Dorothy came to us with a benign growth on the back of her neck, it was a black shiny bubble looking thing. Maybe 1/4 inch diameter or so. Not a problem, my vet said they're pretty common and not to worry about it. A basal cell tumor, I think she called it. So we didn't worry about it, until this past weekend, I noticed it was scratched open! It looked like a small shriveled raisin, not smooth anymore, with a bit of dried blood on/around it. Eeek! So I got her an appointment on Monday, and the vet again said they're pretty common, and sometimes they open up, from a scratch or whatever. She cleaned it up, checked it out, and said it's fine, we should just keep an eye on it. While we were there, we got her hyperthyroid blood tests done which were due in a few weeks anyway, so that was good. (Tests came back great!!)
Last night, in a million to 1 chance, I found what looked like a piece of this growth on the floor! Genever was staring at something by the front door (which turned out to be a cricket), and I went to see what she was after, and I saw a black thing on the floor, thought it was a bug, bent down to look and saw it had some orange fur on it. So I picked it up and said to BF "I think this is Dot's neck thing! Or a piece of poop maybe." She was on the sofa with him, so he looked and said it's definitely smaller, I looked at it too, and at the piece I found, and yeah, it was a big piece of it. I don't know if she scratched it off or if Genever groomed it off, but this is freaking me out now! Why all of a sudden she's messing with it?
So I called the vet this morning- again- and my vet isn't in, but I left a message and I guess one of the other vets will give me a call back about it to decide if we need to do anything more about it, or just keep watching it. Not sure what else I should watch for though...
Anyone else have a cat with a skin tumor thingy?
Last night, in a million to 1 chance, I found what looked like a piece of this growth on the floor! Genever was staring at something by the front door (which turned out to be a cricket), and I went to see what she was after, and I saw a black thing on the floor, thought it was a bug, bent down to look and saw it had some orange fur on it. So I picked it up and said to BF "I think this is Dot's neck thing! Or a piece of poop maybe." She was on the sofa with him, so he looked and said it's definitely smaller, I looked at it too, and at the piece I found, and yeah, it was a big piece of it. I don't know if she scratched it off or if Genever groomed it off, but this is freaking me out now! Why all of a sudden she's messing with it?
So I called the vet this morning- again- and my vet isn't in, but I left a message and I guess one of the other vets will give me a call back about it to decide if we need to do anything more about it, or just keep watching it. Not sure what else I should watch for though...
Anyone else have a cat with a skin tumor thingy?