Hi all,
I just got home from work and noticed this pink/red almost jelly like growth on my cats bottom lip. I hadn't noticed it at all until today. I did some googling and google says it could be an "indolent ulcer" which I have never heard of in my life (I've owned cats for 20 years). Now it mentions indolent ulcers can be caused by a number of things, two of which peaked my curiosity. Hypersensitivity and food intolerance. I've always noticed he has hyper sensitive skin, because when we pet his spine, his skin will twitch. And I've just recently (within the last few days) changed him and his brother over to adult Purina indoor cat (they were on the kitten one prior). Could these be reasons, if it's an indolent ulcer?
Is this serious? Is it a tumor? Obviously I'm going to take him into the vet to be examined properly but it's nearly 1 am right now and I just need SOME kind of reassurance or answers.
He is 1 years old, neutered, about 12-15 pounds (chonky I know) no fleas and he's strictly an indoor cat.
I just got home from work and noticed this pink/red almost jelly like growth on my cats bottom lip. I hadn't noticed it at all until today. I did some googling and google says it could be an "indolent ulcer" which I have never heard of in my life (I've owned cats for 20 years). Now it mentions indolent ulcers can be caused by a number of things, two of which peaked my curiosity. Hypersensitivity and food intolerance. I've always noticed he has hyper sensitive skin, because when we pet his spine, his skin will twitch. And I've just recently (within the last few days) changed him and his brother over to adult Purina indoor cat (they were on the kitten one prior). Could these be reasons, if it's an indolent ulcer?
Is this serious? Is it a tumor? Obviously I'm going to take him into the vet to be examined properly but it's nearly 1 am right now and I just need SOME kind of reassurance or answers.
He is 1 years old, neutered, about 12-15 pounds (chonky I know) no fleas and he's strictly an indoor cat.
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