Guest Sula Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 (edited) Hi All, I was inspecting Stella's teeth yesterday and noticed this pretty long, fleshy, white growth in her mouth--lower cheek area--nearly "embedded" in. I was able to actually pull it out and it bled but stopped after a few minutes. I was concerned it was a tick so wanted to pull it out and she didn't seem to protest too much. Today there is a little red spot where it was and it has sort of a bump underneath. Any ideas? FYI, she's 18 months old. I'm going to keep an eye on it but was curious if anyone had any thoughts. Thank you! Sula Edited November 18, 2008 by Sula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spencers_Greyt Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Well if it were on her tongue I would say a taste-bud gone wild. Emmy had that and had to have it surgically removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sula Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Well if it were on her tongue I would say a taste-bud gone wild. Emmy had that and had to have it surgically removed. How strange! But nope, it was on the inside of her cheek--not her tongue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StriderDog Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 It's most likely just a piece of dead skin that got chomped off of your pup's cheek that was just hanging on by a thread. Does your dog's breath smell normal? Any changes in eating habits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahicks51 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Look familiar? Quote Coco (Maze Cocodrillo) Minerva (Kid's Snipper) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jettcricket Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Look familiar? What did that ever turn out to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StriderDog Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 EEk! That looks like yeast! Not at all what I imagined when I heard Sula's description... but a possibility! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahicks51 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 What did that ever turn out to be? I don't know. I do know it went away with an oral anti-fungal. It was $130 out the door with pills, or $600+ for gas anesthesia, biopsy, etc. I figured- it's not a bacterium; it grew too quickly to be a growth like a tumor; it's not a virus; it's not a parasite. There's a lot of things it's not, and the only thing that fit it was thrush- or maybe some other weird fungus. The end result was going to be oral anti-fungals, so- what the heck. Let's save the expense, risk, and trauma in a measured approach. And within 24 or 36 hours, the stuff was going away. I figure it was thrush that may have been inspired by Coco's small (5 mg/day) dose of prednisone. On a totally raw food diet, he's off his pred completely, so maybe we'll never see it again. Quote Coco (Maze Cocodrillo) Minerva (Kid's Snipper) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sula Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Look familiar? Yowzers!! That's quite the growth! Stella's was more elongated and detached so I don't think this was it. But thank you for responding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Look familiar? Was that thrush? If so, an anti fungal would be prescribed for that. Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGreys Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 It does look like thrush. I've had it and I didn't know dogs could get it Quote Missing my little Misty who took a huge piece of my heart with her on 5/2/09, and Ekko, on 6/28/12 For the sick, the lost, and the homeless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fliggie Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Ewwww. Glad it is going away! Quote My Photojournal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 looks like yeast to me too, but i am not a vet Quote Lexie is gone but not forgotten.💜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahicks51 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 For clarification, the image posted is NOT that of the original poster. I simply put that one up for comparison purposes. Coco's problem came and went a long time ago, courtesy of diflucan. Quote Coco (Maze Cocodrillo) Minerva (Kid's Snipper) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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