victoria
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I originally fostered Amy and Bandit for a local SPCA beginning in August but my husband fell in love with them so we adopted them in December. They are adults, likely between one and two, but I can't guess their age any better. I started to intro them to my monster group but it wasn't going well and Sophie's scratches are not healing so I was taking a break until Sophie's situation changes I had some more energy to dedicate to it. The last time I did an intro though (Jan. 3) Amy got a deep bite around her collar bone from Ava. It was a deep puncture and it seemed she was in mild-moderate pain but it did not bleed a lot. I cleaned it with antiseptic daily for 3 days or so but there was never anything to indicate it wasn't healing properly and she seemed fine so I forgot about it.
This weekend when I was holding her her neck/throat area felt a little funny (the tissue underneath feels tough) around where the bite was so I suspected and abscess and I did a few warm compresses in the hopes it would come to a head. Her cage mate is on antibiotics for an URI and Amy had been sneezing when we went to the vet with Bandit but they have both always been sneezy (on and off) and I didn't want to put her on meds if she was going to get over it on her own in a few days so I got extra Batryl in case she worsened so I also started her on Batryl on the weekend.
Monday and Tuesday were way too cold to go to the vet unless it was an emergency and my regular vet wasn't in anyway so I figured I would take her in when I came back from my trip next Monday. Tuesday night though I noticed the side of her face was now swollen and her eye looked irritated. I called the vet Wednesday but they didn't have an appointment I could get to so I booked one this morning for my wonderful pet sitter with the new vet.
The vet doesn't think it's an abscess but a tumour (that has doubled in size in less than a week) that is inoperable because of it's proximity to the aorta (I think my pet sitter said aorta, it was something related to blood supply) and she doesn't think it's a mammary tumour. It goes from the shoulder/collar bone to behind or under the eye and she doesn't think the tumour is attached to the bone. She prescribed Metacam (I'm going in when I come back to discuss this a little more and discuss Pred instead) to help with the swelling but I don't know much more than that. Amy doesn't seem to be in any pain or discomfort even though her eye looks irritated (surrounding skin is reddish).
Has anyone else had experience with a tumour like this? It's not a lump but tougher tissue under the skin? Is there any chance it is an abscess (the only abscesses I have experience with are Sophie's that don't respond to abs and the ones I saw on Jane's males but they look anything like this) even though it doesn't look like a typical one and is spreading sideways instead of out? Could it be a bone infection from the bite? If my regular vet would consider removing it or biopsying it would it be worthwhile? I'll take pics when I get home on Sunday but it would be hard to see in the pics. I'm keeping her on Batryl at least until I get back and discuss it further with my vet and the vet that examined her just in case.
This weekend when I was holding her her neck/throat area felt a little funny (the tissue underneath feels tough) around where the bite was so I suspected and abscess and I did a few warm compresses in the hopes it would come to a head. Her cage mate is on antibiotics for an URI and Amy had been sneezing when we went to the vet with Bandit but they have both always been sneezy (on and off) and I didn't want to put her on meds if she was going to get over it on her own in a few days so I got extra Batryl in case she worsened so I also started her on Batryl on the weekend.
Monday and Tuesday were way too cold to go to the vet unless it was an emergency and my regular vet wasn't in anyway so I figured I would take her in when I came back from my trip next Monday. Tuesday night though I noticed the side of her face was now swollen and her eye looked irritated. I called the vet Wednesday but they didn't have an appointment I could get to so I booked one this morning for my wonderful pet sitter with the new vet.
The vet doesn't think it's an abscess but a tumour (that has doubled in size in less than a week) that is inoperable because of it's proximity to the aorta (I think my pet sitter said aorta, it was something related to blood supply) and she doesn't think it's a mammary tumour. It goes from the shoulder/collar bone to behind or under the eye and she doesn't think the tumour is attached to the bone. She prescribed Metacam (I'm going in when I come back to discuss this a little more and discuss Pred instead) to help with the swelling but I don't know much more than that. Amy doesn't seem to be in any pain or discomfort even though her eye looks irritated (surrounding skin is reddish).
Has anyone else had experience with a tumour like this? It's not a lump but tougher tissue under the skin? Is there any chance it is an abscess (the only abscesses I have experience with are Sophie's that don't respond to abs and the ones I saw on Jane's males but they look anything like this) even though it doesn't look like a typical one and is spreading sideways instead of out? Could it be a bone infection from the bite? If my regular vet would consider removing it or biopsying it would it be worthwhile? I'll take pics when I get home on Sunday but it would be hard to see in the pics. I'm keeping her on Batryl at least until I get back and discuss it further with my vet and the vet that examined her just in case.