Any vets please?

[CAPP0]

Just wondered if anyone could give a view on what this is growing in my dog's mouth. He's an 8 year old GSD. I asked at the vet's earlier, there was only a nurse available and she just said he needs to be seen by a vet, but since our little local vet (yes, come in now, we can see you straight away) was acquired by a large group practice (if the animal is still conscious, any one of a dozen vets will see you in, hmm, 2 weeks' time?) it's quite difficult to get a appointment quickly. Anyway, rant over, that's for another post!

It started a week or so back as a light patch, which we thought was just a skin wound of some sort, but since Friday has gone from a small swelling to this lump. He doesn't seem to be bothered by it, and when I poked and squeezed it he didn't twitch at all, so apparently not painful? Obviously he's a fair size, so for context I would say that's about twice the size of a pea. Very smooth, seems quite hard to the touch, and is in the skin of his jaw/jowls, not on the bone or the jaw. It protrudes more than is apparent in the pic.

I have managed to get a vet appt in a couple of days time but it's grown so fast that I'd really like to have some idea what it is.

Thanks in advance.

[moorx]

Not a vet and wouldn't want to hazard a guess, but just wanted to wish you well with the vet visit.

[LotusMartin]

Try FirstVet video call. We get them free with Pet Insurance (Many Pets, but free for lots of other too). They are superb - really really excellent. worth paying for an appointment to put your mind at rest ?

[anonymous-user]

Looks like some kind of cyst or abscess.

[Boosted LS1]

^ Agreed. I'd PM The Vet on here. He'll have an idea.

[Boosted LS1]

the internet said:

Looks like some kind of cyst or abscess.

Yes, is it hard or soft would be my next check.

[CAPP0]

Thanks Moorx and thanks everyone for the replies. It seems quite hard to the touch, but (probably fortunately!) doesn’t seem to want to pop (eww!) not that I have tried hard, but it didn’t explode to a gentle pressure.

I’ll look up Firstvet tomorrow too to see if they can help.

[jmsgld]

I'm afraid that it is not possible to give you a meaningful answer from a photo alone, that would need to be seen in person and likely a sample taken.

[CAPP0]

Just to update - the vet doesn't know what it is, it had changed since the photo above and the surface is now ulcerated, so they have taken samples with a needle to send off to the lab and we await the results.

[Seventy]

Try not to worry, hard as it is.
Please keep us updated.