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Growth on my cat's hind paw?
There seems to be a growth of some sort on the side of the back paw of my cat. He is about fourteen years old and very healthy. He does not seem to be in any pain; not even to the touch. He has had no trouble walking about the house. It has been there for approximately three weeks. He is not acting differently, just the same, happy cat as always. It appeared one day when I came home from work. He has always been a strict house cat. We also have two dogs.
It is fairly large
4 Antworten
- rmbrruffianLv 7vor 1 Jahrzehnt
Take the cat to the vet. Rapid growth in a mass is never a good sign. Your cat is old enough that cancer is a very real possibility. The sooner you get a diagnosis the better for your cat. The bigger it gets the less able the vet will be to remove it. The leg and foot have a very limited amount of skin that can be pulled over an excised tumor. In the case of bone cancer, amputation is usually the best option, unless the cancer has metastasized (spread) to other areas.
Quelle(n): Former Certified Veterinary Technician - Elaine MLv 7vor 1 Jahrzehnt
Is it skin only (no hair) and looks like a paw pad?
One of ours had this grow on his left hind leg, it started very small but by the end of a year's time it was about the size of a thumbnail - an inch across - and he was putting pressure on it when walking. The vet said it was a nerve end tumor (they see them more in dogs than in cats) and when it got in the way of walking that was the time to think about getting it off.
It was minor surgery, his paw looked great afterwards, and it never grew back. It did look like an extra paw pad on him.
- vor 1 Jahrzehnt
Eyeball it under a magnifying glass. Is it a large tick? Or really something that you don't recognize? If it's a tick, deal with it as it needs to be. If you don't recognize it, find out from the vet what it might be. This might involve a small biopsy from the mass. Theoretically, not painful for the cat.
- vor 1 Jahrzehnt
It is probably a wart, most animals
(including humans) tend to get warts when they get older
