abcess?

[dwi]

Daisy is a piebald with black lips and today a small white lump about the size of a 5p appeared on the underside of her top lip. I prodded at it a bit and a bit of pus came out although not much at all. I rinsed it but wasn't sure what else to do.

Very experienced YO is going to have a look at it for me tomorrow, would you call a vet, is it something i could deal with and if so how?

 

[PapaFrita]

I would get a little syringe and squish some peroxide (10 vols) in there.
I wouldn't get the vet unless there was no improvement in the next few days.

 

[Lucy_Ally]

Is it on the inside of the lip or the outside? She may have got a thorn or splinter in it when grazing (or browsing the hedge like a giraffe if she is anything like my horse

) I would keep an eye on it and maybe rinse with warm salt-water. If is starts to get very reddened, increase in size of doesn't get better in a few days I would get the vet then.

 

[dwi]

On the bottom of the lip where it touches the lower lip if that makes sense. It probably was her grazing the hawthorn hedge.

Thanks for the reassurance, I will keep rinsing.

PF - what if she wriggles when I advance on her with the peroxide and it goes in her mouth? Even if she's really good i would have thought some would be bound to get into her mouth.