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Last year my 12 year old male kitty was losing his fur around the inner thigh area and lower belly. So I took him to the vet and she wasn't quite sure what was wrong with him so she gave him a shot of cortisone to see if he would react to it. It worked really well because his fur started to grow back.
Now about 5 months ago I discover a small lump on his belly. I immediately thought it was cancer since I don't know much about these things and my vet told me that she would need to do a blood test and remove the lump through surgery but she didn't seem alarmed at all. I think she said it was a lipoma.
Since I didn't feel any urgency from her and my cat didn't seem bothered at all by the tumor, I didn't do anything about it because it was going to cost a lot of money and I'm really tight right now because I have to pay a whole bunch of things.
Problem is that the tumor is now very large!! And he's losing all his fur! Every day, there's so much fur on the floor, I think by summertime he'll be completely naked! Does this happen frequently with benign tumors or is it possible that he has something much worse that is affecting his entire system? He is eating normally and is very active but at his last checkup, the vet said that he has lost about 3 pounds.
What do I do? Is it too late for an operation? I don't want to pay a whole bunch of money only to later on have my cat put to sleep.
Now about 5 months ago I discover a small lump on his belly. I immediately thought it was cancer since I don't know much about these things and my vet told me that she would need to do a blood test and remove the lump through surgery but she didn't seem alarmed at all. I think she said it was a lipoma.
Since I didn't feel any urgency from her and my cat didn't seem bothered at all by the tumor, I didn't do anything about it because it was going to cost a lot of money and I'm really tight right now because I have to pay a whole bunch of things.
Problem is that the tumor is now very large!! And he's losing all his fur! Every day, there's so much fur on the floor, I think by summertime he'll be completely naked! Does this happen frequently with benign tumors or is it possible that he has something much worse that is affecting his entire system? He is eating normally and is very active but at his last checkup, the vet said that he has lost about 3 pounds.
What do I do? Is it too late for an operation? I don't want to pay a whole bunch of money only to later on have my cat put to sleep.