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I was doing my daily routine with Litto, the recent stray I adopted off the streets in December. She's getting more into playing and recently fell in love with a stick with a shoelace tied to it, and was going to town on it. As she rolled over and had her legs out, I noticed what essentially resembled a Hot Spot on her thigh. Because she was a stray for 5 years before I brought her in this year, I haven't been able to exactly handle her like my 2 boys so I just happened upon this by chance but it was never noticeable before this so I'm thinking it was more recent. The odd thing is I've never really seen her excessively grooming that spot, or going at it as if it's an issue. I was able to hold her down by gently holding the skin on the back of her neck so I can snap some pictures, a lot of her fur actually overlaps it so it was kind of hidden, but I was able to push it outwards for some pictures. As I was inspecting it, she wasnt showing any signs of discomfort or pain as I was moving the fur around, and I even grazed it accidentally, and still nothing so that left me a little more confused.
I'm going to attach the full images for a better look at it. Unfortunately I wont be able to get to the vet this week so it would likely have to be early next week. I'm going to keep monitoring it today and tomorrow and if seemingly starts getting worse I'll force a visit this Friday. However, in the meantime, is there any sort of ointment that I would be able to apply there? Or would not knowing what it actually is make it difficult to understand what ointment I should even use in the first place? Just want to minimalize any discomfort/itching she may be experiencing for now. All that said, she is acting 100% normal and actually more playful than ever.
Things to note: Food changes have been happening since her anal gland issue a few weeks ago as she got a shot that completely minimalized her appetite, so was trying a few different wet foods - Though I did change to a different type of kibble this last week and this is the first I'm noticing it so I'm wondering if its an allergy issue?. I do have an occasional ant problem as the warmth rolls in over the months, but it hasn't cropped up lately. I did have two small bites on my elbow the other day that could have resembled flea bites, or spider bites(though my boys do not have fleas and she was inspected when before I first adopted her.) All things I'll be bringing up when I take her in.
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I'm going to attach the full images for a better look at it. Unfortunately I wont be able to get to the vet this week so it would likely have to be early next week. I'm going to keep monitoring it today and tomorrow and if seemingly starts getting worse I'll force a visit this Friday. However, in the meantime, is there any sort of ointment that I would be able to apply there? Or would not knowing what it actually is make it difficult to understand what ointment I should even use in the first place? Just want to minimalize any discomfort/itching she may be experiencing for now. All that said, she is acting 100% normal and actually more playful than ever.
Things to note: Food changes have been happening since her anal gland issue a few weeks ago as she got a shot that completely minimalized her appetite, so was trying a few different wet foods - Though I did change to a different type of kibble this last week and this is the first I'm noticing it so I'm wondering if its an allergy issue?. I do have an occasional ant problem as the warmth rolls in over the months, but it hasn't cropped up lately. I did have two small bites on my elbow the other day that could have resembled flea bites, or spider bites(though my boys do not have fleas and she was inspected when before I first adopted her.) All things I'll be bringing up when I take her in.
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