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Guest adriahna

Hey, everyone -

 

I'll be taking my Brick in to the vet's, but meantime I figured I'd check in with you, first. On his belly (right by a nipple), Brick's shown up with a bloody scab (think dried blood), surrounded by a circular red irritation. There is no visible parasite (tick/flea), and I am reading that ringworm is a fungus, rather than an invasive animal. The overall site is about 1/2 inch in diameter, and the boy doesn't react if I touch it (he could be acting stoically, of course).

 

Do you all have any advice, or questions I should ask the vet? This is completely new turf to me.

 

I should mention that I started him on Frontline Plus about a month ago, after finding fleas on him. Thanks.

 

Edited to add that he's not scratching/licking it.

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Guest paulamariez

Do you have biting flies in OH? We've had a lot of problems with biting flies going after people as well as their hounds here in Wisconsin. Their trademark is leaving a bit of a blood trail behind, as well as a welt. The bite usually isn't much of a problem and is treated like a mosquito bite. Of course, I don't know for sure, I'm just tossing the idea out there! Hope everything is OK with sweet Brick!

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Guest adriahna

Could be - do they leave any itching or such? I'm so worried that this is some sort of *thing* that's burrowed in or such - I cleaned the blood the other night (thought it was a random bug bite), but the blood "cap" has returned, with the circle. Sigh...

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Does it look like this?

 

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If so, it could be a cutaneous hemangioma. Sunny and Sophie both had one. They kept going away and returning so I had them removed and one was a cutaneous hemangioma and one was an angiokeratoma (a variation of cutaneous hemangioma). They are benign tumours but the pathology report said they can sometimes progress to the malignant form, cutaneous hemangiosarcoma, so in my view it's best to have them removed.

 

 

 

 

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Guest Winterwish

Hopefully Brick is going to be fine adriahna. I've seen these too and they've always gone away.

 

and thanks for that good information Hawthorn!

 

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Guest jerrybird

I sounds like something Jerry had every once in awhile too. I just assumed they were a random bug bite because they disappeared after a couple of days.

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Guest budsmom

Could also be a histiocytoma - they're benign and go away on their own. I just found one on Bud last week. Did it appear very suddenly? If it sticks around for a few days, I'd be at the vet's office, but I'm a psycho, overprotective mommy!

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Guest JarBear

My big guy gets them on occasion. I think I notice them on him because he is white and all my others are either black or brindle. I've never had one stick around for more than a few days. I just keep them clean and watch them.

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Guest ArtoftheGryhnd

Both Kelly (blue) and Apollo (white & fawn) had them from time to time. Kelly had more than Apollo. I'd leave them alone, they'd heal eventually -- took longer if they were in a spot where they were bumped or broken. Never seemed to bother either dog.

 

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Does it look like this?

 

0803120016R.jpg

 

If so, it could be a cutaneous hemangioma. Sunny and Sophie both had one. They kept going away and returning so I had them removed and one was a cutaneous hemangioma and one was an angiokeratoma (a variation of cutaneous hemangioma). They are benign tumours but the pathology report said they can sometimes progress to the malignant form, cutaneous hemangiosarcoma, so in my view it's best to have them removed.

This was my thought as well.

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