Possible Skin Tumor?

16th March 2010

Earlier this year, I noticed that Joy had something that looked like an abscess on her tummy. She had probably popped it herself & it was already scabbing up by the time I saw it. I cleaned the area, applied some aloe vera & thought nothing much of it.

Joy bleeding1

Just last week, I noticed that the abscess has returned & it’s bigger. I cleaned the area again, applied more aloe & waited for a couple of days to see if it would get better.

Joy bleeding2

Since it didn’t scab up, I took her to the vet today. Vet suspected that it’s skin tumor because he felt a lump. He wanted to be conservative, so he just prescribed Joy with some antibiotic cream. For a week, I’m supposed to clean the area twice a day with hydrogen peroxide & subsequently apply the antibiotic cream. If that doesn’t help, vet said that he could surgically remove the skin tumor & it won’t be a difficult procedure as the tumor is in the skin layer, no need to open her up.

So we’ll see how she’ll do with the antibiotic cream for a week.

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5 Responses to “Possible Skin Tumor?”

  1. wiffy Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 4:33 am

    oh dear, hope it is not as serious as the vet says. luckily it’s on the surface. Hope Joy will be better with the antibiotic cream.

  2. kisetsu Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at 6:23 am

    Joy? Who is this new chap? Did I lost count on who’s who?

    You can hold your hammie like this! (OO) Everytime when I need to scoop my ham up for med application, they will surely bite me. -.-

    If the ham is young, the tumor operation should be successful. This reminds me of Spritez. Her lump initially started like this.

  3. admin Says:
    March 19th, 2010 at 5:19 am

    Wiffy, I hope that Joy will do well with the antibiotic cream too.

    Kisetsu, I’ve had Joy since the beginning of the blog, but she’s always been featured with Almond & Kat. Unfortunately, since she had to be separated from Kat & Almond because I suspected that Joy was overgrooming Almond. My robos are all friendly and they don’t bite :-)

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