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Offline Karma

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Poorly armpit.
« on: December 19, 2012, 07:29:08 PM »


Well, was trimming (and de-matting  ph34r ) Honey earlier, and discovered she'd been chewing at her armpit... figuring there was a bad matt that was bothering her, as she's matting really easily at the minute and avoiding grooming as often as she can, I went to trim back, and noticed the skin looked sore... worried for a moment that I'd missed a really big matt and it had caused the soreness, I trimmed back, to find 2 pieces of plant matter sticking out of very clear holes... they were about an inch long each, and hollow, so looked like bits of hay or something... and there's a huge lump in her armpit. 

Cue trip to the vets.  Anyway, vet worried that there may be more in there, so she is booked in for lump removal on Friday... poor doggie.

She hates the vets, and has only ever been there for spay and vaccinations, so this isn't going to help matters...  :-\
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Offline Ruby Tuesday

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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2012, 07:31:55 PM »
Oh no, poor Honey. Well done for spotting it, it isn't easy when they are so hairy.

Hope she gets on ok on Friday.
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2012, 07:35:31 PM »
Aww poor girl...hope all goes well at the vets....they are a nightmare when they are so hairy....I have just gave in and got my two rumped as it was getting  impossible to keep them well groomed and they seemed to spend most of the day damp >:D
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2012, 07:44:10 PM »
Hope Honey is OK on Friday
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2012, 07:44:45 PM »
Aww, poor girl
Obviously totally your call, but my boys have had several such things happen in the past due to grass seeds  >:D
I usually bathe the lump with warm salt water a couple of times a day for a few days and that usually draws any gunk and any left over grass seed out and it heals up nicely
You might want to try this first before going down the vet route on Friday...but this is just my experience of course
Hope its all cleared up soon
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2012, 07:45:58 PM »
Sorry to hear this Claire  :'(  Poor Honey  :'(
Hope her op. goes well on friday & she doesn't get too stressed, bless her  :angel: :luv:
I know how hard it is leaving them at the vets & even more so when they are anxious  :'(
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2012, 07:53:56 PM »
poor Honey :(

fingers crossed for a quick op and speedy recovery xx
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2012, 08:03:33 PM »
Oh poor girl.  Hope the vet gets it all sorted for her.

Sending positive thoughts from us all to Honey and to you. Xx
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2012, 08:08:46 PM »
Poor Honey, hope everything goes well for her on Friday.
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2012, 08:20:01 PM »
Poor Honey! Hope her op goes well on friday :D
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2012, 08:34:55 PM »
Quote from: 7733lily on December 19, 2012, 07:44:45 PM
Aww, poor girl
Obviously totally your call, but my boys have had several such things happen in the past due to grass seeds  >:D
I usually bathe the lump with warm salt water a couple of times a day for a few days and that usually draws any gunk and any left over grass seed out and it heals up nicely
You might want to try this first before going down the vet route on Friday...but this is just my experience of course
Hope its all cleared up soon

Have done this with her paws on a couple of occassions... but my concern is that while the lump is very hard, there is absolutely no gunk coming out, which does make me suspicious there's more in there... and if it escalates we're into Christmas and I really don't want to risk emergency vet visits, which would be far more stressful for all of us...  :-\

Thank you all for the good wishes!
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2012, 08:48:02 PM »
Poor Honey. Hoping all goes smoothly on Friday and that all heals quickly  :luv:
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2012, 08:51:25 PM »
Poor little Honey  :bigarmhug: :bigarmhug: hope all goes well Friday  :luv:
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2012, 08:51:39 PM »
Oh poor Honey, hope all goes well on Friday and she doesn't get too distressed. :luv:
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Re: Poorly armpit.
« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2012, 09:09:41 PM »
Cassie had a grass seed penetrate the muscle in her right "armpit" this Summer. At first the vet thought that she had hurt or strained her shoulder and put her on painkillers. A couple of days later I found a damp patch in her arm pit. Thinking it may be an abscess or something I bathed it in salt water. The vet then found the tin y hole where the grass seed had penetrated (and abscessed) Operation followed and was fine, the problem was keeping the stitches in. That area is so mobile and there had to be three attempts at staples and stitches before  the wound healed.Do try to keep Honey from jumping on chairs etc.
The collar was a nightmare and just distressed her so, they do sell flexible more forgiving ones on Amazon. Cass wore my Tee shirts and a sock on her paw (that could scratch)
This is Cass sporting a "next" teeshirt after her stitches were put back in for the third time


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