Backstory: Ed had this little warty lump on top of his head. It was rather like the one we had removed from Mort a while back. It had recently gotten sort of puffy and a bit bigger. I was figuring to have the vet look at it when he went in to have his thyroid levels checked again next week.
Well today we get to see reason #329 that it's probably true that I'm too dependant on toad. Ed had that bump on his head remember. Now it's gone and he's got a little ooky slightly bloody looking hole. I'd clean it up and look at it closer..but it makes me feel all queasy to look at it. Clearly if it were an emergency I'd suck it up and deal. But these little things....ooky. I think it's likely he scratched it off in his crate today. Cause it was there last night, and there this morning. But still he ripped off the little warty tihng. How gross. Now he's got a hole maybe the size of a pencil eraser in the skin right at the top of front of his head. I suppose I could snap a picture of it.. then look at it more closely. If toad were here she'd look at it close and give me input on if he should go in or if he'll survive.
He doesn't object to me looking at it. I did give it a fairly good look. It doesn't seem bad. It's not bleeding now. Just got a little clot stuck in the fur and a little patch of missing fur, and some missing epidermis. I expect it'll heal right over. Am I a bad pet owner for not taking him in? Maybe. I'll keep an eye on it. If it looks anything other than better in the morning we'll go to the vet tomorrow afternoon or Thursday. But otherwise I think I'll just let it go.
I suppose alternately the cat could have bit it off. She objects to all little tags of stuff on the dogs, rawhide, mud, whatever, she just gnaws and pulls and tugs until they come off. I didn't look close enough when I let him out of his crate. I noticed it while he was sitting next to me on the sofa.
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