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Hello! I'm new here. My name is Laura. My baby's name is Batman and he is a 9-year-old Maine Coon who has developed a strange bump on his little chin.
I went one day without seeing him, and I am fairly sure it happened that day. I noticed it yesterday, a couple days later.
It was hard to the touch, kind of flaked off like it was a very thick scab, if that makes sense. Today, my other cat (Susie) was messing with him and some of it came off. I picked him up and gently picked off the stuff that was caught in his fur, and it does appear to be like a blood clot or scab (?) and under it is pink, like is has healed, but it is raised or maybe swollen. A little oozy.
I have an appointment with the vet on Friday, but was wondering if anybody had seen anything like this. Maybe a bug bite of some kind? Not a burn and most likely not a scrape, he stays indoors. Any advice on something to put on it in the meantime? It doesn't seem to hurt him, but he did get a little annoyed when I picked off the piece that was stuck in his fur.
Obviously, because he's getting old and has never had any problems like this before, my brain is screaming "CANCER!" and I am just hoping that's not the case. Haha. Thanks for any info anyone can give!
The flash hurts him little eyes.
I went one day without seeing him, and I am fairly sure it happened that day. I noticed it yesterday, a couple days later.
It was hard to the touch, kind of flaked off like it was a very thick scab, if that makes sense. Today, my other cat (Susie) was messing with him and some of it came off. I picked him up and gently picked off the stuff that was caught in his fur, and it does appear to be like a blood clot or scab (?) and under it is pink, like is has healed, but it is raised or maybe swollen. A little oozy.
I have an appointment with the vet on Friday, but was wondering if anybody had seen anything like this. Maybe a bug bite of some kind? Not a burn and most likely not a scrape, he stays indoors. Any advice on something to put on it in the meantime? It doesn't seem to hurt him, but he did get a little annoyed when I picked off the piece that was stuck in his fur.
Obviously, because he's getting old and has never had any problems like this before, my brain is screaming "CANCER!" and I am just hoping that's not the case. Haha. Thanks for any info anyone can give!
The flash hurts him little eyes.
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