My 13 year old DSH has a growth right next to one of her nipples. We first noticed it in December, literally the day before we left for Florida for Christmas. We've checked it several times a day since then and nothing was changing, it wasn't sensitive, or growing, and there haven't been any new ones so as far as we can tell it's not metastasising. We thought perhaps it's just a fatty tumor. Well recently it's started growing and changing it's form a little bit. I know I should have taken her into the vet sooner but right after we got back we had to deal with Tempyst's medical problems and since then we've had to spend hundreds of dollars on a foster because she's developed liver problems.
Meeker hasn't been acting differently, and in fact she's never liked her belly touched so her not being pleased with us touching the growth is nothing new. She's still very active and playful, loving and demanding in her snuggles. I wasn't too worried about it until my terminology teacher told us that 90% of the time a mammary tumor in cats is malignant and cancerous. It doesn't seem to be bothering her, and frankly I don't want to know if it's cancerous or not. I'll know when it's time for her to go and will do whatever I can to make sure that she's not in pain and that she goes peacefully.
She needs to go in for a checkup soon anyway so I'll have them take a look at it then.
Meeker hasn't been acting differently, and in fact she's never liked her belly touched so her not being pleased with us touching the growth is nothing new. She's still very active and playful, loving and demanding in her snuggles. I wasn't too worried about it until my terminology teacher told us that 90% of the time a mammary tumor in cats is malignant and cancerous. It doesn't seem to be bothering her, and frankly I don't want to know if it's cancerous or not. I'll know when it's time for her to go and will do whatever I can to make sure that she's not in pain and that she goes peacefully.
She needs to go in for a checkup soon anyway so I'll have them take a look at it then.