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Freya's vet visit

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Freya went to the vets yesterday about a lump on her abdomen. She has had it for a while and it started off really tiny, only about 1mm in diameter. Now it has steadily got bigger and is about 1-1.5cm in diameter and she has another one the same size as the first one was. I had taken her to the vets when it was small and they didn't seem too worried as it wasn't attached to anything, but seeing as it has grown so much and she has a new one I took her back. The vet still wasn't too fussed as she said it doesn't feel cancerous and its too high a risk to anaesthetise her to find out, but if it grows much bigger than this may be an option. I'm just worried as I don't know what it is...she is fine in herself and the vet complimented on how well she looked, so it's obviously not doing much harm. I just hope it's nothing to worry about.
Have any of you had any similar circumstances? Do you know what the lump could be?
 
Hi there,

You can have the lump tested without going under GA. they just insert a small needle and take a sample of the lump itself and send it off for testing - like a biopsy.

Our Winnie had a lump on her nipple and we had it tested before we decided to have it removed. It was a little expensive but it did come back as highly likely to have be cancerous so that meant that i was sure that we should take it out - hoping that it had not had time to spread.

Because the lump was quite small had it come back all clean I probably would have left it unless it started growing in size and because a discomfort or likely to get snagged on something.

So for me it was definitely worth paying to have it tested....
Maybe you could ask your vet about that or if you tell us where you are someone might be able to recommend a good vet in your area?

Lx
 
Sorry just seen where you are... I don't know the area very well though...

My vet is in reading so maybe a little far for you, maybe someone will be able to suggests a vet near you.
 
If your worried ask your vet to take a fine needle biopsey (FNAB) which involves placing a needle into the lump and sampling it. This way the sample can be sent to a lab and the lump can be identified and your mind can be put at ease.

x.
 
When Rodney was quite young he developed a lump on his belly, that started quite small but got bigger.

I took him to the vet but they couldnt extract anything with a needle for a biopsy, so vet advised me to have it removed which I did.

It turned out to be a fat lump! So I put him through the stress of surgery for a fat lump, not to mention the £250 it cost for removal and analysis. However, at least I knew it wasnt anything serious.
 
chesney got a lump on his rump and the vet took a sample from it with a needle and sent it to the lab for testing. it came back as a sebaceous cyst., not harmful and we were told to keep an eye on it's size as if it grew it could burst and then would need cleaning out. it hasn't grown at all though, it's actually got smaller if anything. :)
 
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