Try warm compresses and/or putting him in warm water on and off until it opens again. Peanut's abcesses that he just had was a pain in the butt to get open once it closed over again. You don't however, as I was told, want it to pop inside him. If you think he is in pain maybe give him some infant advil before trying to open it. My GMC is that way - put him in water for a little bath and he whines like he is being tortured!!
ok is it infant advil or childrens? I forget- I need to go get some at the drug store, the last bottle I had expired and got tossed out
do you have the dosing?
I did put him in a bowl last night and poured warm water over it, but getting him to sit and soak wasn't possible
I'm still trying to find the link I posted about some kind of lump that should not be squeezed, to see if what his happening with this thing, is the same.
I'm getting very nervous about it and think maybe he needs to see the vet and have it removed.
It seems a LOT bigger but most of it is under the skin, and the thing is rock hard.
all the cysts I've had, had some "give" to them, as they were all fluid filled.
I never encountered a cyst with such a solid feel to it.
gonna mix up some baytril for him too, in case the red inflamed area is the start of an infection.
I can't understand why the top of it, the exposed part, suddenly got SO much bigger then it was when it first opened.......?
It was about the size of er, a pencil eraser at first. Not it's the size of er, probably a dime. (looking around for something to compare it to) No longer round either, it's an oval