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What's going on with my dog?
So my dog's old - he's going to be 15 real soon.
He's been getting this little warts (I call them warts) on his body for a couple years now. They're real small, there's really very few of them. They'll "explode", in other words, break open and bleed/have some pus. When these warts pop open, I just dab a little peroxide on it and cover it with a band aid. Then they flatten out, scab over and disappear for good within a day or two.
Now, he's had this one "wart" for a while. It popped open like four or five weeks ago. Three weeks ago, after doing the same thing I've been doing for a while for day after day, it scabbed over. But shortly after, the scab fell off and there's still an bloody, pus-y opening. The opening got bigger like two weeks ago, but now it's smaller. A real scab never forms now - just a layer of dried blood that keeps the pus from coming out.
Like WTH is going on? Why won't it just heal up already?
I don't want to take him to the vet and have the vet charge me a couple hundred dollars for nothing. Besides, he's old and gets anxiety real bad when he has to go to the vet.
Plus he's got a sensitive stomach. I tried giving him a very light dash of turmeric on his food, because I know it's good for the immune system, but then he just had diarrhea after eating it.
So I'm asking people that are vets or veterinary students or have been in similar situations - what is going on? What are some natural ways to help heal this?
He's a maltese, by the way. And the little "warts" are the same color as his skin and look and feel like human warts. They're usually just on his back and the back of his neck. This particular wart I'm talking about is on his back.
Also, my dog doesn't seem to notice the "warts". They don't bother him at all. I guess they're not painful. What bothers me is the fact that a scab is not forming over the opening.
6 Answers
- Verulam 1Lv 73 years agoFavorite Answer
Most of these 'fatty cysts' are just that BUT there are some that are actually cancerous. For that reason alone, if you have one that won't heal, it's time to get your vet involved. It may be as simple as him needing a course of antibiotics to help healing. At the very least this does need a vet!
Some of ours have been prone to these and usually they are just benign but we have had some, nasties or not, that have needed a/bs to get them to heal if they let go.
ps Rather than using peroxide I'd use a diluted salt solution and don't cover it unless you are finding flies attracted to the area. Which is why you really do need a/bs
- ?Lv 73 years ago
We cannot diagnose you dog. There are no vets on yahoo- as you may be aware. When an oozing wart will not heal it can indicate:
1) a secondary staph skin infection that will REQUIRE the right oral antibiotic
2) a possible cyst, tumor or cancer underneath that needs to be drained or removed. 50% of all dogs over 10 years of age will develop some form of cancer.
Here is the most helpful vet advice LINK I could find online concerning oozing warts:
- ZotsRuleLv 73 years ago
Wow you're horrible. This has been going on with your dog for YEARS and you've never had a vet look it? Disgusting. This could be something treatable. You are a vile human being.
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- RichardLv 73 years ago
I hate to tell you this, but this happened to my wife's dog a few months ago. These scabs got very bad over the course of the week, and the dog was crying in pain. It ended up that her dog had an aggressive cancer, and she decided to put the dog down.
- Anonymous3 years ago
My grandson is a vet
