading this mini-novel of a post.
~J
