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Just noticed a lump on my dogs ribs

No punture wounds dog is healthy but a lump about the size of your fist on his side anyone got any idea what this is wasnt there yeserday
Mike

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cant find any marks

dont know hes acts fine but the lump is getting bigger

cant find any marks

dont know hes acts fine but the lump is getting bigger

Was the dog recently given a shot in that area?

Most likely will need to lance and drain the lump area. Not hard to do.Sterile razor blade make small cut at bottom of area. Once it starts to drain you can help it along by pushing on lump to help drainage. Once drained apply some antiseptic to the small cut. May have to drain off several times. If your uncomfortable doing this take him to a Vet. Shouldn't cost more than $60 (to lance and drain).

The way it sounds with it growing that fast it is fluid or infection(pus) building up under the skin. Which will most likely need lanced and drained. If in doubt take to a Vet. Good luck. Keep us posted

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CHRIS BRINER
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Also could be cancer. If he was mine I would take him to the vet.

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Ryan Crow

thanks guys vet monday

eom

Cancer tumors normally dont grow fast like that...ive seen bee stings cause a lump the size of a softball fast, benadryl takes it down within a day, good luck

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its still tehre this moring

Isnt bothering him.Its the size of a hardball

Is it hard or soft? If it is soft, poke a hole in it and see what runs out. If it is hard, take him to a vet.

soft

going to give him a benadryal now

The sooner that you lance it the better. When you do, if the discharge is full of pus and foul smelling you will have to start him on an antibiotic and make sure that the drain stays open. If you aren't comfortable with lancing it yourself then you will have to pay a vet big bucks to do it.

Id putem on benadryl chances on it will be gone in the morning save ya a vet trip and it aint gna hurtem if it dont do anything

I forget the benadryl dosage for dogs...id givem the max tho

looks likeit is going down i hunted him the nite before he got it

eom

These come up on my cousin's boxer all the time. It's just puss and it is normally reabsorbed into the dogs body, unless it's huge then it requires lancing. I had one come up on a Black and Tan of mine and it stayed for a week or two and then reabsorbed. I hope its nothing serious, but it sounds like what I experienced and if so you don't have anything to worry about.

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lump on side

had a dog several years ago got cut on side and vet stiched up 5 mo later got a lump on side got as big as a softball in couple weeks took to different vet and xray showed foren object so did surgery found a weed seed obout the size of a oat dog got better in about 3 weeks

DO NOT GIVE HIM BENADRYAL, CAUSE YOU DONT KNOW CAUSE, HIT HIM WITH PENECILAN, 2 OR3 DAYS ITL COME DOWN. LOT OF TIMES IT WILL POP OPEN WHEN THE PEN HITS IT.

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Had 1 of my hounds suddenly have a lump appear semihard @ the ribcage area. It turned out to be a bruise. There is no way one can know what these hounds bump/run into etc. .... For a precaution the vet. gave 1000mg of cephalaxin. Turned out to be just that A Big Bruise.

vet is operating

I gave the dog penicillin and it went down but dint go down all the way so hes going in and see what it is

bad bruise

surgically removed it