Maks has some growth on his lip help!

[ancientgirl]

I noticed this last night. I thought he had his little tongue sticking out but then when I investigated further I saw this.







I don't know what that can be. My only guess is maybe he was playing and hit his lip. I just don't know. He ate with no problem yesterday, but this morning sort of turned up his nose to breakfast. He had a little bit of Kiska's food but that's it.

What makes me really angry is I had $100 yesterday, but with preparing with this stupid Hurricane that as of right now looks like it's not even coming our way, I spent the money on getting extra food and water for us.

I'm going to watch him today, but if he still has it tomorrow or if it hasn't gone down in size, I'm going to have to borrow the money from somewhere to take him in.:sad: I'm so scared.

[Dracko]

Looks just like what Gingko gest. I posted about it here:

http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=42431

[ancientgirl]

This morning I briefly thought about some sort of food allergy.

I feed them Wellness grain free, but most of their diet consists of either Chicken or chicken with either herring or beef. So chicken is included in almost every meal.

I'd been feeding Maks raw for a few weeks, but he stopped eating it. I do still have a full package of beef and half a package of lamb. I'm thawing out some beef now and will give him some for dinner and tomorrow for breakfast.

He's acting normal on all other counts. It looks like he's got a fat lip. :sad:

[kathryn]

That 100% looks like a fat lip from probably accidentally biting his lip or something. I guess it could be an allergy as well. I'd put my money on he ran into something, one of the other cats bit him or smacked him or he bit himself.

Is it squishy? Poke it and see if it feels like swelling or if it's a hard growth.

[ancientgirl]

It's not super squishy, but doesn't feel hard either. He could very well have been hit playing. I think he fell off a small counter on the other side of the kitchen the other day, so he may have hit himself then. He and Vlad play hard. I actually noticed a scab on Vlad's ear, which looked like a scratch healing.

Maks likes to jump from the stairs to the sofa, from the dresser to the bed and just runs around like crazy. So I am keeping that in mind.

I'm going to see if he will eat the raw I'm going to put out for him. He's eaten it before so maybe he'll go for it. I'll also try to keep him away from the Chicken and feed him maybe some turkey, and see if I can feed him away from the others.

I'll keep watching him for the next day or so and see if it goes down. If it hasn't gone down by Wednesday I'm going to have to take him in to see the vet.

[Winston]

AG do you have any plants in the house? just wondering if he had a nibble on something like that or even on a electrical cord? doesnt look to bad...I would see how it goes for the next few days...

Poor Maks!

[14+kitties]

Can you email one or two of those pictures into your vet? Maybe she will look at them and let you know if you should bring him in or not? Might save you a trip and some money!

To me it looks like the blisters my kids used to get when they sucked on their pacifiers too much.

[BlossomEndRot]

I am a newbie to this forum. I was looking for info on my kitty, Romeo, who I just discovered has the exact same mass on his lower lip. I am going to call my vet tomorrow, but he is usually booked for two weeks in advance. Did you ever discover what the growth on Maks' lip was? I am also owned by five plus one kitties and a special Bouvier name Sophie. I am concerned that Romeo might have a type of oral cancer and it is scary.

[ancientgirl]

Welcome to the board.

I also had made an appointment when I noticed that growth, but by the time I took him in, which was only about 3 days later, the swelling had already started to go down.

The vet sent us home with anti-biotics and predisolone. She couldn't determine what the exact cause for the swelling was, and he's been find every since. No more swelling.

I've since thought it could have been a few different things. Either he was playing with one of the others and they got his lip with their nails, or he might have just had some sort of allergic reaction to something. Or he might have busted his own lip.

Maks is a very active and acrobatic little guy. He's constantly jumping and running around with the zoomies, so at this point it could have been anything.

I'd suggest you talk to your vet and tell him/her your concerns and see if maybe you can get in sooner, or perhaps just make an appointment and ask them to call you if there are any cancellations.

It may be nothing, but it's always good to make sure.

Good luck and please let us know what happens.

Edited: Actually, now that I think back on it, the vet never saw him. I remember now she had the medicine waiting for me to pick up and the instructions. I took him in for his wellness exam, by which time the swelling was gone, and has been gone since.

[BlossomEndRot]

Many thanks for your feedback. I have to call my vet in the morning to get a "squeeze" appointment for the same day. I am going to wait my 3 day rule--if it goes down by the third day then all's well. If it is the same at three days then he has to go in. Today it looks exactly the same so I am a bit worried. He is a zoomie too, but I just put a Cat Dancer toy up and I'm wondering if he got whapped by it....

[ancientgirl]

I think Maks might have had his lip swollen for a few days before I noticed it. Getting an appointment is a very good idea.

[Jim Hall]

im betting its the same thing a bruised lip i had a not very corordinsted cst( he had neuro damage) that got them all the time

[Longblades]

Originally Posted by BlossomEndRot

I am a newbie to this forum. I was looking for info on my kitty, Romeo, who I just discovered has the exact same mass on his lower lip. I am going to call my vet tomorrow, but he is usually booked for two weeks in advance. Did you ever discover what the growth on Maks' lip was? I am also owned by five plus one kitties and a special Bouvier name Sophie. I am concerned that Romeo might have a type of oral cancer and it is scary.

This is a very old post, I'm not sure you will get an answer from the OP. But, my black cat had something very similar and I too thought it was her tongue sticking out. You know how some cats do that? But my cat never did it and I found the lump and Vetted right away. It was a melanoma which apparently black cats are more prone to than any other colour. As per my Vet. Surgery to remove it at age 15 was successful, she recovered just fine and lived to +19.

If your kitty still has that lump please Vet.

[ancientgirl]

Originally Posted by Longblades

This is a very old post, I'm not sure you will get an answer from the OP. But, my black cat had something very similar and I too thought it was her tongue sticking out. You know how some cats do that? But my cat never did it and I found the lump and Vetted right away. It was a melanoma which apparently black cats are more prone to than any other colour. As per my Vet. Surgery to remove it at age 15 was successful, she recovered just fine and lived to +19.

If your kitty still has that lump please Vet.

Not sure what's going on with the board notifications, but yeah I answered her question the same day.

[Spokker]

I bumped this 4-year-old thread last night and now my post is gone.

In any case, what I said was that my cat has exactly what the original poster photographed 4 years ago and to thank them for posting this. I found it through a Google search for "cat pink growth lip."

Taking my cat to the vet now.

If possible, I'm wondering if you could answer if it ever reoccurred and what it eventually ended up being, if you know.

[ancientgirl]

Originally Posted by Spokker

I bumped this 4-year-old thread last night and now my post is gone.

In any case, what I said was that my cat has exactly what the original poster photographed 4 years ago and to thank them for posting this. I found it through a Google search for "cat pink growth lip."

Taking my cat to the vet now.

If possible, I'm wondering if you could answer if it ever reoccurred and what it eventually ended up being, if you know.

He's actually had it occur again, less than a year ago, except not to the degree it did the first time. I didn't take him back to the vet because the swelling never got really big, and he never acted odd or lost his appetite or anything you would attribute to him being ill.

I always look at his lip though, just to make sure it doesn't swell. Maks is super active, and he and his sister play fight a lot, and he also play fights with Vlad who is a little larger than him.

At this point, I attribute it to either him rubbing against something too much, which he tends to do, or him getting hit accidentally while playing, or him maybe having a slight allergic reaction to something.

But as always, it's good to have a vet give you an opinion. My vet seems to have thought it was just a reaction to something.