lump on kitten's back

~Chameleon~

In that case wait until he goes in for neutering and ask the vet to take a look if it's still there then. Unless of course it increases in size, starts to produce a discharge or bothers him in any way in the mean time. It's quite common for a small lump to develop at injection site but it will usually disappear within a few weeks.

UKTigerlily

I once had a cat that had a lump appear as a reaction to her vaccinations, it was between the shoulder blades where they inject & nothing could be seen at all it was definitely under the skin. I did take her to the Vets so it was confirmed that it was the vaccinations & no treatment was needed it went on its own & never bothered her so it could be that. You can always call the vets, receptionists often know whether to bring the pet in or not or will ask the vet but they can't diagnose over the phone. I'd keep an eye on it, if he appears unwell or it bleeds/gets pus/grows etc i'd take him in if not I wouldn't. Pics please? lol

VfM4meplse

UKTigerlily wrote: »

Pics please?

My first thought too, we might not be able to assist the diagnosis but at least we'll be able to drool over your bundle of joy!

hunt85

UKTigerlily

Ah now I see the problem, you should definitely send him to me for further evaluation & his friend for some company for him!

flossy_splodge

pinkcandyflossprincess wrote: »

do you have any more cats? if so it may be a nip off one of them, my kitten had a bald patch ( i thought he had mange:o) but the vet said it was where the other kitten had got a little rough and it was pretty normal in kitten play.
i would go to the vets though as its better to be checked:)

Just noticed this evening that my lovely little boy cat has a bald patch on his back just below his shoulder blades. There is a sore mark like he's been bitten?
Could this be from scrapping with another cat? He does go outside a lot.
I'm just worried in case somewthing nasty has had a go at him.:o

PudseyDB

does the tabby have one blue eye and one green??

~Chameleon~

flossy_splodge wrote: »

Just noticed this evening that my lovely little boy cat has a bald patch on his back just below his shoulder blades. There is a sore mark like he's been bitten?
Could this be from scrapping with another cat? He does go outside a lot.
I'm just worried in case somewthing nasty has had a go at him.:o

Not necessarily, he could have done it himself if he's been scratching an itch (fleas?)

~Chameleon~

PudseyDB wrote: »

does the tabby have one blue eye and one green??

No, that's a retinal reflection you can see from the camera flash. Both irises are the same colour

Newbeginning

Having a similar issue at the moment with a lump on one of our kitten's backs so just wanted to post what the vet said.

Kitten developed a pea-size lump on her lower neck/upper back, sort of in the middle not to one side which we first noticed in December. We asked the vet about it when she got neutered and they said they thought it was scar tissue around her microchip. They scanned the area of the lump with the microchip zapper thing and it was indeed in that location.

Over the last few days we noticed that the lump has suddenly got a lot bigger. Took her to the vets again today to have her stitches out from being spayed and the vet took some of the fluid out of the lump and the fluid turned out to be pus. Vet says microchip was not put in correctly and has ended up being sat within the skin rather than under the skin and that it needs to be removed as if the lump bursts it will be an open abcess.

So we are looking at £200 to remove the microchip + £29 to put a new one in! Luckily we are insured with Petplan (thanks to the recommendations of the posters on here) so that will cut the cost down.

Oh and kitten already has gingivitis from eating Felix, the vet says. So all in all a bit of a depressing visit!

Just thought the info about the lump might be helpful.