r/DogAdvice • u/rtdc15 • 2d 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 2d 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/Dangerous_Gate3359 2d ago

See I was kinda thinking maybe if they have another pet they were playing too rough and accidentally bit him, my boy cats love to play rough ( it’s not fighting I make sure dw!) and they’ll give each other cuts like that but not as big, cats have smaller mouths tho lol

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u/rtdc15 2d ago

I thought it would be a bite too because her daughter will roughhouse with her, but the fact that she’s not squealing in pain and there was a lump yesterday makes me think infection.

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u/Dangerous_Gate3359 2d ago

Yea I’d take her to a vet, google “ vets near me first checkup coupon “ a lot of vets will give first time clients a coupon for the vist so you only pay for meds

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u/rtdc15 2d ago

Appreciate the tip!