could this be an abscess?EDIT was an abscess popped!

[Moon]

I bet you it was something like an ingrown hair that got infected. I know she's hairless but she has some peach fuzz right?

 

[RatsForever]

Good news it popped! And yeah, it does have a nice aroma. :sick2:

 

[Joanne]

Indiscriminate use of antibiotics will lead to resistant bacteria. Your rattie was just on Baytril. This is a very good reason NOT to put her on it so soon after the first round. If she is well (behaving and eating normally) and does not have a fever, I would suggest letting her body have a chance to eliminate it on its own. Animals (humans included) are capable of great feats of repair.
All things said, however, it would be a wise idea to take her to the vet and see what they think. That's what they went to school for.

 

[lilangel]

she is doing well now the opening is staying clear and cleaned out every few hours. i just can not believe all the stuff that came out of it :sick2: but weird thing is it did not smell like some says :?

also talked to my vet and he said same thing just make sure its cleaned out and shes doing well and all should go good.

 

[Debbie]

Our nekkid girls were very prone to cysts. Although those pics look more like an abscess, our Rosie had something very similar. It started just like the one on your Jani did (Rosie's was right where a belly button would be). It grew very slowly. After about two months, it started getting ugly like what you just went through with Jani. Our vet went to take a look at it, and it popped. It was indeed a cyst, that had abscessed.

Perhaps this what might have happened with Jani too. i.e. you might not smell the nastiness of just a garden variety abscess. Cysts don't tend to smell as bad.

Our Rosie healed up just fine (with daily flushing and antibiotics) and hopefully Jani will too.

Unfortunately, as beautiful and wonderful as nekkids are, they are also prone to skin "ickies". They are very prone to ingrown whiskers too. :sad3:

 

[Ka'eina]

How's she healing up? Our Yngve had an abcess. We applied a hot "ish" damp face cloth on it twice daily until it popped on it's own. Rolf had Yngve on his back checking on it when it blew. It was the most disgusting yellow / green I'd ever seen. But he hasn't gotten one since.