Hi all,
My cat has this little lump near the corner of one of her eyes. The pictures aren't great, but honestly, there isn't much to see. She does not have any eye swelling or discharge, and doesn't seem distressed by it at all.
She sits on the window a lot these days--with the window open. When we first came here, she got these little lumps on her ear. I waited, and they actually went away in a few days (I believe they were insect bites). This thing in the corner of her eye--I was thinking it was a clogged tear duct, but from what I read, it doesn't really fit the description. She had a skin tag awhile back, and when I took her to 2 different vet places, they gave this alarmist speech about her having a tumor and needing a biopsy and a lot of blood work. I finally got an honest vet who said it was a skin tag (it didn't resemble a tumor at all). This vet, I really like her, is now 120 miles away...
... She's helped me out and actually called in albuterol for my cat (she has standing albuterol and prednisone for asthma flare ups), and, while I trust her, I don't really want to go there. For my cat, it would be an okay trip--except for the fact that any vet completely stresses her out and makes her act like a crazed animal. For me, not so much. If I take her to a vet here, I would probably have to pay for a useless exam (doc can't hear much with all the growling and yowling--and she had one in July, I think) and a lot of unnecessary stuff--and the vet may put my cat through stuff that would make it that much more stressful for her. My question would be whether or not it's possible to wait and see...see if this thing goes away on it's own (it's been only a few days).
?
here's the lump.
lump again.
good side
front...
THANKS!!!!
My cat has this little lump near the corner of one of her eyes. The pictures aren't great, but honestly, there isn't much to see. She does not have any eye swelling or discharge, and doesn't seem distressed by it at all.
She sits on the window a lot these days--with the window open. When we first came here, she got these little lumps on her ear. I waited, and they actually went away in a few days (I believe they were insect bites). This thing in the corner of her eye--I was thinking it was a clogged tear duct, but from what I read, it doesn't really fit the description. She had a skin tag awhile back, and when I took her to 2 different vet places, they gave this alarmist speech about her having a tumor and needing a biopsy and a lot of blood work. I finally got an honest vet who said it was a skin tag (it didn't resemble a tumor at all). This vet, I really like her, is now 120 miles away...
... She's helped me out and actually called in albuterol for my cat (she has standing albuterol and prednisone for asthma flare ups), and, while I trust her, I don't really want to go there. For my cat, it would be an okay trip--except for the fact that any vet completely stresses her out and makes her act like a crazed animal. For me, not so much. If I take her to a vet here, I would probably have to pay for a useless exam (doc can't hear much with all the growling and yowling--and she had one in July, I think) and a lot of unnecessary stuff--and the vet may put my cat through stuff that would make it that much more stressful for her. My question would be whether or not it's possible to wait and see...see if this thing goes away on it's own (it's been only a few days).?
here's the lump.
lump again.
good side
front...
THANKS!!!!
