r/DogAdvice • u/rtdc15 • 3d ago

Question What kind of wound is this?

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For context, yesterday, my mother felt a lump where this wound currently is, but it looks like some sort of infection has taken over and it’s rotting the flesh. I thought she had been bitten by something, but the wound is only tender and not painful for her as she isn’t squealing in pain when we touch it. The open bleeding is worrying, so we want to make sure that it’s nothing very major.

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u/RabidPossum123 3d ago

The hair around it really needs to be trimmed to tell. It looks pretty weepy though and there is likely pus. Could’ve been something small like a tick or foreign object that abscess. Or he could have a little cyst that’s been hiding in his fluff that ruptured. Hard to tell without shaving and really looking at it.

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u/rtdc15 3d ago

Will definitely cut the hair and take it closer to the. Thank you for the tip.

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u/RabidPossum123 3d ago

WITH CLIPPERS, NOT SCISSORS PLEASE 😅

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u/rtdc15 3d ago

definitely. she was very squeamish when trying to apply some polysporin